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  • Tuesday, May 19, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST
    Morning Coffee/Tea
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    Bookstore
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    Information Booth
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM CST
    Opening Remarks
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Keynote: Mentors, Collaborators, and Friends – How to Sustain a Career in Suicidology
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    Keynote: Revisiting Perceived Burdensomeness: Exploring the Role of Contribution to Others
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    Wellness Room
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CST
    Keynote
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    15 years of Zero Suicide: Looking Back -- Looking Forward
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    988 Update - Progress and Future Directions
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Beyond PTSD: How Lived Experience, Moral Injury, and System Leadership Shape Suicide Prevention
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Beyond the Statistics: Humanizing Childhood Suicide Through Stories and Advocacy
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Research / Innovation Paper Session 1
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Strengthening Suicide Prevention Through Fatality Review: Elevating Data, Dialogue, and Community-Level Action
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Suicide-Safer Workplaces: Designing Prevention-Friendly Work Environments
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Turning the Tide on Youth Suicide: Evidence, Progress, and Optimism
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
    Lunch
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Advancing Nurse Suicidology: Evidence, Lived Experience, and Emerging Science for a Stronger Workforce Prevention Agenda
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Clinical Innovation for Suicide Prevention in Systems of Care: What’s Working for Whom
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Developing the Behavioral Health Crisis Counselor Workforce: Alignment of National and Local Center Standards
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Elevating Unheard Voices
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Research / Innovation Paper Session 2
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Silent Aftershocks: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention for First Responders and National Guard During Natural Disasters.
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Someone to Talk to: Youth-led Design and Evaluation of a 988 Peer-to-Peer Education Pilot
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Unpacking the Unknowns: A Framework for Evaluating Suicide Prevention in the U.S.
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CST
    988 Is Good Medicine: Developing A Crisis Line Counselor Training Module To Better Serve Native Help-Seekers
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CST
    A Cultural Infusion Implementation Framework for Sites Using the Zero Suicide Approach, With Lessons from New York State
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CST
    A Public Health Approach to Campus Suicide Prevention: Outcomes and Innovations from the JED Foundation
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CST
    Advancing Statewide Crisis System Transformation: The Commonwealth of VA’s Journey
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CST
    International Perspectives on Post-Contact Feedback Surveys for Crisis Helplines: Best Practices and Innovations
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CST
    Post-Traumatic Growth in Loss Survivors: The 6 R's of Grief
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CST
    Suicide Prevention in the World of Sports: From Youth to Professional
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CST
    The Power of Connection: Community-Driven Suicide Prevention
  • 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Coffee/Tea Break
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Breaking Down the Silos: Community-based Development of a Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Community Helper Training
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Bridging Systems And Stories: Lived Experience In The Zero Suicide Movement
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Collaboration with Correctional Facilities: Enhancing Support for 988 Lifeline Contacts from Individuals Residing in Jails and Prisons
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Contemporary Treatments for Complicated Grief through Meaning Making in Suicide Loss Survivors
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Leveraging Cross-Departmental Collaboration to Advance Campus Suicide Prevention: Integrated Mental Health Initiatives at the University of California, Riverside
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Moving from Talk to Action: An Innovative Comprehensive Program for Employee-Focused Suicide Prevention Across a Large Healthcare System
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    QPR for Law Enforcement: Evidence-Based Peer Intervention for Suicide Prevention
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    SAMHSA’s Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Program – Implementation that Works
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CST
    Poster Sessions
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST
    The Sanctuary Social