2025 Call for Presentations

AJA’s Conference & Jail Expo is the only national event that focuses exclusively on local jails and detention facilities. AJA attendees range from Corrections Officers, Trainers, and Managers to Medical Professionals, Jail Administrators, and Sheriffs. Attendees join for an engaging, educational, ground-breaking Conference with networking opportunities, professional development, and access to emerging jail technologies and products.

We invite you to submit thought-provoking, educational workshops that cover current topics, trends, and innovative programs and strategies that affect or can impact our Nation’s jails. Workshops are intended to provide attendees with training, professional development, and actionable takeaways to continue to improve careers and facilities. We are looking for submissions that address issues that affect the operation of jail facilities, provide tangible ways to adapt to change, and allow for personal and professional development and growth.
 

• Call for Presentations opened August 27, 2024 - click here to submit your presentation
• Call for Presentations will close on October 11, 2024
• Submitters will be notified if their workshop submission has been accepted by mid-November.
• The workshop schedule will be finalized in February 2025.
• The 2024 AJA Conference & Jail Expo is May 17-21, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas.

 

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Presenter FAQs 

• Unless you are planning to present and then leave the conference without attending any workshops or activities, you must purchase either:
  • (A) A one-day registration and/or tickets for activities occurring on the day of your presentation, or
  • (B) A full conference registration if planning to attend more than one day.

 

• I understand that the following audiovisual equipment will be provided: LCD Projector, Screen, Lectern and Microphone. 
  • Note: All presenters are responsible for bringing/using their own presentation equipment i.e,. laptop, power cords, slide advancer, pointers, batteries, etc.  Please remember to bring an adapter if you are using a MAC computer. There will be no internet available.

 

• Presenters/Moderators are responsible for all travel, hotel, and incidental expenses. AJA does not pay speaker fees to workshop presenters.

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The 2025 Areas of Focus include:

Risk Liability & Legal Issues	Leading in 2025
Changing and Improving Agency Culture	Classification & Programming Challenges
Jail Technology	Emerging Issues
Staff Wellness:  Ground Breaking and New Ideas	Medical & Mental Health: Adversity & Solutions
Tribal Jails: Confronting Change	Tribal Jails: Confronting Change