The 2025 Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium will be held in-person on Thursday, September 11 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Burlington. The day-long conference will include presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities featuring leading voices in the field from Vermont, New England, and beyond. The focus of the event is equitable, sustainable, and comprehensive suicide prevention education with sessions designed for mental health clinicians, peer support workers, advocates & families, individuals with lived experience, healthcare providers, educators, and community members. This program is presented by the Vermont Department of Mental Health & Vermont Collaborative for Practice Improvement & Innovation.

Registration & Program

Agenda
8:00-9:00am: Registration & Breakfast
9:00am: Keynote Session
10:15-11:15am: Morning Concurrent Session A
- Mission Connect Vermont: A Governor’s Challenge initiative to prevent suicide among Service Members, Veterans and their Families
- Problem Gambling & Veterans
- Talk Saves Lives
- Caring Communities: Guidance for Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss
11:30am-12:30pm: Morning Concurrent Session B
- From Despair to Purpose: Addressing Problem Gambling & Suicide through Positive Psychology
- Let’s Talk About Men: Supporting Men’s Health in Vermont
- Gizmo’s PAWesome Guide to Suicide Prevention [Youth]
- Athlete Mental Health: Balancing Awareness, Success, Sustainability, and Wellness
 - Coping Strategies for Grief & Loss: Healing in a School Community After a Suicide Loss
12:30-2:00pm: Lunch, Networking & Research Poster Presentations
2:00-3:30pm: Afternoon Concurrent Session C
- Psychological Safety in the Workplace
- QPR Training (Question, Persuade, Refer)
- Facing Suicide Together Through Stories of Hope & Healing
- UMatter Suicide Prevention Training
- Partnership as Prevention: Strategic Nonprofit Collaboration Models for Weathering Funding Volatility in Suicide Prevention

The keynote speaker is AnneMoss Rogers , who will be presenting “Diary of a Broken Mind: Addiction, Depression and the Tragic Link to Suicide.” Learn more about her work below or on her blog.

Nominate a Vermont suicide prevention community champion: click here.

Online Registration (ends 9/10 at 5pm)
Tickets are $130 and include admission to the symposium, conference materials, breakfast & lunch, and a CEU certificate (Allied Mental Health or Social Work (pending). Day-of-registration will be available. Click the button below to reserve your seat today. This event is open to anyone impacted by suicide and/or working/volunteering in suicide prevention. The Planning Committee would like to ensure this conference is accessible for all - scholarships are available - contact us for details to apply. If you have any questions about registration, please email us.

For directions, parking, and other information about DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington Conference Center, click here.

Keynote Speaker

AnneMoss Rogers is a motivational mental health and suicide prevention speaker/trainer who keynotes at conferences and speaks at workplaces, universities, and schools, helping to foster resilience, emotional wellness, and a culture of well-being. After her 20-year-old son, Charles died by suicide in 2015, AnneMoss wrote her award-winning memoir, Diary of a Broken Mind and in 2020, she co-wrote the Amazon best seller, Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk with Dr. Kimberly O’Brien, now translated into three languages.

She has been a TEDx speaker, was featured in the New York Times, Variety Magazine, and was the first non-clinician invited to speak at the National Institute of Mental Health on suicide. She has been interviewed by CNN’s Erin Burnette on teen mental health at the prestigious Billionaire’s Summer Camp and is one of the editors of the American Academy of Pediatrics Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention. A UNC-Chapel Hill alumna, Anne Moss currently lives in Richmond, VA.