Maine Public Health Association 2025 Annual Conference

Join the Maine Public Health Association for our 2025 annual conference, Connections Build Health: Sparking Conversations, Strengthening Communities. This year's conference is hosted in collaboration with the UMaine-Institute of Medicine and will take place on Monday, October 27th, at the Augusta Civic Center.

MPHA’s annual conference is the largest public health gathering in Maine. Every year it features a broad array of programs and projects that address individual and community health, and demonstrate strategy, creativity and innovation in tackling public health challenges.

“Connections Build Health: Sparking Conversations, Strengthening Communities,” will showcase initiatives that encourage conversations and address social isolation, which can have significant physical and mental health impacts. In his landmark report, “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,” former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy identified strategies to improve community connection, including strengthening social infrastructure and mobilizing the health sector.

We are looking for diverse examples and perspectives on how people in Maine are working to address social isolation by building positive community connections. Both structured and unstructured opportunities for relationship building, forming non-traditional partnerships, and other connections to health-supporting resources (like food banks and internet access) are the types of initiatives we're hoping to uplift.

Thank You to Our 2025 Annual Meeting Sponsors!

Silver Supporter: UMaine-Institute of Medicine

Bronze Supporter: Maine Cancer Foundation, New England Public Health Training Center

Friend Supporter: UNE's Center for Excellence in Public Health

Thank You to Our 2025 Annual Meeting Exhibitors!

AdCare Educational Institute of Maine • American Lung Association • Bangor Public Health and Community Services • City of Portland, Health and Human Services Department, Portland Public Health Division • Community Health Options • Maine Cancer Foundation • Maine Conservation Voters • MaineGeneral Health • MaineHealth • MCD Global Health • New England Public Health Training Center • Northern Light Health • UMaine-Institute of Medicine • University of Southern Maine

* Italics indicate a Sustaining or Alliance organizational member

Sponsorship & exhibitor opportunities are available! Learn more here. If you are interested in supporting our conference or have questions, please contact us at: [email protected].

Take advantage of discounted registration rates to join public health professionals from across the state for a day of learning, networking, and inspiration!

Early Bird Rates:

• MPHA Members: $75 plus processing fees
• Student, Early Career, & Retiree members: $60 plus processing fees
• Non-MPHA Attendees: You save money by joining MPHA and registering at the member rate, vs. registering as a non-member- so !

MPHA members receive a discounted registration rate! We encourage you to join today to receive this benefit and many others. You can learn more about membership at our website: www.mainepublichealth.org.

If you are a member, you may access your discounted registration link by logging in to your and clicking "Upcoming Events."

• Select the 2025 Annual Conference, which will redirect you to EventBrite where your registration discount will be automatically applied.
• Your membership must be "Active" to receive the discount (so please be sure to renew first if your membership has expired). If this is the first time you've logged in to your member profile, you will need to enter your email and request a password reset link.
• If you have a Sustaining or Alliance organizational membership, members will automatically receive the additional discount.

Standard member registration rates are (after July 18th):

• Individual members: $100 plus processing fees
• Alliance members: $90 plus processing fees
• Sustaining members: $80 plus processing fees
• Student, Early Career, & Retiree members: $65 plus processing fees

The Non-Member registration fee is $200 plus processing fees.

Please note: EventBrite charges a service fee for invoices (even check payments), and a service and processing fee for credit card payments. If these fees are prohibitive, please email [email protected] and we will invoice you separately.

Lodging Information - We recommend booking a room at the Best Western Plus Augusta Civic Center Inn, which is adjacent to the Civic Center.

Please reach out to MPHA staff with any other questions ([email protected]).

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