Agenda
Preconference: October 26, 2026
Check-in for preconference sessions begins at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, and the sessions will follow from 1:00 – 4:00 that afternoon.
Participants can choose from three in-person preconference sessions:
- What Makes an Effective Transition?
- Presenter: Dr. Daniel Perkins, Principal Scientist (founder) of the Clearinghouse and a Distinguished Professor of Family and Youth Resiliency and Policy at Penn State University
- Community Homeless At-Risk Training (CHART)
- Presenter: Shawn Liu, National Homeless Program Manager at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- An Overview of VA and Military Benefits for Elder Law Attorneys and VA Accredited Representatives
- Presenters: Polli Pollem, Military Assistance Project Director at Indiana Legal Services, Inc. and Connie Bauswell, Attorney at The Law Office of Connie L. Bauswell, LLC
Full-day Conference: October 27, 2026
The schedule for the 2026 Battlemind to Home Summit can be found below. Session titles and speakers will be announced soon!
The tracks for each breakout session are Behavioral Health, Entrepreneurship, Legal, Research and Transitions.
Please note that the schedule and sessions are subject to change.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:15-8:00 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:15 | General Session 1: Welcome and Morning Plenary Session |
| 9:35-10:35 | Breakout Session 1 Behavioral Health: The Challenges of Acculturation with Victoria Leedy Entrepreneurship: Panel/Roundtable Session moderated by Darren Peterson Legal: Trauma-informed Services Around PTSD and TBI Research: TBA Transitions: Purple Star Schools as Supports for Families and Children with Stephen Balko |
| 10:45-11:35 | Breakout Session 2 Behavioral Health: An Overview of Moral Injury with Clyde Angel Entrepreneurship: Panel/Roundtable Session moderated by Darren Peterson (continuation of Breakout Session 1) Legal: How to Establish a Veteran Treatment Court with Jason Murrey Research: “Gender role reversal: Civilian husbands of U.S. military servicewomen as tied-migrant workers” with Emily Dowling Transitions: Suicide Prevention and the Community Challenge with Laura McKee and Joe DeVito from the Indiana Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
| 11:45-12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30-1:20 | Keynote Speaker: Martin Del Rio |
| 1:40-2:40 | Breakout Session 3 Behavioral Health: How to Start a Veteran Support Group (VSG) with Conrad Washington Entrepreneurship: Financial Benefits for Veterans with Darren Patterson Legal: Veteran Owned Business Legal Certifications with Erik Hendrickson Research: “Predicting Solider Retention from army spouse characteristics” with Carra Sims Transitions: TBA |
| 2:50-3:30 | General Session 2 |