2026 Event Agenda

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2026 Washington State Prevention Summit | Event Agenda

Please note that this agenda is subject to change

 

PRE-CONFERENCE: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
8:00 AM Provider Meeting Check in opens
9:00 - 4:00 PM Provider Meeting (Lunch provided)
3:00 - 5:00 PM  Prevention Summit Early Check in and Registration
4:30 - 5:00 PM (30 Minutes) Prevention Summit Chaperone/TAA Meeting
5:00 - 5:30 PM (30 Minutes) Prevention Summit Volunteer Meeting
6:30 - 9:00 PM Optional Meeting Times

 

 

SUMMIT DAY 1: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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

Adult Track: Workshop
  • 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
Youth Track: Workshop
  • Finding Their Voice: Teaching Media Literacy Through Student Podcasting
  • SPF IN ACTION!
  • Influential Youth Influence Policy

 
11:10 - 11:20 AM Break/Transition
11:20 - 12:20 PM

 

Adult Track: Keynote
  • Is Kratom Really As Bad As They Say?
Youth Track: Workshop
  • 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

 

Adult Track: Workshop
  • 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
Youth Track: Keynote
  • Turning Your Storm Into Someone Else’s Shelter

 
2:40 - 2:50 PM Break/Transition
2:50 - 3:50 PM

 

Adult Track: Workshop
  • 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
Youth Track: Workshop
  • SPF 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

 

Adult Track: Evening Sessions
  • 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

 
7:00 - 9:00 PM Optional Evening Activities

 

 

SUMMIT DAY 2: Thursday, October 29, 2026
7:30 AM Registration and check-in opens
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast (Provided)
8:30 - 8:50 AM Day 2 Opening Session
8:50 - 9:00 AM Break/Transition
9:00 - 10:00 AM

 

Adult Track: Workshop
  • 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
Youth Track: Workshop
  • Becoming Storm-Resistant: Your Voice. Your Community. Your Move.
  • Let's take a SPF-ie!

 
10:00 - 10:45 AM Break/Transition (Hotel Check-Out)
10:45 - 11:45 AM

 

Adult Track: Workshop
  • 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
Youth Track: Keynote
  • The Youth Empowerment Shark Tank

 
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch (Provided)
12:30 - 1:30 PM

 

Adult Track: Keynote
  • Reframing Reality: How Perspective Influences Our Mental State
Youth Track: Workshop
  • 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

 

Adult Track: Workshop
  • 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
Youth Track: Workshop
  • What really reaches youth: Gathering youth perspectives on alcohol and cannabis prevention

 
2:40 - 2:50 PM Break/Transition
2:50 - 3:50 PM  
Summit Closing Keynote
  • Widening the Circle: How Storm-Resistant Communities Are Built

 
3:50 - 4:00 PM Summit Closing