Call for Proposals
2026 Washington State Prevention Summit
Dates: October 28-29, 2026
Location: Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA
Proposals Deadline: July 31, 2026
We’re now accepting presentation proposals for the 2026 Washington State Prevention Summit. This summit brings together professionals, youth, and volunteers committed to health promotion and the prevention of substance misuse, violence, and other high-risk behaviors in a setting that promotes cultural humility.
We’re seeking engaging, interactive sessions (45–60 minutes) for both our Adult and Youth Tracks, as well as keynote proposals (60 minutes). Sessions should offer high-quality workshops, forums, or hands-on learning opportunities that support skill-building and professional development. The Youth Track will center youth voice, leadership, and peer-to-peer engagement while focusing on strengthening skills around the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF).
We encourage you to share your expertise and innovative approaches to prevention by submitting a proposal. We also encourage youth and/or youth groups to submit proposals to educate and inspire other youth at the Summit on they can engage in substance use prevention activities and implement prevention projects in their schools and communities!
In addition to presentations, we are also seeking a Master of Ceremonies (emcee) for the Summit. If this is of interest, please submit a Presentation Proposal at the link below.
Priority Presentation Topics:
- Community informed engagement for substance use prevention efforts
- Current and emerging substance and drug use issues/trends
- Data evaluation in substance use prevention programming
- Engaging tribal partners, community members and sectors into youth substance use prevention efforts
- Environmental and policy strategies to address substance use
- Evidence-based program implementation in different contexts/populations with a variety of different populations of focus
- Increasing youth’s knowledge, passion, and leadership in substance use prevention
- Intersection of substance use prevention and other health and social issues – to include mental health promotion and suicide prevention
- Prevention of substance use across the lifespan
- Prevention of youth gaming and gambling
- Substance use prevention media campaign messaging
- Tribal implementation of youth substance use prevention strategies
Click Here to Submit Your Presentation Proposal
* There are many strategies confirmed by research that positively impact health behaviors and choices of young people. We ask that all presentations align with the strategies outlined in Washington’s Best Practices for Substance Abuse Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Guide Prevention tools: What works, what doesn’t. If your presentation proposal appears to carry severe risks and propose ineffective strategies which can cause harm to attendees by unintentionally reinforcing and promoting pro-use attitudes, this may affect the acceptance of your proposal for the Prevention Summit. Please review the Washington’s Best Practices for Substance Abuse Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Guide, Prevention Tool: What Works, What Doesn’t document to ensure your presentation meets these criteria.