Call for presenters for the 2nd Annual Winter Institute for Public Safety and Behavioral Health Conference

Feb 18-20, 2020

ASU West Campus in Glendale, AZ.

The conference brings together public safety and behavioral health professionals to promote awareness and alliance.

Last year, ASU Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy brought together experts, leadership, and veterans of Arizona Public Safety sectors including:

• Firefighters • Police officers • Correctional personnel • Criminal justice professionals • Emergency medical responders • Disaster Response

In collaboration, we identified a strong need for cross training between departments as well as behavioral health professionals in order to establish coordinated community response.

Participants emphasized a need to recognize drug-induced behavioral symptoms and best ways to respond, compassion/work fatigue, trauma-informed response, and how to take a person-centered approach when responding to incidents.

To meet the needs of these individuals and agencies, we created the Winter Institute, which hosted over 225 public safety and behavioral health professionals in 2019.

Presenter Information & Expectations:

• Read the Call for Presenters Overview.
• Provide an educational experience that is inclusive of all attendees, unless explicitly explained in the program summary.
• Register as attendees at the conference.
• Share all Conference communication with co- presenters (if applicable).
• Acknowledge no schedule or program changes will be made after January 15, 2020.
• Provide program presentation materials to ASU by February 1, 2020. Materials will be published online immediately following the conference.
• If requesting an LCD projector, the presentation team is responsible for providing its own laptop and any adapter required to connect via VGA.
• Undertake all aspects associated with printing session handouts (creation, printing, distributing, etc.). ASU will not provide any on-site copying for presenters.
• Be aware, a “session monitor” will be present to manage program evaluation and monitor on-time program ending. Session content should accommodate for a 2-minute introduction and a 5-minute conclusion from a session monitor.
• Presenters will receive a complimentary one-day registration on their conference registration fees and 50% discount if they would like to attend the entire conference.

Download Call for Presenters Overview

Important Dates

Call for Presenters Due: Dec 10, 2019
5 PM (Arizona Time)
Selected Presenters Notified: Dec 18, 2019
Conference Registration Opens: Nov 1, 2019
2020 Conference: Feb 18-20, Glendale, AZ