Events

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Events take place throughout the year in Wisconsin that bring together major stakeholders and partners to brainstorm and strategize on how to best address Wisconsin’s health challenges.

Prevent Suicide Wisconsin Annual Conference

A preconference in person gathering will take place on May 13 and will feature networking, research updates, and a faith-based suicide prevention panel presentation. Half-day Zoom sessions will take place May 14-16.

May 13-16, 2025

Milwaukee/Virtual

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2025 Annual WPHA-WALHDAB Conference

Join over 500 public health “trailblazers” at the 2025 WPHA-WALHDAB conference. Organizers are excited to navigate the trail to better public health in Wisconsin together with engaging speakers, diverse educational sessions, and opportunities to fill attendees' cups personally and professionally. 

May 20-22, 2025

Milwaukee

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2025 Wisconsin Harm Reduction Conference

Wisconsin’s second Harm Reduction Conference will provide a time and space to learn and network. The goal of the conference is to bring together experts in the field of harm reduction along with others interested in learning about and expanding harm reduction services, resources, and policies. This opportunity will provide a chance to build relationships with partners involved in the advancement of harm reduction in the state. For two days, attendees will come together to address a myriad of complex issues facing the harm reduction movement and drug user health.

July 16-17, 2025

Wisconsin Dells and Virtual

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38th Door County Summer Institute

This notable event hosted by the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine offers 16 specialized mental health workshops, each designed to cater to a wide range of professionals—from emerging clinicians to seasoned experts. Advance your skills, deepen your expertise, and connect with peers in the breathtaking location that is Door County!

July 21-August 8, 2025

Door County

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HOPE Consortium Virtual Conference

Treatment and recovery service providers, criminal justice partners, human services personnel, prevention professionals, medical providers and professionals, and community and tribal leaders are invited to the ninth annual HOPE Consortium Conference featuring sessions on substance use across prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction.

August 7-8, 2025

Virtual

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Anesis Multicultural Mental Health Conference

Anesis Therepy recognizes the unique mental health challenges faced by communities of color and the urgent need for care that not only understands but celebrates cultural diversity. This is what drives the Anesis Multicultural Mental Health Conference, which aims to reshape traditional approaches and pave the way for a more inclusive and understanding mental health paradigm.

August 21-22, 2025

Madison

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Wisconsin Substance Use Prevention Conference

The 2025 Wisconsin Substance Use Prevention Conference is an event focused on strategies to prevent all types of substance use. The theme for this event is "Prevention Works! Investing in Our Future and Healthy Communities."

September 10-11, 2025

Wisconsin Dells and Virtual

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Crisis Intervention Conference

To provide education on best practices in a culturally aware format that leads to superior quality mental healthcare services that benefits individuals, providers, and communities.

September 18-19, 2025

Wisconsin Dells

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American Society of Addiction Medicine Region VI Conference

The 2025 ASAM Region VI Conference, hosted by WISAM, is an educational conference designed for professionals across disciplines who work in addiction treatment and prevention, including physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, mental health and substance abuse counselors, recovery coaches, law enforcement, public health workers.

This year's conference will be themed "One Region, One Mission: Integrating Medical and Psychosocial Approaches to Addiction."

September 25-26, 2025

Milwaukee

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Wisconsin Counseling Association Annual Conference

2025 WCA Annual Conference.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

October 3-4, 2025

Madison

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21st Annual Mental Health and Substance Use Recovering Conference

Conference Objectives:
  1. Increase knowledge and skills to promote wellness, prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery, holistic care, and continuous quality improvement with the use of best practices for their community across the lifespan.
  2. Promote meaningful involvement in person and family-centered planning, services, supports, and system change.
  3. Increase knowledge of peer support, peer-run programs, and topics related to Certified Peer Specialist in Wisconsin.
  4. Increase knowledge and skills regarding special topics in mental health, substance use disorder, and integrated treatment.
  5. Acknowledgement of the role that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), trauma, equity, social determinants of health, and intersecting levels of oppression play in substance use and mental health so these factors can be considered and incorporated into the work the previous objectives seek to address.

 

October 16-17, 2025

Wisconsin Dells

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FOCUS Conference

This two-day event is for healthcare providers and staff, provider association representatives and Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) staff. DQA hosts the event with other healthcare collaborators. Presenters will talk about a range of healthcare topics.

November 19, 2025

Green Bay

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