2021 National VOAD Conference Registration is Open!

We are excited to announce online registration for the 2021 National VOAD Virtual Conference is now open! This quick and easy online process only takes a few minutes to complete and multiple participants are able to register at once.

Session descriptions are available on the online registration pages.  A review of the overall schedule can be viewed below.

Full Conference – $100

This year the first 100 registrants will receive a $25 discount automatically applied at check out!

For those who plan to attend the National VOAD Member & State/Territory VOAD Meeting ONLY, registration is required through the link below. The National VOAD Member & State/Territory VOAD Meeting is for current members only with a max of 2 representatives per Member Organization or State/Territory VOAD. Please note, there will be no cost to attend just the Member Meeting. Please select the “Member Meeting ONLY” option when registering. If you wish to attend the conference as well, please select the “Full Conference” option when registering. No conference access will be given to Member Meeting ONLY registrants.

Click Here to Register

The deadline to register is Thursday, May 13, 2021.

Cancellation Policy: Requests for cancellation refunds must be made in writing and be sent via email to [email protected]. Requests received on or before April 17, 2021 will be refunded in full. A 50% cancellation fee will be assessed for cancellation requests received between April 18, 2021 and April 30, 2021. No refunds will be processed for cancellations received after April 30, 2021.

Schedule

*Schedule Subject to Change

Tuesday, May 18
3:00 – 4:30 pm EST	National VOAD Member Meeting
4:45 – 5:45 pm EST	Member Networking Event
Wednesday, May 19
11:00 – 11:45 am EST	First Time Orientation
11:45 – 12:00 pm EST	Break
12:00 – 1:00 pm EST	Plenary Session – Welcome/State of VOAD Address/Awards Presentation
1:00 – 1:10 pm EST	Break
1:10 – 2:10 pm EST	Workshop Session 1
	Leveraging Geospatial Technology to Understand Population Displacement. Response and Long-Term Recovery Operations Speaker(s): April Wood, Leighton Jones, Chris Vaughn
	Working with Funders in a COVID World Speaker(s): Sally Ray, Tanya Gulliver-Garcia
	TBD Speaker(s): TBD
2:10 – 2:20 pm EST	Break
2:20 – 3:20 pm EST	Plenary Session – Dr. Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center
3:20 – 3:30 pm EST	Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm EST	Workshop Session 2
	Bulking Up – Building State VOAD Capacity through Humanitarian Logistics Speaker(s): Steven Moran, Luke Pratt, John Ricketts
	Lessons Learned – Keeping Volunteers Engaged in A Changing World Speaker(s): Becky Gochnauer
	Equitable Recovery for Low Attention Disasters: Rural Vulnerably & Capacity in the Midwest Speaker(s): Cari Cullen, Heidi Schultz
5:30 – 6:30 pm EST	Meet the VALs
Thursday, May 20
11:00 am – 12:00 pm EST	Sponsor Hour
12:00 – 1:00 pm EST	Plenary Session – Chauncia Willis, Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management
1:00 – 1:10 pm EST	Break
1:10 – 2:10 pm EST	Workshop Session 3
	Amplifying the 4 C’s During Times of Food Insecurity Speaker(s): Thomas Shields, Fran Castellow
	The Next Generation: Creating a Young Adult Pipeline of Service with AmeriCorps Partnership Speaker(s): Katrina French, Rita Pratte
	Survivors as Experts Speaker(s): Ben Hirsch, Doris Brown, Billy Guevera, Caroline Hamilton-Arnold
2:10 – 2:20 pm EST	Break
2:20 – 3:20 pm EST	Workshop Session 4
	Enabling Collaboration and Adaptation through Dialogue: How Conflict Strengthens Diversity for Our Future  Speaker(s): Susamma Seeley
	How to Engage Residential Volunteers in a pandemic – Lessons Learned and Best Practices Speaker(s): Aline Guidry, Andrew Cross
	New Donations Management Opportunities for Collaboration and Safety in a Pandemic. Speaker(s): Charlene Sargent, Dante Gliniecki
3:20 – 3:30 pm EST	Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm EST	Workshop Session 5
	Logistics Lessons from the Record-Breaking Atlantic Hurricane Season 2020 Speaker(s): Stephanie Steege, Kathy Fulton
	FEMA Support: Houses of Worship and Donated Resources Speaker(s): Phil Shaw, Kevn Retherford, Ronan Dalcross
	The Impact of COVID-19 in Tribal Communities Speaker(s): Mark Ford, Chele Rider

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