APTA Leadership Congress

Save the Date for APTA Leadership Congress, July 11-15 in Washington, D.C.

This is an annual event bringing together volunteer leaders to advance the association, including the APTA Board of Directors, leaders of APTA's chapters, sections, and academies, PTA and Student Councils, APTA's standing committees and the House of Delegates.

Agenda At-a-Glance

Agenda as of March 17, 2025. Subject to change.

APTA Future of Rehab Therapy Summit

Additional registration required

Wednesday, July 9	Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, July 10	APTA Centennial Center, Alexandria, VA

APTA Leadership Congress – Friday, July 11, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	APTA Board of Directors Meeting
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.	APTA Board of Directors and Standing Committees Plenary
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Community Service Event
2:30 – 5:00 p.m.	APTA Standing Committee Meetings (5)
1:30 – 5:00 p.m.	APTA PTA Council Meeting
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.	Joint Dinner (Invitation Only)

APTA Leadership Congress – Saturday, July 12, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Coordinated Session with Components & Standing Committees Component Leaders Meeting Component Leader Recognition Ceremony
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.	Component Leadership Luncheon (Invitation Only)
1:30 – 5:00 p.m.	APTA Standing Committee Meetings (5) APTA Chapter Presidents Council Meeting APTA Section and Academy Presidents Council Meeting Component Executives Meeting APTA Student Council Meeting

APTA Leadership Congress – Sunday, July 13, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	APTA House of Delegates
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.	APTA Chief Delegate Council Meeting
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	APTA Association Leadership Scholars
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Awards Committee Meeting (Tentative)
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.	Reception
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.	John H.P. Maley Lecture
7:30 - 9:00 p.m.	Honors and Awards Ceremony

APTA Leadership Congress – Monday, July 14, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	APTA House of Delegates
8:00 – 10:00 p.m.	PTPAC Fundraising Event

APTA Capitol Hill Day – Monday, July 14 and Tuesday, July 15, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Additional registration required

Monday, July 14 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.	Hill Day Training
Tuesday, July 15 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	APTA Hill Day Breakfast and Hill Day

APTA Event Commitment

Your event, your community, your experience.

APTA is committed to creating a safe, inclusive, healthy, accessible, and environmentally sustainable event experience for APTA Leadership Congress. Steps we are taking to meet this commitment include:

	Inclusivity: Making participants feel welcomed and included by ensuring the program venues are in compliance with ADA regulations; creating private lactation spaces; designating an all-gender bathroom; giving attendees the option to choose their pronouns on their badge; a land acknowledgement; and requesting attendee dietary restrictions during registration.
	Safety: Creating an environment where participants are physically safe, including working with local partners to monitor crimes occurring within a certain radius of our event venue; hiring security to safeguard our space; learning and sharing how the emergency notification system works, especially for those with disabilities; stocking emergency response resources; and establishing protocols for reporting personal safety concerns to APTA staff.
	Health: Providing health and wellness resources for attendees, including first aid and onsite EMTs; curating a list of the closest hospitals and urgent care locations, including women-specific health care options in Kansas and Missouri; documenting AED unit locations throughout the convention center; and establishing emergency response protocols for APTA staff.
	Accessibility: Seeking reasonable accommodations to help participants have a meaningful and engaging experience, including collecting requests for special needs during registration; securing ADA hotel rooms as requested; making closed captioning available in select programs; and identifying accessible street crossings between venues.
	Sustainability: Developing solutions to minimize our environmental footprint in the venues and throughout the surrounding community, including requesting all recycling, reuse, and food waste options from our venues; working with our caterers to donate all left over food to local food banks; providing event materials electronically; providing watercoolers at event venues and encouraging reusable water bottle use; and reusing signage as appropriate from year to year.