Sessions at the conference will be organized around this year’s theme, "Bright Lights, Bold Ideas: Shaping the Future of Public Heath Practice."

Abstract submissions should describe innovative, proven, or promising evidence-based practices, programs, services, systems, research, technologies, tools, partnerships, principles, and policies. Sessions should offer insight or guidance that attendees can readily use to advance the work in their communities. Submissions may also suggest improvements, challenges, solutions, theories, and concepts from other fields that may be applied to the work of local health departments.