Below you will find an overview agenda for the 2025 CQL Conference: Go The Distance! It includes dates and times (all in ET) for what you can expect throughout the event. Please note: The information listed here is all subject to change, and is intended primarily for your general travel and planning purposes.

The 2025 CQL Conference: Go The Distance! is one of the most cost-effective conferences in our field. It provides attendees with registration rates that won’t break the bank, especially for those who choose to register early. Please note that all attendees must register individually. If you have any questions or concerns, you can Contact CQL for assistance.

Cancellation/Substitution Policies

Registrant Cancellations

• All registrants who cancel prior to September 15, 2025, will be issued a refund, less a $50 administrative fee.
• No refunds will be issued on or after September 15, 2025.
• Registrants must submit the cancellation request through the Attendee Changes Form.

Registrant Substitutions

• Registrants are allowed one (1) free substitution, if requested prior to September 15, 2025.
• Subsequent substitution requests, occurring prior to September 15, 2025, will incur a $50 administrative fee.
• No registrant substitutions are permitted on or after September 15, 2025.
• Registrants can only substitute a registration to another employee of their own organization.
• Registrants must submit the substitution request through the Attendee Changes Form.

Conference Disclaimers

• Conference attendees assume any and all risks to their health and safety related to participation in the event. By registering for this conference, the conference attendee is acknowledging that CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership is not responsible for any personal injury (including death), property damage, or loss suffered by the attendee as a result of their participation.
• Attendees are strongly advised to make travel arrangements (hotel, airfare, etc.) that are refundable. If you elect to purchase non-refundable travel arrangements, it is at your own risk and CQL is not liable for any associated costs or fees.
• Any accommodations requests made by registrants – especially regarding interpreters and captioning – must be submitted before 9/15/25, so that CQL has an adequate amount of time to make arrangements.

From provider agencies to governmental systems, state associations to national organizations, and advocacy groups to academia, our conferences welcome hundreds of professionals in the field including executive leadership, supervisors and managers, quality assurance/enhancement staff, and other stakeholders with diverse expertise across the disability services sector. CQL’s partners are among the most forward-thinking in the field and are actively seeking out tools, technology, products, software, services, and resources that will support them along the way. This makes the 2025 CQL Conference: Go The Distance! the perfect event for connecting attendees to your company’s solutions!

Exhibitors

Thank you to the following organizations that are exhibiting at the 2025 CQL Conference:

AAIDD
CIL
Direct Support Workforce Solutions at the University of Minnesota/ICI
High Tide Press
iTherapyDocs
LRA Consultants
NAQ
The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
PathWays
SETWorks
Tech First SHIFT
Therap Services

At the 2025 CQL Conference: Go The Distance!, the CQL Awards of Excellence will recognize an individual, organization, and/or system that demonstrates excellence in the support of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and psychiatric disabilities, as well as older adults. The 2025 CQL Awards of Excellence will be selected from organizations utilizing CQL Accreditation or CQL Interviewer/Trainer Certification. The CQL Awards of Excellence recipients will be recognized at an all-conference luncheon, which will take place on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

The Awards of Excellence nomination period has expired.