Schedule at a Glance
Tuesday, April 21
9 am – 5 pm Registration Open
2–6 pm Exhibit Hall Set Up
| 9:30 am-5:30 pm | SOPHE Board of Trustees Orientation (9:30 am) and Meeting (10:30 am) |
| 12-3 pm | Eta Sigma Gamma Board of Directors Meeting (invitation only) |
| 1-2:45 pm | Health Promotion Practice Editorial Board Meeting |
| 2-4 pm | Pre-Conference Workshop I Smart Health: Harnessing AI for Public Health Innovation Ashley Love, PhD |
| 2-4 pm | Pre-Conference Workshop II Best Practices to Create Transparency and Building Trust Amanda Kwong, MPH, Director, Public Health Communications Collaborative (PHCC) and Emma Prus, Senior Program and Research Associate de Beaumont Foundation |
| 3-4:45 pm | Health Education & Behavior Editorial Board Meeting |
| 4:15-6:15 pm | Pre-Conference Workshop III Mapping Academic Curriculum to the Updated Practice Analysis Results Kadi Bliss, PhD, MCHES, Holly Moses, PhD, MCHES, and Tina Marie Devlin, MPH, MCHES |
| 5-6:45 pm | Pedagogy in Health Promotion Editorial Board Meeting |
Wednesday, April 22
7 am – 5:30 pm Registration Open
7-9 am Exhibit Hall Set Up
11 am – 7:30 pm Exhibits Open
| 7:45-8:45 am | SOPHE New Member Breakfast |
| 9-11 am | Opening Plenary SOPHE Welcome William Datema, DrPH, MCHES, SOPHE CEO Karen Denard Goldman Health Education Mentor Award Presidential Address Heidi Hancher-Rauch Past Presidents Recognition Elaine Auld Horizon Award Honorary Fellow Award Recipient and Plenary |
| 11:15-12:15 pm | A Concurrent Sessions |
| 12:15-1:30 pm | Lunch on your own Visit Exhibits |
| 12:30-1:30 pm | Wednesday Poster Power Hour |
| 12:30-1:30 pm | SOPHE Past Presidents’ Lunch (Invitation only) |
| 1:30-2:30 pm | B Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:45-3:45 pm | C Concurrent Sessions |
| 4-5:30 pm | Plenary 2 Building Equitable Community Partnerships for Health Impact Recognize MVP Partner Award SOPHE Chapter Award of Excellence |
| 5:30-7:30 pm | Opening Reception |
| 6-7 pm | Wednesday Evening Poster Reception |
Thursday, April 23
7 am – 5:30 pm Registration Open
9 am – 4 pm Exhibits Open
| 7:15-8:15 am | NCHEC Breakfast (CHES, MCHES Invitation only) |
| 8:30-10 am | D Concurrent Sessions |
| 10:15-11:30 am | 2025 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award and Plenary Presentation of the 2025 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award Fries Plenary Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH |
| 11:30 am -12:45 pm | Lunch on your own |
| 11:45 am -12:45 pm | Thursday Poster Power Hour |
| 1-3 pm | Eta Sigma Gamma Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony T-shirt exchange NCHEC Undergraduate Major of the Year |
| 1-1:30 pm | SOPHE All-Member Business Meeting (All Welcome) |
| 1:45-3:15 pm | E Concurrent Sessions |
| 3:30-5 pm | Plenary 4 Strengthening Health Systems Through Global Collaboration Health Education Technology Innovation Award |
| 5-6 pm | Thursday Evening Poster Reception |
| 5-6 pm | Meet and Greet Mixers Communities of Practices Students Social and Mixer |
| 6:15-7:30 pm | Dine Arounds |
Friday, April 24
| 7-8 am | Sunrise Yoga |
| 8:15-9:15 am | F Concurrent Sessions |
| 9:30-11 am | Closing Plenary SOPHE Trophy Climate Change, Environmental Ethics, and Public Health Announce National Case Study Competition in Health Education winners FAHE Awards Incoming President’s Remarks and Conference Recap Announce Helen P. Cleary Scholarship |
