The Most Comprehensive School Safety Conference in the Nation
Attendee Registration Information
Early Discounted Registration
Prior to 4/1/25
- Attendee - $575
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Multi-Attendee - $525
(more than 5 from same agency)
Regular Conference Registration
After 4/1/25
- Attendee - $675
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Multi-Attendee - $625
(more than 5 from same agency)
Cancellation Policy: Any attendee or exhibitor cancellations prior to 4/1/25 will receive 50% of their registration fee. Cancellations after 4/1/25 will not receive a refund but allowed to substitute attendees without a fee. A $25 administrative fee is assessed to all cancellations.
The 21st Annual National School Safety Conference will be held on July 29 – August 1, 2025 at the all-new Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. This Conference is internationally recognized as the largest and most comprehensive conference focused on all aspects of school safety and security. Centered on national best practices and proven methods and programs, this conference brings together the most knowledgeable and internationally renowned keynote presenters into a single forum to provide the highest quality professional development possible in one conference. In addition to our unmatched keynote presenters, you will be able to take advantage of a choice of two complimentary pre-conference sessions as well as almost 50 breakout sessions by current professionals in the fields of education, law enforcement, and school safety.
With conference content specifically designed for all school safety stakeholders, this is the must-attend professional development event of the year.
Who Should Attend This Conference
School Administrators
Law Enforcement Executives
School Security Directors
Emergency Managers
School Safety Officers
School Resource Officers
DARE Officers
School Crisis Team Members
Educators
Community Leaders
Parents & Students
Industry Solution Providers
Keynote Presentations
Featured Conference Presentation
Det. Michael Collazo, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
The Covenant School Tragedy: The Nashville Mass Shooting Event from the Officer’s Perspective
On March 27, 2023, a 28-year-old former student armed with two rifles and a handgun, entered the Covenant School, a Presbyterian parochial elementary school in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. The shooter opened fire killing three nine-year-old children and three adults, including the head of the school. In this riveting presentation conducted by one of the officers first on scene who engaged the shooter, you will hear about the events leading up to the incident, the tense moments on scene trying to locate the killer, and best practices and lessons learned from the officer’s perspective.
Dr. Scott Poland, Ed.D. Professor/Director of Violence Prevention Office Nova Southeastern University
Understanding and Managing your Behavioral Threat Assessment Protocol in Schools
Join SSAC in welcoming one of the nation’s most sought-after speakers in the field of both Bullying and Behavioral Threat Assessment, Dr. Scott Poland. This dynamic session containing actual school-based case studies will provide the school safety practitioner with the skills needed to both understand the complex nature of behavioral threat assessment but also understand the complexities involved in managing your agency’s/district’s policies and protocol. Dr. Poland will share some of the legalities often times many school districts are forced to address during their prevention and response to critical incident threats. In today’s real world of increased threats to schools and communities, this is not a session you will want to miss.
Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea & Madelena DeAndrea
DARK NIGHTS OF THE SOUL; WHEN TERROR HITS
Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea (Ret) was in a leadership role in three school shootings that changed the fabric of American society and police response to active shootings around the world. He takes a deep dive into these tragic events and more importantly analyzes the positive things that came from them in decision making, improved tactics, and mental health practices. He is accompanied by his oldest daughter, Madalena DeAndrea, who survived the Borderline active shooting incident in Thousand Oaks, CA in 2018. Madalena, a current Senior Manager of Strategic Projects, Recovery, and Resiliency with Jeffco Public Schools Department of School Safety in Colorado shares how the protective factors she learned growing up the daughter of a lifelong law enforcement officer, ultimately saved her life. She shares her insights as a survivor of an active shooter, and her choice to experience post-traumatic growth following an experience of evil. This keynote culminates in an opportunity for audience questions if time allows
Sean Burke, President School Safety Advocacy Council
What We Should Have Learned from Past School Shootings and Violent Incidents but Didn’t
This riveting presentation will take an in-depth look at past school incidents of shootings and violent incidents while examining what we should have learned from each but didn’t. Attendees will be presented with real world solution and options to these lessons we should have learned that can employed in their home districts and communities upon their return.
Mr. Michael Rudinski, Security Program Manager Howard County MD. Public School System
Navigating the Storm: Re-Emergence of Violent Street Gangs and Threat Groups and their Impact on our Schools and Communities
This dynamic presentation will equip attendees with the knowledge and strategies to tackle one of the most pressing issues facing our school communities today. With “eye-opening” content, you will delve deep into the re-emergence of violent street gangs as well as newly forming threat groups on campus and their disruptive impact on our school campuses. Attendees will gain invaluable insights into the intricate dynamics of current campus trends and threats, including the factors contributing to their resurgence of violence.
More Keynote Speakers to Be Added Soon
Special Presentation
Included Pre-Conference Sessions
On Monday July 28th the National School Safety Conference will host two pre-conference sessions that are free to anyone registered to attend the 2025 National School Safety Conference. These pre-conference sessions will be held at the Virgin Hotel and be focused on the most prevalent safety issues facing schools today.
Please check back for more information on the courses that will be offered.
Conference Host Hotel
