Conference Details

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Thursday

5:00-7:00p: Kick-off Party

7:00-9:00p: Opening Ceremony – Focusing on the Past      

9:00p-12:00a:

 

Friday

7:30-8:30a: Breakfast

8:45-9:15a: General session - Focusing on the Present

Keynote: Sharon Lewis, ADD Commissioner

9:15-10:15a: General session - Self Determination and Building Social Capital

Keynotes: Jim Gardner, President and CEO of Council on Quality and Leadership, Nancy A. Ward, SABE board member and Information Coordinator at the Medicaid Reference Desk, and Elizabeth Weintraub, Quality Enhancement Specialist, Council on Quality and Leadership

10:30-11:30a: Breakouts

11:45a-1:45p: Lunch and Regional Representatives Voting in Regional Meeting Rooms

2:00-3:00pm: Breakouts

2:00-5:00pm: SELF DETERMINATION SHOWCASE - Poster Session

3:15-4:15p: Breakouts

6:00-7:30p: Dinner and SABE Executive Board nominations

7:30-9:30p: No Talent Show

9:30p-12:00a:

 

Saturday

8:00-9:00a: Breakfast

9:15-10:15a: Breakouts

10a-5p: Polls open for SABE Executive Board

10:30-11:30a: Breakouts

11:45-12:30p: Lunch

12:30-2:00p: General Session - Focusing on the Present/Looking to the Future

“Self-Determination in 2020” Skit performed by SABE Self Determination Committee

2:15-3:15p: Breakouts

3:30-5:00: Breakouts

6:00-8:00p: Formal dinner, SABE awards, Officers announcement

8:00p–12:00a   

 

Sunday

8:00-9:00a: Worship Service

9:30a-12:00p: Brunch/Closing Keynote/Closing Ceremony – Creating a Message about the Future

Keynotes: Ari Neeman, President of Autism Self Advocacy Network, Maxwell Barrows, SABE Region 8 Representative and Outreach Coordinator for GMSA

Self advocates and songwriters Peter Leidy and Karl Williams will present self advocacy anthems developed throughout the conference!

** Please note: Agenda is subject to change!