2026 Washington State Prevention Summit | Event Agenda
Please note that this agenda is subject to change
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| 8:00 - 8:30 AM |
Registration and Check-In |
| 8:30 - 9:00 AM |
Welcome |
| 9:00 - 12:00 PM |
Making Prevention Programs Work: Strategies for Effective Implementation |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Lunch (provided) & Networking |
| 1:00 - 3:00 PM |
2026 Community Needs Assessment Data Books: How to Read and Understand Your Data |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Closing |
| 3:00 - 5:00 PM |
Early Registration: Pre-Summit Check-in |
| 4:30 - 5:30 PM |
Evening Meetings
- 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. TAA / Chaperone Meeting
- 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. Volunteer Meeting
|
| 7:30 AM |
Registration and check-in opens |
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast (Provided) |
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM |
Welcome |
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM |
Break/Transition |
| 10:10 - 11:10 AM |
- Data to Dialogue: Analyzing Statewide Healthy Youth Survey Data Trends to Build Protective Factors
- The Rural Reality Check: Rethinking Community Assessment Through Data, Dialogue, and Discovery
- Check-In With Yourself: Tools and Takeaways for Young Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention
- Finding Their Voice: Teaching Media Literacy Through Student Podcasting
- SPF IN ACTION!
- Influential Youth Influence Policy
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| 11:10 - 11:20 AM |
Break/Transition |
| 11:20 - 12:20 PM |
- Is Kratom Really As Bad As They Say?
- What really reaches youth: Gathering youth perspectives on alcohol and cannabis prevention
- Digital Resilience: How Healthy Tech Habits Strengthen Mental Health and Build Protection Against Addiction
|
| 12:20 - 12:30 PM |
Lunch (Provided) |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM |
Awards Ceremony |
| 1:30 - 1:40 PM |
Break/Transition |
| 1:40 - 2:40 PM |
- Good Policy is Great Prevention
- Beyond the Booth: Turning Community Partners into Prevention Partners
- The Northwest PTTC Toolbox: New Tools for Navigating Changes and Pathways to Prevention in Washington State
- Approaches to Address Vaping for Youth and Young Adults: Let's Share Best Practices
- Turning Your Storm Into Someone Else’s Shelter
|
| 2:40 - 2:50 PM |
Break/Transition |
| 2:50 - 3:50 PM |
- AI in Prevention and the Strategic Prevention Framework
- Evaluating the Community Impacts of Expanded Alcohol Service Areas During the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Early Findings from Public Engagement Reviews
- Evidence-based Prevention: Experiences & Lessons Learned from the Washington State Evidence-based Prevention Workgroup
- SPF IN ACTION!
- Odds, Not Destiny: Risk and Protective Factors in Action
|
| 3:50 - 4:00 PM |
Break/Transition |
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM |
Closing Session
|
| 4:30 - 6:00 PM |
Break/End of Day 1 for Youth Track |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM |
- Data to Dialogue: Analyzing Statewide Healthy Youth Survey Data Trends to Build Protective Factors
- Connecting Health and Traffic Safety for Impaired Driving Prevention
- Research findings and real-world experience: Shaping a new statewide alcohol and cannabis prevention campaign
|
| 6:30 – 8:00 PM |
- Dazzle your Summit Badge
- Karaoke & Sing-along with Sam
|
| 7:30 AM |
Registration and check-in opens |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM |
Breakfast (Provided) |
| 7:40 - 8:25 AM |
Prevention Community Meet-Up (Organized by WASAVP) |
| 8:30 - 8:50 AM |
Day 2 Opening Session |
| 8:50 - 9:00 AM |
Break/Transition |
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM |
- Circles of Strength: Co-designing prevention materials with youth
- Belonging by Design: Creating Relationship-Rich Communities for Youth Well-Being and Prevention
- From Silos to Solutions: Law Enforcement-Prevention Partnerships
- Becoming Storm-Resistant: Your Voice. Your Community. Your Move.
- Let's take a SPF-ie!
|
| 10:00 - 10:45 AM |
Break/Transition
This longer morning break is to help accommodate final hotel check-out for attendees. |
| 10:45 - 11:45 AM |
- Listening to the Workforce: Insights, Reflection, and Next Steps from the 2025 CPWI Workforce Survey
- Connecting Health and Traffic Safety for Impaired Driving Prevention
- AI in Prevention and the Strategic Prevention Framework
- Data to Dialogue: Analyzing Statewide Healthy Youth Survey Data Trends to Build Protective Factors
- Supporting Families During the Transition to College: Parent Feedback on WSU's "Letting Go and Staying Connected" Orientation Session
- Research findings and real-world experience: Shaping a new statewide alcohol and cannabis prevention campaign
- The Youth Empowerment Shark Tank
|
| 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM |
Lunch (Provided) |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM |
- Reframing Reality: How Perspective Influences Our Mental State
- Finding Their Voice: Teaching Media Literacy Through Student Podcasting
- Let's take a SPF-ie!
|
| 1:30 - 1:40 PM |
Break/Transition |
| 1:40 - 2:40 PM |
- Extending the use of the Guiding Good Choices parenting program to address new behavioral health concerns, with diverse populations, and in new settings, languages and formats
- Leveraging effective partnerships to prevent youth access to substances
- Adapting Prevention Through Community Voices: Substance Use Prevention and Mental Health Promotion for Latine Young Adults
- What really reaches youth: Gathering youth perspectives on alcohol and cannabis prevention
- Approaches to Address Vaping for Youth and Young Adults: Let's Share Best Practices
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| 2:40 - 2:50 PM |
Break/Transition |
| 2:50 - 3:50 PM |
- Widening the Circle: How Storm-Resistant Communities Are Built
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| 3:50 - 4:00 PM |
Summit Closing |
