Wisconsin Substance Use Summit

The Wisconsin Substance Use Summit is an event focused on sharing and developing actionable strategies to build healthy and safe communities through substance use prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services and supports. It is organized by the Division of Care and Treatment Services in collaboration with UW-Milwaukee’s Center for Innovative Transition, Education & Employment. 

2027: Wisconsin Dells and virtual

The 2027 Wisconsin Substance Summit is scheduled for May 5-6. All activities will be held at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, with online participation available from any location.

This event aims to:

• Create and provide spaces and opportunities for providers across the continuum of care throughout Wisconsin to connect with best practices approaches and methodology, resource access points, and experts in the field.
• Provide educational opportunities, practical demonstrations, and real-life examples of collaborative efforts, including work within and across parts of the continuum of care to address substance use issues.
• Create a community of relationships across substance use providers in Wisconsin to learn from and support each other, brainstorm solutions to barriers, and provide peer support.

Call for speakers! Session presentation proposals are due October 21, 2026. Presentation proposals are welcome from individual speakers and groups of speakers.

Registration for the 2027 Wisconsin Substance Use Summit is expected to open no later than January 2027. A ticket to this event is expected to cost between $250 and $400. 

Continuing education hours will be available.

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2026: Green Bay and virtual

The 2026 Wisconsin Substance Use Summit was held August 5-6. More than 1,000 people participated in 50 learning and networking sessions at the Oneida Hotel in Green Bay and online from any location.

CEH documentation has been emailed to all participants who completed the evaluation survey. Send questions about CEH documentation to citee-events@uwm.edu. 

Session materials and recordings are available in the Whova app through November 5, 2026. No continuing education hours are available for watching the session recordings.

Federal funding disclaimer

The Wisconsin Substance Use Summit is funded by several grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The views and opinions expressed in event materials and by speakers do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, or UW-Milwaukee's Center for Innovative Transition, Education & Employment.

Send questions about the Wisconsin Substance Use Summit to dhsdcts@dhs.wisconsin.gov.