2025 CDS Annual Conference

2025 CDS Annual Conference

2025 CDS Annual Conference
July 6-9, 2025 - Geneva, NY
Theme: Innovative Pathways for Thriving Communities
Sub-themes: Technological Integration, People-Driven Solutions, Place-Based Collaboration
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Bartlett Theatre - Coxe Hall

12:00pm • PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP #2 (Registration Required) : Community Development: Concepts and Applications - Lead Presenter: Daniel Kahl
5:00pm • New Member Orientation

FLX Welcome Center

3:00pm • Lakeside Networking at FLX Welcome Center

Stern Hall - Room 103

1:00pm • PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #3 (Registration Required) - Using Journey Mapping to Ignite System Transformation - Lead Presenter: Raquel Taylor

Stern Hall - Room 117

9:00am • CDS Board Meeting (Old Board)

Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

8:00am • Conference Check-in

Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd Floor

6:30pm • Welcome Reception: Corridors of Community

Bartlett Theatre - Coxe Hall

7:30am • PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #5 - Rosendale Heart & Soul (Registration Required) – A Case Study on Community Engagement in a Small New York Town - Lead Presenter: Ian Moran

Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship

5:30pm • Taste of the Finger Lakes Reception in Downtown Geneva

Scandling Center

11:30am • Boxed Lunch Pickup - 11:15am to 11:45am

Smith Center for the Arts (Smith Opera House)

7:00pm • Showing of the Film "Sing Sing" (Free Admission for CDS Conference Attendees)

Stern Hall - Room 103

7:30am • PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #8 (Registration Required) - Fun, Simple, & Effective Tools for Community Vitality & Placemaking - Lead Presenter: Todd Johnson

Stern Hall - Room 201

7:30am • PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #9 (Registration Required) - Strengthening Communities Through Collective Impact: Lessons Learned from a Community-Based Literacy Initiative - Lead Presenters: Peter Budman and Heather Mills

Stern Hall - Room 203

7:30am • PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #4 (Registration Required) - Climate Justice and Asset-Based Community Development: Stories from a Wetland - Lead Presenters: Nancy Gift and Deborah Puntenney

Stern Hall - Room 204

7:30am • PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #7 (Registration Required) - The Power of Facilitation: An innovative, responsive introduction to facilitation strategies and techniques for new audiences - Lead Presenters: Will Cronin & Bethany Prykucki

Stern Hall - Room 301

7:30am • PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP #6 (Registration Required) - How a Map Can Make a Difference: Understanding and Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Community Programming - Lead Presenter: Josh Bowman

Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

7:15am • Conference Check-in

Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd Floor

9:30am • Opening Session with Plenary Session: Place-Based Development and Empowerment

Coxe Hall - Coxe 1

5:00pm • CDS Membership Committee Meeting

Coxe Hall - Coxe 7

5:00pm • CDS Programs Committee Meeting

Coxe Hall - Coxe 8

5:00pm • CDS Stewardship & Finance Committees Meeting

Outdoor Classroom

8:30am • Communities for Kids: The Origin Story and Early Stories of Partnership and Progress.

Stern Hall - Room 103

Stern Hall - Room 117

Stern Hall - Room 201

Stern Hall - Room 203

Stern Hall - Room 204

Stern Hall - Room 301

Stern Hall - Room 303

Stern Hall - Room 304

Stern Hall Lobby

Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

8:00am • Conference Check-in

Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd Floor

Stern Hall - Room 103

Stern Hall - Room 117

2:00pm • CDS Board Meeting (New Board)

Stern Hall - Room 201

Stern Hall - Room 203

Stern Hall - Room 204

Stern Hall - Room 301

Stern Hall - Room 303

Stern Hall - Room 304

Stern Hall Lobby

Stern Hall Lobby (near Room 101)

8:00am • Conference Check-in

Vandervort Room - Scandling Center, 2nd Floor