All times are PDT.
Thursday, May 1
| 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast | City View Living Room |
| 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | ASWB Board of Directors meeting | Studio |
| 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Administrators Forum | Design |
| 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Board Member Exchange | Culture |
| 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Welcome reception and dinner Hosted by the 2025 ASWB Nominating Committee | Nines Ballroom |
Friday, May 2
All Friday and Saturday sessions will be held in Nines Ballroom
| 7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m. | Welcome and announcements Jared Ferguson, MSW, LCSW Chair, Regulatory Education and Leadership Committee | |
| 9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m. | Selecting election candidates: What is the process? Ebon Freeman-James, MSW, LCSW Chair, Nominating Committee | |
| 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. 1 CE credit | Professionalization of social work: A unified voice Exploring social work through a comparative lens of Canadian and U.S. perspectives Dale J. Atkinson, JD ASWB Legal Counsel Barbara Whitenect, MSW, RSW President, Canadian Association of Social Workers | |
| 10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 1 CE credit | Insights from the Social Work Census A call for a national workforce data collection system Joy Kim, MSW, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Faculty Director, Center for Women and Work, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | |
| 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. | Lunch Llama Therapy (Pioneer Courthouse Square) Mtn Peaks Therapy Llamas and Alpacas | |
| 1:30 p.m..–2:30 p.m. 1 CE credit | Progress toward understanding the impact policies have on scaling up the social work workforce and mitigating harm Innovative research aimed at creating a web-based tool to assess the impact of licensing laws Cole Hooley, Ph.D., LCSW Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University School of Social Work | |
| 2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m. 1 CE credit | Advancing equity in social work licensure Understanding the importance of regulatory compliance in testing policies Marette Monson, LCSW, MBA Owner, Center for Counseling Excellence; expert in psychological adjustment to disability Olegario “Ollie” D. Cantos VII, Esq. Civil rights attorney Sarah Hamilton, M.Ed. Learning Disabilities Association of Canada; Assistant Professor of Education at Mount Royal University Janeen Steel, Esq. Board Member of the Learning Disabilities Association of America; Founder and former Executive Director of the Learning Rights Law Center; Partner, Vanaman German LLP | |
| 3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m. | Packing regulatory resources to support a future-ready workforce Actionable communication strategies for regulators and administrators Curry W. Smith ASWB Director of Public Relations and Communications Strategy | |
| 4:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Wrap-up and announcements Jared Ferguson, MSW, LCSW Chair, Regulatory Education and Leadership Committee |
Saturday, May 3
| 7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m. | Welcome and announcements | |
| 8:45 a.m.–10:15 a.m. 1 CE credit Cultural competency | Compassionate regulation: Building a culturally connected future-ready workforce Advancing DEI skills for effective policy change Robert Wright, MSW, RSW President, Nova Scotia College of Social Workers; Executive Director, African Nova Scotian Justice Insistute and The People’s Counselling Clinic; Pioneer, Impact of Race and Culture Assessments in Pre-Sentencing | |
| 10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. 1 CE credit | Artificial intelligence in regulation Learning lessons and emerging best practices Alice Schwarze, Ph.D. Head of Research, AI Policy Office for the State of Utah | |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | Awards presentation | |
| 12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:15 p.m.–2:15 p.m. 1 CE credit | Advancing workforce research: Insight from the workforce CPMDS Transforming health workforce research and development Hannah Maxey, Ph.D., MPH, RDH President and Founder, Veritas Health Solutions, LLC; Associate Professor and Founding Director, Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy at Indiana University Richard Woolf, DPT, MBA Chief Professional Officer, Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy | Nines Ballroom |
| 2:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. 1 CE credit | Navigating the gaps: Accreditation, licensure, and the role of educators in regulation A panel discussion on engaging and informing students Barb Temmerman, MSW, RSW Executive Director, Manitoba College of Social Workers Patricia Desrosiers, Ph.D., LCSW Department Chair of Social Work, Western Kentucky University Vicki Verge, MSW, RSW Director of Regulatory Practice, Manitoba College of Social Workers Scott Wilkes, LISW-S, JD, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs, Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences | |
| 4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Flashlights and searchlights: Illuminating the paths in social work regulation An inspirational message for regulators and administrators Stacey Hardy-Chandler, Ph.D., JD, LCSW, PGDip CEO, Association of Social Work Boards | |
| 4:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. | Closing |