2025 National School Safety Conference & Exposition
Available Presenter Registrations
Event Details
School safety professionals and other experts have the opportunity to apply as presenters for the 2025 National School Safety Conference & Exposition to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 28-August 1, 2025. The 60-minute breakout session will take place on Thursday, July 31st and is a great way to share your specialized knowledge, best practices, new methods, and improve the safety of our nation’s schools. Proposals are evaluated on a rolling basis until all sessions are full, so applicants are encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible.
In addition to the satisfaction, you get from sharing your knowledge and methods with your colleagues, workshop presentation has demonstrated a great value to the presenters themselves.
Enhance your professional reputation.
Gain valuable knowledge.
Challenge yourself and your colleagues with new ideas.
Shape the future of safe schools.
Network with your colleagues.
Share your specialized knowledge and experience.
The School Safety Advocacy Council does not provide honoraria or pay any travel or registration expenses. However, each primary presenter approved would receive a free attendee tuition for the 2025 National School Safety Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Any additional presenters that are part of approved presentations will have to register as conference attendees)
Schedule
Sunday 27th July 2025
Investigative Threat Assessment Process Certification Course (Extra Fee Required) 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Primrose 1-4
Investigative Threat Assessment Process (ITAP), our behavioral threat assessment and management model, teaches a fact-based, systematic process designed to IDENTIFY, INQUIRE, ASSESS, and MANAGE potentially dangerous or violent subjects. A key goal is to distinguish between an individual who MAKES a threat versus one who POSES a threat. Threat Assessment teams and programs are designed to address any behavior or communication that raises concern that a person or situation may pose a danger to the safety of the school, campus, or workplace.
Monday 28th July 2025
Conference Attendee Registration & Check-In 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Conference Office
Exhibitor Registration & Check-In 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall
Pre-Conference Session #1 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Primrose Hall 1-4
Pre-Conference Session #2 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Primrose Hall 6-9
Presenter: Kate Berg
Exhibit Hall Open - Conference Welcome Reception 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall
Tuesday 29th July 2025
Exhibit Hall Open - Continental Breakfast 7:00 am - 8:15 am
Location: Agave Hall
Attendee Registration & Check-In 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Conference Office
Conference Kick-Off 8:15 am - 9:45 am
Location: Primrose Hall
Networking Break-Exhibit Hall (Refreshments, Networking, Prizes & Mystery Vendor) 9:45 am - 10:30 am
Location: Agave Hall
Opening Keynote Address: What We Should Have Learned from Past School Shootings but Didn't - Sean Burke, President School Safety Advocacy Council 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Primrose Hall
Lunch (On Your Own) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Keynote Address: Dark Nights of the Soul; When Terror Hits - Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea & Madelena DeAndrea 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Primrose Hall
Exhibit Hall Ice Cream Social 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall
Keynote Address: Dark Nights of the Soul; When Terror Hits - Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea & Madelena DeAndrea 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Primrose Hall
Las Vegas Nights Conference Reception (Sponsored by Safe Havens Defense) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Sky Box Club
Las Vegas Nights Conference Reception (Sponsored by Safe Havens Defense)
Wednesday 30th July 2025
Conference Attendee Registration & Office Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Conference Office
Keynote Address: Understanding and Managing your Behavioral Threat Assessment Protocol - Dr. Scott Poland, Ed.D. Professor/Director of Violence Prevention Office Nova Southeastern Universit 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Primrose Hall
Lunch (On Your Own) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Featured Keynote Address: The Covenant School Tragedy: The Nashville Mass Shooting Event from the Officer’s Perspective - Det. Michael Collazo, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Primrose Hall
National Town Hall Meeting on School Safety Technology Effectiveness 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Primrose Hall
Conference Reception - Sponsored by Carehawk 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: TBD
Thursday 31st July 2025
Conference Attendee Registration & Office Open 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: The Parlor
Breakout Sessions #1B 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Agave Hall 2
Presenter: AJ Reycer
Breakout Sessions #1F 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Agave Hall 8
Presenter: Frank Kitzerow
Breakout Sessions #1E 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Agave Hall 6-7
Presenter: Katherine McCann
Breakout Sessions #1D 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Agave Hall 4-5
Presenter: Keith McKenna
Breakout Sessions #1H 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Sage Hall 3
Breakout Sessions #1A 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Agave Hall 1
Presenter: Eric King
Breakout Sessions #1C 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Agave Hall 3
Presenter: Carly Posey
Breakout Sessions #1J 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Sage Hall 1
Presenter: John Huber
Breakout Sessions #1G 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Sage Hall 2
Presenter: Jim Lottig
Breakout Sessions #2F 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 8
Presenter: Frank Kitzerow
Breakout Sessions #2E 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 6-7
Presenter: Jason Hedrick
Breakout Sessions #2A 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Location: Agave Hall 1
Presenter: Roger Bloom
Breakout Sessions #2B 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 2
Presenter: Dana Milakovic
Breakout Sessions #2C 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 3
Presenter: Greg Lineberry
Breakout Sessions #2G 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Sage Hall 2
Presenter: Heather Baker
Breakout Sessions #2H 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Sage Hall 3
Presenter: Kelly Moore
Breakout Sessions #2J 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Sage Hall 1
Presenter: Clayton Cranford
Breakout Sessions #2D 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 4-5
Presenter: Chad Martin
Breakout Sessions #3A 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 1
Presenter: Phil Blaylock
Breakout Sessions #3H 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 3
Presenter: Steve Webb
Breakout Sessions #3G 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 2
Presenter: Bill McCullough
Breakout Sessions #3F 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 8
Presenter: Frank Kitzerow
Breakout Sessions #3E 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 6-7
Breakout Sessions #3D 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 4-5
Presenter: John Barnett
Breakout Sessions #3C 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 3
Presenter: Dr. Robert Hauge III
Breakout Sessions #3B 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 2
Presenter: Patrick Twomey
Breakout Sessions #3J 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 1
Presenter: Stephen Bucheli Bayne, Ed.D.
Lunch (On Your Own) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Breakout Sessions #4A 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 1
Presenter: Gregory Schwab
Breakout Sessions #4J 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 1
Breakout Sessions #4B 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 2
Presenter: John Ventura
Breakout Sessions #4C 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 3
Presenter: Timothy Troxel
Breakout Sessions #4D 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 4-5
Presenter: Lisa Kovach
Breakout Sessions #4E 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 6-7
Presenter: Gregory Richter
Breakout Sessions #4F 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 8
Presenter: Shannon Piller
Breakout Sessions #4G 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 2
Presenter: Brad Campbell
Breakout Sessions #4H 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 3
Presenter: Brittany Cronin
Breakout Sessions #5J 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Sage Hall 1
Presenter: Michael Chase
Breakout Sessions #5H 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Sage Hall 3
Breakout Sessions #5G 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Sage Hall 2
Presenter: Steven Lynch
Breakout Sessions #5F 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 8
Presenter: Robbie Harmon
Breakout Sessions #5E 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 6-7
Presenter: Matthew Sisk
Breakout Sessions #5D 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 4-5
Presenter: Peter Moroney
Breakout Sessions #5C 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 3
Presenter: Billy Hobbs
Breakout Sessions #5B 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 2
Presenter: Aaron Vanatta
Breakout Sessions #5A 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Agave Hall 1
Presenter: shawn houchin
Breakout Sessions #6J 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 1
Breakout Sessions #6F 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 8
Presenter: Lisa Tuttle-Huff
Breakout Sessions #6H 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 3
Breakout Sessions #6G 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Sage Hall 2
Presenter: Paul Damico
Breakout Sessions #6E 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 6-7
Presenter: Brittany DeWitt
Breakout Sessions #6D 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 4-5
Presenter: Jim Farrell
Breakout Sessions #6C 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 3
Presenter: Jae Beasley
Breakout Sessions #6B 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 2
Presenter: Kevin Ferre
Breakout Sessions #6A 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Agave Hall 1
Presenter: Robert Zavala
Friday 1st August 2025
Conference Office Open 7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Conference Office