ICDD Development Day: Future of the Field

{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "ICDD Development Day: Future of the Field ", "image": "/content/dam/soi/en/web/icdd/events/2025/ICDD 2025 Calendar of Events .pdf", "startDate": "2025-05-07T10:00:00.000", "endDate": "2025-05-07T15:00:00.000", "description": "The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities, funded by the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities (ICDD), is pleased to offer a FREE Virtual Conference on the future of the intellectual and developmental disabilities field. This conference is open to Illinois disability service providers, legislators, ICDD Council members, people with developmental disabilities and self-advocates, family members and anyone else in the intellectual/developmental disabilities field. Join us for this free event with presentations by national disability sector leaders. Virtual Conference Schedule: 1. Welcome, National Leadership Consortium & Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities 2. Our History as a Context to Look to the Future, Ari Ne'eman, Harvard University, (10:00 – 11:00 AM CT). 3. A Sign of the Times: Overview of Current Federal Actions and Promising National Practices, Mary Sowers, NASDDDS, (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT). 4. BREAK, (12:00 – 1:00 PM CT). 5. National Trends: Employment Opportunities and Partnerships, Steven Hunt, Briggs & Associates, (1:00 – 2:00 PM CT). 6. Let's Keep Fighting: Opportunities and Needs for Better IDD and Mental Health Supports, Whit Downing, Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities, (2:00 - 3:00 PM CT). ", "location": [ { "@type": "VirtualLocation", "name": "ICDD Future of the Field: May 7, 2025", "url": "https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dKaF4aTiSVSBHPQqdF37Mw#/registration" },] }