2026 SVN Annual  Conference
May 20-22, 2026
New Orleans, LA



Call for Proposals Now Open

The Program Committee is looking for presenters with ground-breaking ways of providing services to the families we see.


Presenters may include professional supervised visitation/child access providers, survivors, judges, attorneys, mediators, researchers, academics, licensed clinicians and counselors, domestic violence and child abuse and neglect experts, mental health practitioners, parent educators, social service organizations, and other interdisciplinary professionals.


We have some suggested topic areas, including (but not limited to) Judicial Training, The Law, Community Collaboration, Self Care,  Foster Care/Adoption, IPV/DV, Child Welfare, Mental Health/wellness, Leadership, and housing insecurity. All submissions should address in some way one or more of these concepts from our organizational tagline:


Educate: Offer new and insightful information for attendees with tangible takeaways.


Collaborate: Foster networking opportunities during the workshop or offer tools for building relationships in their communities with collaborative partners.


Advocate: Provide information that helps attendees increase awareness of their programs and the importance of support and funding of professionally provided supervised visitation services.

 Presenter Benefits: 

  • Reach a global audience of over 300+ professional providers of supervised visitation 
  • (1) Free Night* at the Conference Hotel, The Intercontinental
  • Discounted conference rate 
  • Presenter designation on your conference badge
    *For up to two presenters per workshop

The 2026 SVN Annual Conference will be a Hybrid event. For speakers, this means pre-recording your workshop for virtual attendees and attending theConference in New Orleans, LA. SVN will facilitate recording the session with you. All conference workshop sessions will need to be 90 minutes, inclusive of a question-and-answer time. 


All presenters must use the electronic form to be considered; no written, faxed, or carrier pigeon submissions will be accepted.  


The Deadline to submit is October 3, 2025


Submit Propsal