Join us for our annual conference!

The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) is pleased to invite you to the 2025 GADE Annual Conference for social work doctoral program directors hosted by the Howard University School of Social Work on April 2-4, 2025 in Washington, DC.

This year’s conference theme is Shaping the Future: Doctoral Education for the Next Generation of Social Work Scholars and Leaders. Our aim is to bring doctoral program directors together for conversations about the current and future state of doctoral education in social work. Recognizing that the future is always uncertain, we hope to equip program directors with ideas and strategies to guide their students in changing times. Through keynotes, panel discussions and breakout sessions, the conference will provide a venue for networking, resource-sharing, problem-solving, and professional development.

Please explore the rest of the conference website via the menu links above for details on the schedule, speakers, sponsorships, conference hotel, and things to do in DC! 

Registration Fee
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$675.00

The price of conference registration includes all meals and conference-related activities. Conference attendance is limited to social work doctoral program directors/chairs, including assistant program directors/chairs, of GADE institutional members who are current in their membership dues. Programs may opt to send a delegate on behalf of their program if the director/chair is unable to attend. If a program is having a leadership transition, both the incoming and outgoing director/chair may attend. Additionally, GADE Board of Directors and GADE Advisory Board Members are eligible to attend and they may invite representatives from partner organizations to attend. All attendees and presenters are required to pay registration fees.

Thank you to our key sponsors!