2025 NSA Annual Conference Seminars

 

National Sheriffs’ Association | June 23-26, 2025 | Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

Education and engagement take center stage at the 2025 NSA Annual conference, offering attendees a wealth of seminars and training opportunities led by industry leaders and law enforcement professionals. Each day features multiple concurrent sessions organized into 13 subject tracks, ensuring content that is both relevant and impactful. As a seminar speaker, you have the unique chance to share your expertise, inspire change, and connect with decision-makers shaping the future of public safety. We’re seeking dynamic presenters and fresh ideas to help make our upcoming Annual Conference an unforgettable experience—discover more about how you can contribute!

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SPEAKER CHECKLIST

MATERIALS NEEDED TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL

SPEAKER INFORMATION
  • Name
  • Title
  • Organization
  • Email
  • Phone number
SESSION INFORMATION
  • Title
  • Description
  • Learning Objectives
  • Track (Scroll down for track descriptions)
FILES
  • Speaker biography
  • Speaker headshot
  • Signed speaker agreement (Find the 2025 NSA Annual Conference Speaker Agreement here)

Once the information above is gathered, you can access the proposal form by clicking the button below. This new window will allow you to fill out the form. Pleas pay mind to the closing date of the form on January 10, 2025 at 11:59PM. After submitting the form, you will receive a confirmation email. If you run into any issues submitting the form, please contact Sofie Roskin at sroskin@sheriffs.org. 

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TIMELINE

November 21, 2024: Seminar portal opens

January 10, 2025: Seminar portal closes

 

 

SEMINAR TRACK DESCRIPTIONS

Future of Law Enforcement – This track covers what is new in the world of law enforcement and looking to what is just past the horizon. These sessions should be forward thinking and can include technology that might be coming, changes to the psychology of law enforcement and their community, or other topics that reflect the future of law enforcement.

Jail Operations – Sessions that cover the issues that affect jails; training on how to more effectively run jail operations and issues affect jail administrators and jail staffing.

Legal Affairs – These sessions will cover legal issues facing the law enforcement community today and into the future. They can cover current existing laws, proposed legislation, and potential legislation that the community should keep an eye out for or should be working on crafting in their jurisdictions.

Officer Wellness – Officer wellness is an ongoing and ever evolving issues in all those working law enforcement and public safety sectors. It impacts not just the officer but also their family and their team. Sessions submitted to this track could cover any wellness issues for any audience that is connected to law enforcement and first responders.

Recruitment, Retention & Training – These are some of the biggest challenges facing law enforcement today. This track should provide practical actionable skills and tool for attendees to take back to their office and apply to help them recruit the right staff, give them the right training and help them retain their new hires.

Law Enforcement Tech – These sessions would look at the latest and greatest in law enforcement technology and its applications in real world settings. These should be technologies that are available today, if it is technology that is upcoming that would be in the Future of Law Enforcement track.

Leadership – Sessions in this track should cover topics like how to be a better leader, how to overcome the leadership challenges or how to gain the skills to prepare to move into a leadership role.

Public Safety – Public Safety encompasses many first responders, not just Sheriff’s and their deputies. This track is to cover the broader areas of public safety and to include topics that are of interest to all first responders.

NSA Talks – A NSA Talk is a showcase for speakers presenting great, well-formed ideas in under 18 minutes. They should be new and surprising, an idea or invention that the audience has not heard about or a great basic idea that the audience has heard about with a completing new perspective.

Case Studies – This track is to provide case study reports from specific events or programs that demonstrate how the situation was handled by the responding agencies. These are to be learning opportunities from real world examples.  The case study can show-case an incident such as a mass shoot or a program such as a child trafficking initiative.

Cyber Security – These sessions will explore the evolving landscape of cyber threats and their potential impact on first responder operations. Attendees will gain insight into practical resources and industry best practices to enhance preparedness and response strategies for cyber attacks. The focus will be on actionable solutions and current methodologies that can be implemented today.

Rural & Small Agency – The needs of small and rural agencies are different from the challenges of the major city and county agencies. Sessions in this track will specifically target topics that are relevant to small and rural agencies. Topics that include resources for these agencies are of interest.

Traffic Safety: Sheriffs greatest impact on saving lives can be through the education and enforcement of traffic safety. The National Safety Council reports over 44,000 people died in 2023 due to traffic incidents, or more than twice the number that died by homicide. NHTSA estimates that 37 people a day. or one person every 39 minutes dies in drunk-driving crashes. Seminars in this track will give law enforcement information on new technology and the tools they need to reduce impaired driving, keep their citizens safe, and still get re-elected.

For questions or clarification about the seminar tracks, please contact Sofie Roskin at sroskin@sheriffs.org.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ANNUAL CONFERENCE SEMINAR FAQS

Q: What is the deadline to complete a submission?
A: The deadline to submit for the NSA Annual Conference will be January 10, 2025.

Q: Do I have to submit my proposal online?
A: Yes, online submission of proposals is required.

Q: Do I have to have an email address to submit online?
A: Yes, confirmation and notification will be done via email.

Q: How will I know if my proposal was submitted successfully?
A: A confirmation screen will appear once you have submitted your proposal.

Q: What information is required?
A: The online proposal must be completed with the following information:

  • Seminar Track
  • Nomination Person
  • Point of Contact
  • Title of Presentation
  • Presentation Description
  • Presenters*
    *Presenter Information Required: Name, Title, Agency/Organization, City, State, Cell Phone, Email
  • Files: Speaker biography, speaker headshot, and signed speaker agreement.

Q: What tracks can I submit a proposal for?
A: NSA has the following 13 tracks for the Annual Conference:

  • Future of Law Enforcement
  • Jail Operations
  • Legal Affairs
  • Officer Wellness
  • Recruitment, Retention, and Training
  • Law Enforcement Tech
  • Leadership
  • Public Safety
  • NSA Talks
  • Case Studies
  • Cyber Security
  • Rural & Small Agency
  • Traffic Safety

Q: What topic should I submit for consideration?
A: We are looking for contemporary and innovative educational seminars on law enforcement issues that attendees will find relevant to their job and agency. Seminars should not be a sales pitch/commercial for an organization or service.

Q: What are the criteria for acceptance of proposals?
A: All submissions will be reviewed by a committee. All submitters are notified of the results via email.

Q: When will I know if my presentation has been accepted?
A: For the NSA Annual Conference, the submitter will receive a notification email decision no later than February 14, 2025. Submitters will be expected to acknowledge receipt to accept and review content for the conference program.

Q: If my proposal is accepted, will I receive any compensation for presenting at an NSA conference?
A: No, NSA does not pay travel expenses or honorariums.

Q: If my proposal is accepted, will I receive complimentary registration at NSA’s conference?
A: Yes. If selected, you will receive full registration for the NSA Annual Conference.

Q: If accepted, how much time will I be given to present?
A: Seminar times are 1 hour in length.

Q: How are seminar rooms set up? What audio-visual equipment will be available for my presentation?
A: All seminar rooms will be set in classroom style seating. A head table for three and standing lectern will be standard in each room for presenters, along with an LCD projector and screen.

A laptop will be provided by NSA. An audio-visual technician will be available to assist you and to answer any technical questions.

Additional audio-visual requests will be considered at the discretion of the Director of Meetings and the availability of such resources. Costs of additional audio-visual requests may be passed on to the presenter (i.e. internet).

Q: What format should my presentation be in? Should I include handouts?
A: Most seminar presenters have a PowerPoint presentation and may provide additional handouts (copied and shipped to the conference site at their expense). In order for attendees to obtain POST credit in their state, NSA requires the following documentation for each seminar, approximately one month prior to the conference and it will be placed online for attendees to access after the conference:

1) Short bio/resume of the instructor(s)
2) Goal or learning objective of the seminar
3) Outline of training materials
4) PowerPoint of training materials (a PDF version will suffice)

Q: Where should I go once I arrive on-site at the conference?
A: Please visit the conference registration desk to check in and obtain your conference credentials.

Q: What is expected of me as a presenter?
A: Conference attendees invest a considerable amount of time and expense to attend the conference. It is expected that presenters:

  • Will prepare for their seminar prior to arrival.
  • Will have a significant knowledge and expertise of the subject area and have sufficient presentation skills to effectively communicate.
  • Will not engage in excessive commercial presentations of their organization or service.
  • Will be conscious of the time limitation of their seminar.
  • Will not read directly from PowerPoints or written statements.