Fifth Annual HOPE Summit – Shaping the Future: A Framework for Every Sector
BOSTON, MA, February 20, 2024— The HOPE National Resource Center has opened registration for the Fifth Annual HOPE Summit – Shaping the Future: A Framework for Every Sector, a two-day virtual event on June 3-4, 2025. The Summit centers around the HOPE framework and provides participants with practical, evidence-based tools and strategies on positive childhood experiences (PCEs) to incorporate into their work.
New to this year, Summit participants will choose between five tracks that include sector-specific workshops, interactive discussions, and networking opportunities. The tracks offered during the Summit include:
- Healthcare
- Education
- Child welfare
- Substance use prevention
- The HOPE Impact
The Summit features keynote presentations by Robert Sege, MD, PHD, FAAP, Director of the HOPE National Resource Center, and Junlei Li, PhD, Co-Chair of the Human Development and Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Sege frequently presents keynote addresses on the HOPE framework and the science of PCEs. Dr. Li, a developmental psychologist, delivers keynote presentations and workshops focused on improving practices, programs, and policies for children, families, and professionals, with a particular emphasis on early childhood development.
Summit participants are encouraged to understand the HOPE framework before the Summit. The HOPE National Resource Center will offer a free Introduction to HOPE workshop for all participants on May 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm ET. Additionally, the Introduction to HOPE online course is available free of charge. This self-paced training introduces the research behind PCEs, the power of the brain to heal, the Four Building Blocks of HOPE, and what HOPE looks like in practice.
The HOPE National Resource Center is proud to work with We & Goliath as the event manager and producer of the Fourth Annual HOPE Summit – The HOPE Transformation.
About HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences
Based at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the HOPE National Resource Center sees a world that honors and promotes positive experiences as necessary for health and well-being. Research shows that positive childhood experiences (PCEs) drive healthy child development and lessen the lifelong effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). HOPE aims to inspire a movement that changes how people and organizations advance health and well-being for children, families, and communities.
Robert Sege, MD, PHD, FAAP, Director of the Center for Community-Engaged Medicine at Tufts Medical Center and Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine, leads the HOPE National Resource Center.
Inquiries: HOPE@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
