Below, you'll find the quick highlights of the 2024 agenda. We regularly update the full agenda with new speakers and sessions, so be sure to keep checking in! Times, titles, and speakers are subject to change. Last updated 4/17/24.
Sunday, June 9
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
APHSA Executive Governing Board of Directors Meeting
(by invitation)
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Vendor Marketplace Open
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Welcome
Bridge to Belonging
Keynote: Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua (Raspberry Star Woman) Williams, Miss Native American USA, Activist, Model
Moderator: Natalie Williams, Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Officer
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Opening Reception
Monday, June 10
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Opening General Session
Bridging to Bipartisanship in Human Services
Moderator: Grace Hou, Chair, APHSA Executive Governing Board of Directors; Secretary, Illinois Department of Human Services
Reggie Bicha, President & CEO, American Public Human Services Association
Jeff Hild, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children & Families
Layla Zaidane, CEO, Future Caucus
Kristi Putnam, Secretary, Arkansas Department of Human Services
Angie Rodgers, Director, Arizona Department of Economic Security
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
ACF / State Meetings
(by appointment)
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Vendor Marketplace Open
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Breakout Sessions,
with 5 tracks that include:
Advancing Social and Economic Mobility; Centering Equity and Lived Experience; Fostering Leadership and Workforce Well-Being; Moving Human Services Upstream; Strengthening the Human Services Sector
Open Evening
Tuesday, June 11
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM
General Session
Strategies for Advancing Family Economic Mobility
(Includes Buffet Breakfast starting at 7:45 AM)
Moderator: TBA
Elaine Zimmerman, Regional Administrator, Region 1, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Regional Operations
Amy Kershaw, Commissioner, MA Department of Early Education and Child Care
Bob Anderson, Executive Director, MS Department of Human Services
Bryan Samuels, Executive Director, Chapin Hall at the university of Chicago
Janine McMahon
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Vendor Marketplace Open
9:15 AM – 10:30 AM
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Breakout Sessions,
with 5 tracks that include:
Advancing Social and Economic Mobility; Centering Equity and Lived Experience; Fostering Leadership and Workforce Well-Being; Moving Human Services Upstream; Strengthening the Human Services Sector
6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Grand Networking Event
Underwritten by Change & Innovation Agency
Wednesday, June 12
8:15 AM – 9:30 PM
General Session
National AI and Tech Policy: The Present and Future
(Includes Buffet Breakfast starting at 7:45 AM)
Travis Hoppe (invited), Assistant Director for AI Research and Development, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Kevin DuVall
TBD, AI and Technology Leaders from Federal Agencies
9:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Closing General Session
The Lighthouse Effect
Keynote: Steve Pemberton, Chief Global Diversity Officer, Walgreens; Child Advocate; Author of A Chance in the World and The Lighthouse Effect
Reflections: Reggie Bicha, President & CEO, American Public Human Services Association