8:30 – 9 a.m.: Registration, Networking, and Continental Breakfast

9:05 – 9:15 a.m.: Welcoming Address

• Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, President & CEO, Boston Children’s Hospital

9:15 – 9:30 a.m.: Opening Address – A Vision for Pediatric Behavioral Health in the Commonwealth

9:30 – 10:15 a.m.: Massachusetts’ Behavioral Health System – Update from the State Agency Leaders

• Lee Robinson, MD, Associate Chief of Behavioral Health, MassHealth Office of Accountable Care & Behavioral Health
• Emily Bailey, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

10:15 – 10:45 a.m.: Innovations in Threat Assessments

• Sharmila Metha, Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services, Cambridge Health Alliance

10:45 – 11 a.m.: BREAK

11 – 11:30 a.m.: Family Centered Approaches to Children’s Behavioral Health

• Speakers announced soon!

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Connecting the Dots – Care Coordination for Children with Complex Needs

• Kim Irving, Director of Complex Case Management, Executive Office of Health and Human Services
• More speakers announced soon!

12:15 – 1 p.m.: LUNCH

1 – 1:30 p.m.: The State of Health Equity and Behavioral Health

• Kevin Simon, MD, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, City of Boston; Director, JUSTICE Clinic, Division of Addiction Medicine; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Boston Children’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School

1:30 – 2:15 p.m.: Building a Regional Pediatric Center

• Matthew Siegel, MD, Chief of Clinical Enterprise, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital; Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Franciscan Children’s Hospital

2:15 – 2:45 p.m.: Behavioral Health in the 2025 – 2026 Legislative Session

• Chair – Senator John Velis, Vice Chair, Joint Commission on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
• More speakers announced soon!

2:45 – 3:30 p.m.: Pediatric Boarding 2.0 – From Crisis to Solutions

• Gino Mortillaro, MD, Medical Director, Emergency Psychiatric Service; Medical Director, Psychiatry Bridge Clinic; Psychiatric medical Director, Behavioral Health Transport System, Boston Children’s Hospital

3:30 p.m.: Closing Remarks