2026 SPL Conference Program

Updates will be provided as additional content is confirmed.

Thursday, April 9- Pre-Conference Workshop

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Transitioning from Psychologist to Psychologist-Leader: Leadership and Management Skills for Success  (8 CE)

** Must sign up by EOB on March 25th as there is a two week deadline -space is limited. 

** Additional fee to sign up for this course.

Instructors:
 Dr. Jill Draime,
 Dr. Tamara Lyn
 Dr. Ernest Wayde

Friday, April 10 - General Sessions

7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast is provided if staying at The Embassy Suites
8:00 - 8:30 AM Welcome
8:30 - 9:30 AM Psychology at the Core of Anticipatory Leadership (1 CE)
 • Dr. Oyejoke Coker
9:30 - 9:45 AM Break
9:45 - 11:15 AM Developing Business Resiliency and Agility (1.5 CE)
 • Dr. Michael Gelles
11:15 - 11:30 AM Break
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Cultivated in Precarity: Black women's liberatory leadership wisdom as anticipatory approach (1 CE)
 • 2026 APA President, Dr. Wendi Williams
12:30 - 1:30 PM SPL Business Meeting & Luncheon
1:30 - 2:30 PM Building Anticipatory Readiness Through (Inclusive) Leadership (1 CE)
 • Dr. Sile Walsh
2:30 - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 - 4:15 PM

Traumatic Experiences of Leadership (1.5 CE)
 • Dr. Jennifer Wisdom
  Dr. Nina Nabors

6:00 PM Dine Around San Antonio

Saturday, April 11 - General Sessions

7:00 - 7:30 AM Breakfast is provided if staying at The Embassy Suites
7:30 - 8:00 AM Journal Update
8:00 - 10:00 AM Leading Ethically in the Age of AI (2 CE)
 • Dr. Erin Austin
  Process Protocol Team Activity: AI Leadership Applications 
 • Dr. Cathleen Civiello
10:00 - 10:15 AM Break
10:15 - 11:15 AM Relational Strategies for Navigating Adaptive Challenges (1 CE)
 • Dr. Suzanne Danhaur
11:15 - 11:30 AM Break
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Leading from the Inside Out: Self-Talk & Culture (1 CE)
 • Dr. Suzy Burke

12:30 - 1:30 PM SPL Luncheon & Networking
1:30 - 2:30 PM The Endurance Leader (1 CE)
 • Dr. Ann B. Evangelista
2:30 - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 - 3:45 PM Creating an Ethical and Socially Responsible Organizational Culture (1 CE)
 • Dr. Daniel Schroeder
6:00 - 11:00 PM Gala Dinner and Auction

Sunday, April 12 - Post-Conference Workshop

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Ethics workshop *** Free to attend and CE's will be offered.

More details will be available as details are finalized. Must sign up as space is limited.