Year | Dates | Location | Theme | Keynotes |
2016 | March 30 - Apr 3 | Denver, CO | Trailblazing Change: Moving Mountains Together in Adoption |
Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao
Amanda Transue-Woolston
Dr. Amanda Baden
Delores Teller
Marilyn Mendenhall Waugh
Kathleen Nielson
Mark Hagland |
2015 | March 26 - Apr 29 | Cambridge, MA | Education, Advocate, Legislate |
Bennett Greenspan
Rhonda Roorda
David Smolin
Rev. Dr. Nicholas Cooper-Lewter |
2014 | April 9–13 | San Francisco, CA | Building Bridges for Change |
Lisa Marie Rollins
John Raible
Leslie Pate Mackinnon
Rickie Solinger
Zara Phillips |
2013 | April 10–14 | Cleveland, OH | Create the Next Wave |
Adam Pertman
Thomas Rector
Dominique Moceanu & Jennifer Bricker
Gina Samuels
Jean Strauss & Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-IL) |
2012 | April 26–29 | Denver, CO | Mile High Expectations: Adoption in 2012 |
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Sherrie Eldridge
Pekitta Tynes |
2011 | April 14–17 | Orlando, FL | Many Faces of Adoption |
Ron Nydam
Mary Gauthier
Deann Liem
Susan Harris O'Conner
Rebecca Denton & Lynn Lauber
Mary Anne Alton |
2010 | March 18–21 | Sacramento, CA | Voices of Adoption: Speaking Our Truth, Restoring Our Rights |
Jean Strauss
Deborah Jiang Stein
Cathy Lind Hayes
Carista Luminare
Delores Teller |
2009 | April 22–26 | Cleveland, OH | Transforming Families, Connecting Lives |
Darryl McDaniels
Sharon Roszia
Dorothy Roberts
Joe Eszterhas & Suzanne Perryman
Jean Strauss
Paula Benoit |
2008 | March 26–29 | Portland, OR | Adoption in the Global Community: Redefining Kinship in the 21st Century
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Sharon Roszia
David Brodzinsky
Kevin Campbell
Barbara Raymond |
2007 | March 7–10 | Wakefield, MA | Take the Freedom Trail to Truth in Adoption
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Darryl McDaniels
Sandy Whitehawk
Gerald Mallon
Ann Fessler |
2005 | July 6–10 | Las Vegas, NV | Don’t Gamble with Truth in Adoption
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Fr. Tom Brosnan
Adam Pertman
Russell Friedman
Jean Strauss |
2004 | March 31 - Apr. 4 | Kansas City, MO | Back To Our Roots
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Ron Nydam
Marcy Axness
Alison Larkin |
2003 | April 2–5 | Atlanta, GA | AAC’s Silver Anniversary Conference
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Jaiya John
Annette Baran
Lorraine Dusky |
2002 | April 10–14 | Philadelphia, PA | Let Freedom Ring
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Jett Williams
Ruth Amerson
Betsy Forrest & Pam Hasegawa
Betty Jean Lifton
Rev. Dwight Wolter
Zara Phillips
Adam Pertman |
2001 | April 19–22 | Anaheim, CA | 2001 An Adoption Odyssey
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Penny Callan Partridge & Ron Nydam
Adam Pertman
Joyce Maguire Pavao
Fr. Tom Brosnan
Annette Baran
Kris Probasco |
2000 | April 13–16 | Nashville, TN | Millennium Victories & Visions: A Celebration of Accomplishments, A Confirmation of Purpose, A Challenge to Continue
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Patricia Martinez
Nancy Verrier
Joyce Maguire Pavao
Caprice East
Denny Gladd
Fred Greenman Jr.
Julie Sandine
Robert D. Tuke
Annette Baran |
1999 | May 13–16 | McLean, VA | Rights, Responsibilities, Reality Building Blocks for Adoption Reform
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Susan Harris
Mi Ok Song Bruining
Ron Nydam |
1998 | April 2–5 | Bellevue, WA | Sounding New Depths, Exploring New Channels
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Betty Jean Lifton
Joyce Maguire Pavao
Nancy Verrier
Carol Schaefer
Annette Baran
Penny Callan Partridge |
1997 | April 3–5 | Irving, TX | The Train to Open Records
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Betty Jean Lifton
Joyce Maguire Pavao
Nancy Verrier
Carol Schaefer
Annette Baran
Penny Callan Partridge |
1996 | April 25–28 | Baltimore, MD | Coming of Age
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Annette Baran
Rev. Thomas Brosnan
Reuben Pannor
Joyce Maguire Pavao
Barbara Tremitiere |
1995 | April 10–12 | Las Vegas, NV | Adoption: Laying Our Cards on the Table
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1994 | April 21–24 | New Orleans, LA | Jazzin' It Up in Adoption
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1993 | April 1–3 | Cleveland, OH | New Horizons in Adoption
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1992 | March 19–22 | Philadelphia, PA | We the People Proclaiming Liberty in Adoption
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1991 | April 10–14 | Garden Grove, CA | Sharpening the Focus on Adoption
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1990 | May 24–27 | Chicago, IL | Winds of Change: Adoption in the New Age
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1989 | April 5–9 | New York, NY | Illumination on Adoption
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1988 | April 28 - May 1 | Calgary, Alberta | Adoption Into the 90's
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1987 | May 28–30 | Boston, MA |
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1984 | May 31 - June 3 | Seattle, WA | Educate, Legislate & Emancipate
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1983 | May 19–22 | Columbus, OH | Come Grow With Us
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1982 | June 3–6 | San Antonio, TX |
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1981 | May 28–31 | Overland Park, KS | Open Minds, Open Records
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1980 | May 8–11 | Anaheim, CA |
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1979 | May 4–7 | Washington, DC |
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