Symposium Agenda:
Our 2025 Symposium will include focused discussion and exchange of ideas addressing key issues in children's services, fostering knowledge advancement, for the purpose of enhancing our system of care throughout Ohio. The audience will primarily be leaders within foster care and children's services, community behavioral health, and children’s health care.
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The Symposium will feature an opening keynote presentation by nationally renowned consultant and Ohio native, Tom Woll. Mr. Woll is a highly regarded thought leader in our industry and is known for his strategic foresight and organizational leadership. He has led hundreds of organizations nationally and in Ohio to prepare for the future of family services, offering insights that support decision-making and transformation in the field. In his remarks, we will outline a transformation imperative design to empower Ohio organizations for the future.
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The symposium will host a morning and an afternoon breakout session of four workshops. The afternoon breakout workshops will be a repeat of the 4 morning breakout workshops.
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The tentative schedule for the symposium is:
8:30am
Check in and breakfast
9:10am - 9:30am
Opening Alliance remarks
9:30am -10:30am
Opening Keynote Presentation - plenary - Tom Woll, Strategic Change Initiative
10:30am - 10:45am
Break
10:45am – 12:15pm
Morning breakout session (4 simultaneous workshops)
12:15pm -1:15pm
Luncheon
1:20pm - 2:50pm
Afternoon breakout session (4 simultaneous workshops repeated from morning)
2:55pm - 3:55pm
Closing Keynote Presentation - plenary - Lisette Burton, J.D., Chief Policy & Practice Advisor, Association of Children's Residential & Community Services (ACRC)
3:55pm - 4:15pm
Closing Remarks