WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
3:00 – 6:00 Registration
5:30 – 7:30 Game Night in Cabana Room
THURSDAY, JUNE 12
7:30 – 8:30 – Registration, Self Advocacy Track Opens
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast Grab & Go
8:30 – 10:00 – Welcome in Grand Ballroom & Keynote Speaker – Cody Clark
10:00 – 10:30 – Vendor exhibits and beverage break
10:30 – 11:45 – Breakout Sessions
Dementia in the Disability Community – Kristen White
AT in Our World – Rebecca Mathis
Disability & Higher Education: The do’s, don’t’s and the law – Hunter Robertson, Shirley Walker-McKinnis, Cassie Tolliver, and Dr. Jerry Alliston
11:45 – 1:00 – Lunch, awards, and planning committee information videos
1:00 – 1:15 – Vendor exhibits and snack break
1:15 – 2:30 – Breakout Sessions
Special Needs Planning & MS ABLE – Richard Courtney
Prevention Includes Everyone (PIE): The Disabling Impact of Addiction – Dr. Dwight Owens
Advanced Crisis Planning – Matt Nalker & Steve Allen
2:30 – 2:45 – Break
2:45– 4:00 – Breakout Sessions
Utilization of Occupational Therapy using Sensory Integration Techniques – Honey Brooks, OTR/L, ASDCS
Working and Your World – Dr. Jennifer Jackson, Pam Dollar and Pshon Barrett
Becoming a Green Dot Bystander: Keeping our Communities Safe – Kimberly Newell
4:00 – 6:00 – Dinner on your Own
6:00 – 9:00 – Gala in Grand Ballroom
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025
7:30 – Registration & Breakfast
8:30 – 10:15 – Your Vote Matters – Michelle Bishop
10:15 – 10:30 – Break
10:30 – 11:55 – The State of the State Agency
Directors – DMH - Wendy Bailey, MDRS - Billy Taylor, MDE – Dr. Lance Evans, MDH - Dr. Daniel Edney (invited), Medicaid – Daneel Konnar
11:55 – 12:00 – Evaluations & Final Door Prize
