
Innovations in Research and Practice
University of Michigan presents the 2025 Biennial Conference on Ending Sexual Harassment and Gender-Based Violence: Innovations in Research and Practice.
Thank You
On behalf of our entire planning committee, thank you for attending the 2025 University of Michigan Conference on Ending Sexual Harassment and Gender-Based Violence! I hope you left feeling encouraged, connected, and reminded that you are not alone in this work. We can’t wait to see how your ideas, partnerships, and advocacy continue to grow.
Over the course of the two-day event, we witnessed inspiring conversations, bold ideas, and powerful moments of connection. Whether you were sharing your work, listening with intention, or simply showing up with curiosity and openness, you helped make this gathering more than just a conference. You made it a community!
We’re pleased to share a few photos and moments from the event that reflect the energy and spirit of our time together. Thank you again for being part of this experience. See you in 2027!
We want to hear from you!
As we look ahead, your voice is essential. Your feedback will directly inform the planning of our next conference and help ensure we continue to meet the needs of our community. Additionally, your insights will support our efforts to advocate for continued funding, so that we can expand access, deepen impact, and sustain this critical work.
If you haven’t already, we invite you to share your reflections through our brief post-conference survey.
Schedule
Monday, May 19
- 8:30-10:30 AM – Registration and Breakfast
- [Optional] – Professional Association Meetings
- 10:30 AM– Welcome and Opening Remarks
- 11:00 AM – Opening Keynote Panel
- 12:30 PM – Networking Lunch
- 1:30 -4:30 PM – Workshop
- 1:30- 3:00 PM – Concurrent Session 1
- 3:15 PM – Lightning Talks
- 4:30 – 6:30 PM – Networking and Reception
Tuesday, May 20
- 8:00 AM – Breakfast
- 9:00 AM – Concurrent Session 2
- 10:30 AM – Break with Networking Opportunities
- 10:45 AM – Concurrent Sessions 3
- 12:15 PM – Networking Lunch
- 1:30 PM – Concurrent Sessions 4
- 3:00 PM – Break with Networking Opportunities
- 3:15 – 4:45 PM – Closing Keynote Panel
Conference Sessions
Our conference features three tracks—Healthcare, Higher Education, and Community—each designed to address these fields’ unique challenges and opportunities. Attendees can engage in various expert-led sessions tailored to their professional interests, fostering meaningful discussions, innovative solutions, and actionable strategies. We encourage attendees to explore sessions in each track to foster interdisciplinary and interprofessional engagement.
Higher Education Track
- Innovations in student prevention programs
- Strategies for effective survivor support and advocacy
- Responding to campus community harm and healing
- Working effectively with people who have caused harm
- Addressing power dynamics and sexual harassment
- Restorative Justice and campus sexual harm
Healthcare Track
- Confronting healthcare provider misconduct
- Comprehensive approaches to intimate partner violence screening and response
- Systems-level approaches to prevention
- Restorative justice in academic medicine
- Patient-initiated harassment
- Clinical approaches to discussing, screening, and education about current sexual practices
Community Track
- Community-based work with men and boys to prevent violence
- Technology and violence
- Arts-based prevention and healing practice
- Community-based work with communities
- Sexual health education
- Global collaborative groups
