IOA 2025 Conference Schedule
Schedule-At-A-Glance
The IOA Conference Planning Committee is excited to produce an in-person program for #IOA2025. We encourage you to take a moment to review the schedule-at-a-glance and detailed session descriptions.
Friday | 4 April
| 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Registration Open
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| 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM |
Foundations Course (pre-registration is required)
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Saturday | 5 April
| 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
Registration Open
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| 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM |
Foundations Course (pre-registration is required)
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Sunday | 6 April
| 8:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Registration Open
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| 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM |
Foundations Course (pre-registration is required)
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5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
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Ombuds Lounge Open
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Monday | 7 April
| 7:30 AM – 7:00 PM |
Registration Desk Hours
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| 6:30 AM – 7:00 AM |
Early Morning Activities
Run | Offsite
Pilates | Soprano
Choir Practice | Tenor
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| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM |
Breakfast Buffet | Overture Foyer I |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM |
Welcome and Round Table Discussions | Symphony 1-3 |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Opening Keynote: Adar Cohen | Symphony 1-3
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| 11:00 – 11:15 PM |
Break | Overture Foyer I
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| 11:15 PM – 12:15 PM |
Concurrent Session Block 1
CS 1A
CS 1B
CS 1C
CS 1D
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| 12:15 PM –1:45 PM |
Lunch Buffet |
| 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM |
Concurrent Session Block 2
CS 2A
CS 2B
CS 2C
CS 2D
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| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM |
Break | Overture Foyer I
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| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
Mary Rowe Keynote
The Mary Rowe Honorary Keynote Address critiques an area in the ombuds profession that warrants discussion, debate, and exploration. This keynote embodies the spirit of the significant contributions that Mary Rowe graciously and selflessly provided the organizational ombuds profession and associations throughout her career.
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| 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM |
Break
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| 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM |
IOA Research Café | Picasso / Overture Foyer I
Please join members of the Research and Assessment Committee for IOA’s first Research Café! A research café brings the ombuds community together to create space to exchange research ideas, get peer feedback for an idea that they may have, and build potential research collaborations in a friendly and low-stake setting.
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| 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM |
Special Topic Discussion | Symphony 1-3
Mentoring Event | Concerto A
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| 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM |
Break | Overture Foyer I |
| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM |
Afternoon Mini-Sessions | Symphony 1-3 |
| 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM |
End-of-Day Learning Circles | Symphony 1-3 |
| 7:15 PM |
Dinner with an Expert | Offsite
Join a group of 4-6 people and discuss a particular topic of interest together. The group will depart from the Ombuds Lounge at 7:15 PM unless otherwise noted. All participants are responsible for their dining expenses.
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Tuesday | 8 April
| 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
Registration Desk Hours
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| 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM |
Early Morning Activities
6:00 AM | Run | Offsite
6:30 AM | Pilates | Soprano
6:30 AM | Choir Practice | Tenor
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| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM |
Breakfast Buffet | Overture Foyer I |
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM |
Keynote | Symphony 1-3
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| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM |
Break | Overture Foyer I
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| 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM |
Concurrent Session Block 3
CS 3A
CS 3B
CS 3C
CS 3D
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| 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM |
Break | Overture Foyer I
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| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Concurrent Session Block 4
CS 4A
CS 4B
CS 4C
CS 4D
Research Update (RNA) | Symphony 1-3
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| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch Buffet | Overture Foyer I
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| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM |
CO-OP® Panel Session | Symphony 1-3
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| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM |
Break | Overture Foyer I
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| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
Concurrent Session Block 5
CS 5A
CS 5B
CS 5C
CS 5D
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| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM |
Break | Overture Foyer I
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| 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM |
Ombuds Stories | Symphony 1-3
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| 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM |
Break | Overture Foyer I
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| 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
Sector Meetings
Academic Sector Meeting | Concerto A
Government/Federal Sector Meeting | Concerto B
Corporate Sector Meeting | Acapella A
International Sector Meeting | Concerto C
K-12 Sector Meeting | Concerto D
Open/Unhosted Sector Meeting | Chamber B
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| 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
Learning Circles | Symphony 1-3
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| 6:30 PM |
Experience on Display
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| 7:00 PM |
Late Night with IOA: 20th Anniversary Party | Sound Garden
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Wednesday | 9 April
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7:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Registration Desk Hours
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6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
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Early Morning Activities
Run | Offsite
Choir Practice | Tenor
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7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
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Breakfast Buffet | Overture Foyer I
Mingling with the IOA Board of Directors starting at 8 AM
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8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
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Discussion Group 1 | Concerto A
Discussion Group 2 | Concerto B
Discussion Group 3 | Concerto C
Discussion Group 4 | Concerto D
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9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
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Break | Overture Foyer I |
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9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
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Concurrent Session Block 6
CS 6A
CS 6B
CS 6C
CS 6D
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10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
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Break | Overture Foyer I
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Practice Edge/Undebate | Symphony 1-3
The Practice Edge/Undebate is the next generation of the Howard Gadlin Undebate that began in 2016. The intent of this plenary remains the same: To raise for discussion critical questions related to the practice of organizational ombuds. This session continues Howard’s encouragement to "push the envelope” in a way that challenges us to openly discuss difficult practice issues in a critically supportive manner.
The debate is a time to rethink the settled foundations of ombuds practice so that we can better understand our commitment to those foundations or begin the process of re-examining them?
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12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
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Closing Ceremony | Symphony 1-3
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12:15 PM – 12:45 PM
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Traveling Snacks | Overture Foyer I
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