Registration now open for Rider Colloquium

Contact: Jillian Fraze
July 30, 2025
Date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
Time: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Fetzer Center, 2251 Business Ct. Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5239 US

Lunch included

Barbara Rider started this colloquium in 2004 to bring scholars, clinicians, educators and students together to work toward evidence-based practice and to grow as professionals. The annual, daylong event features lectures and sessions with leading OT educators and practitioners.

The keynote presentation will be from Jenn Soros, PhD, OTRL & Beth Ann Walker, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, and will focus on Breaking Silence Through Science: Transforming Approaches to Sexuality and Intimacy Through Evidence and Innovative Dissemination

The plenary presentation will be from Katie Mesko, DrOT, OTRL, and will focus on Stress as a Hidden Occupation: How Regulation Shapes the Way We Show Up.

Register

Rates:
Early bird registration rate: $85 (July 21-31)
Regular registration: $100 (August 1-October 31)
Rider Colloquium Fieldwork Educator or Capstone Mentor: $42.50
Rider Colloquium New Graduate (WMU OTD/OTA) Admission: $42.50
Rider Colloquium Current WMU OTD/OTA Students: $25
Rider Colloquium Exhibitor: $150


For more information about all of our speakers, and for the complete agenda for the day, visit the Rider Colloquium website.