Vendor Tables - Where There's Life, There's Hope: Diminishing Risk in The Midst of The Opioid Epidemic

Conference Overview

This Connecticut statewide conference will bring together experts in the field of addiction and substance use to discuss approaches to reduce risk for those who struggle with an opioid use disorder. Keynote speakers Van Asher and Sharon Stancliff, MD, will challenge the definition of recovery and present innovative ways to address the opioid crisis. Five breakout sessions in the morning and five in the afternnoon will pay particular attention to the roles of community organizing, clinical work, first responders, prevention, and adolescent substance use.

Keynotes include Harm Reduction: It's Not Just the Drugs with Van Asher & Applying Harm Reduction Across Services with Sharon Stancliff, MD

Audience

This behavioral health and opioid treatment conference is estimated to have 300 attendees. The attendees range from mental health and substance use professionals as well as those community organizers and first responders.

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What We Look For

• Companies working directly with individuals in recovery (through peer support specialists, art making, etc.)

• Fun giveaways, evidence-based research, and organization information

• Organizations providing substance use treatment services

Vendor Table Times

• 7am – 7:45am - vendor arrival and set-up

• 8am – 9am – participant sign-in and breakfast begin

• 10:30am – 10:45am – participant break

• 11am – 12pm – vendor lunch (details to follow, vendor lunch is provided before participant lunch so vendors can be at their tables available for participants during their lunch)

• 2:45pm – 3pm – participant break

• 3: 30pm – 4:30pm – vendor breakdown and clean up

Tickets

Includes deli style meals and a maximum of 2 staff members.

• Vendor Table - Pay Online = Paying with Card $250 + Service Fee
  

• Vendor Table - Mail Payment = If you are paying by purchase order or check you should select this option, then follow-up by sending $250 by mail.
  

More Information About Payment

PAY WITH CARD: Select the 1st ticket option, pay online!
PURCHASE ORDERS: Select the 2nd ticket option and mail a P.O. Purchase orders are a commitment to future payment. You must then send payment by September 3rd, 2019.
CHECKS: Select the 2nd option and mail the check. There is a $25 bank & handling fee for all returned checks.

MAIL PAYMENTS: Checks and purchase orders are payable to "The Connecticut Women's Consortium" and can be sent to

ATTN: Vendor Opioid Conference, Sharon Molloy, The CT Women’s Consortium,
2321 Whitney Avenue, Suite 401, Hamden, CT 06518

No refunds 30 Days before event

What is Provided

The tables are provided with tablecloths. You will have your organization name on your table. All of your staff names must be included in this application. You will receive a badge and your meals are included. You are welcome to bring brochures and handouts, however, we are not responsible for printing copies. There is a business center at CT Convention Center.

Check the website regularly for updates about the conference.

By Registering You agree that

• If you are attending the conference and require professional credits and CEUs you must register and pay for the conference separately online. Register here.

• Please signup all staff that will attend.

• Please no pictures or social media posts of participants. You may post pictures of your own staff.
  

• We reserve the right to deny vendor tables that do not fit with this behavioral health audience as the protection of staff privacy is important to us

• Tables are assigned by staff and may not be moved.

• Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

• You will adhere to CT Convention Center policies for exhibitors

• By registering for any event with the CWC you agree to our registration and privacy policies.

Parking

A parking garage is attached to the Connecticut Convention Center. Oversized vehicles can be accommodated on an on-site surface parking lot. ​Please contact LAZ Parking at (860) 728-2598 for questions about handicap accessible parking. Discount coupons for conference guests from 7am - 4:30pm are for $11.

You may be interested in some of the nearby hotels including the connecting Hartford Marriott, we do not have a special rate for this event.

Hosts/Contacts

For questions regarding setup or registration, contact The Connecticut Women's Consortium training@womensconsortium.org or (203) 909-6888 x2

This conference is a collaboration of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, The Connecticut Women's Consortium, Department of Children and Families.

Learn more at www.womensconsortium.org