Program

Thursday, March 27, 2025

7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Time	Topic/Activity	Presenters
7:30 a.m.	Check-In/Continental Breakfast Breakfast of Champions for Family and Friends	All
8:30 a.m.	Welcome to Annapolis!
8:45 a.m.	Announcements and Introductions
9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m.	AOT Implementation Update
9:35 a.m.	AOT Learning Network Video - Highlights
9:45 a.m.	Setting the Record Straight: Voluntary vs. Involuntary
10:00 a.m.	AOT Graduate Panel
11:00 a.m.	Break	All
11:15 a.m.	Keynote Address Turning the Notebook Around: A longtime reporter investigates her own family's odyssey through our nation's broken mental health system	Meg Kissinger, Author
12:15 p.m.	Lunch Meet, Greet & Eat: Judges and Magistrates	All
1:15 p.m.	Session One Workshops
	Workshop 1A. Advocating for AOT in Your Community
	Workshop 1B. Panel Discussion: Practical Tips for Growing and Improving Your Program
	Workshop 1C. States Stepping Up to the Plate
2:30 p.m.	Break	All
2:45 p.m.	Session One Workshops
	Workshop 2A: Partnering with the Crisis System
	Workshop 2B: Connecting AOT Participants to Services and Supports
	Workshop 2C: Collaborating with Courts and Legal Partners
4:00 p.m.	Networking Reception Featuring Comedian Daniel Laitman	All

7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Time	Topic/Activity	Presenters
7:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Breakfast for SAMHSA Grantees, Past and Present	All
7:45 a.m.	Raffle: You must be present to win!	All
8:00 a.m.	AOT Research and Evaluation: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn
8:45 a.m.	DEI and AOT: Ask the Expert
9:45 a.m.	Guest Speaker Meaningful Recovery from Severe Mental Illness with Clozapine	Robert Laitman, M.D
10:45 a.m.	Break	All
11:00 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Dismiss Upon Civil Commitment with AOT
12:00 p.m.	Lunch Meet, Greet, and Eat: AOT Monitors	All
1:00 p.m.	Session Three Workshops
	Workshop 3A: Using AOT Peer Review Tool to Improve Programming
	Workshop 3B: TBA
	Workshop 3C; TBA
2:30 p.m.	Awards, Dessert, and Final Remarks	All
3:00 p.m.	Adjourn	All