2026 Live Schedule

The sessions below are scheduled between Wednesday, June 24–Saturday, June 27. Recordings will be uploaded to the conference site about a week after live events.

View all sessions, including on-demand sessions, in the Session Gallery.

Tuesday, June 23

11:00 AM EDT

Online Workshop: Wilderness First Aid for Nature-Based Educators

Speaker(s)

Nicole Thurrell

Format

Live

Type

1:30 PM EDT

Online Workshop: Inspiration and Practical Ideas to Explore Nearby Nature

Speaker(s)

Jaclyn Stallard, Ana Leirner, Emily Van Laan

Strand

Teaching

Format

Live

Type

Wednesday, June 24

11:00 AM EDT

Floorbooking 101: Creative Documentation in an Emergent Curriculum and Nature-Based Setting

Speaker(s)

Strand

Format

12:30 PM EDT

Imagine If Learning Grew Like a Tree: Making Inquiry, Art, and Seasonal Science Visible

Speaker(s)

Jade Ratliff, Abigail Finn

Strand

Teaching

Format

Live

Type

2:30 PM EDT

Increasing Equity by Bridging Medical and Educational Models in Forest School: A Case Study of Little Fern Forest

Speaker(s)

Emily Bryce, Kimberlee Kelly

Strand

Strategies for Change

Format

Live

Type

4:00 PM EDT

Creating Outdoor Spaces That Connect Children to the Natural World

Speaker(s)

Strand

Format

Thursday, June 25

11:00 AM EDT

Nature Preschools in a Global Context: Learning from Iran, Japan, Malaysia, and Norway

Speaker(s)

Amy Wrather, Syaza Soraya Sauli, Dongrui Tang, Simin Kazemi Azghadi, Emily Johnson, Claire Underwood

Strand

Strategies for Change

Format

Live

Type

12:30 PM EDT

Featured Session: Imagine If: Texas

Speaker(s)

Format

Live

Type

Featured

2:30 PM EDT

The Ground Beneath Behaviour: Rethinking Children’s Emotional Development Through Outdoor Play

Speaker(s)

Strand

Format

4:00 PM EDT

Did You Hear That? Turn Up the Volume With Nature Sound Exploration

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Strand

Format

Friday, June 26

11:00 AM EDT

Walking With Purpose - Imaginative Ecological Education

Speaker(s)

Strand

Format

12:30 PM EDT

Featured Session: Imagine a World...

Speaker(s)

Format

Live

Type

2:30 PM EDT

Nature and Neurodiversity

Speaker(s)

Strand

Format

4:00 PM EDT

Imagine If Learning Took Root: Nature, Literacy, and Belonging in an Urban School

Speaker(s)

Kyra Stephenson

Strand

Strategies for Change

Format

Live

Type