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Action for Tomorrow: 2025 Meals on Wheels Texas Conference and Expo

Join us in Austin for a transformative experience at the 2025 Meals on Wheels Texas Conference and Expo! Together, we will explore how we can take decisive steps today to create a brighter future for Meals on Wheels providers tomorrow in Texas and ensure we can effectively deliver on our missions.

This conference is your opportunity to build capacity, share insights, and strengthen the network of support that enables us to deliver vital services to our communities. Advocacy is essential at every level—within our communities, among partners, and with funders and decision-makers. Now more than ever, your voice matters in ensuring that our programs continue to meet the needs of those we serve in ensuring that our programs continue to meet the needs of those we serve.

Don’t miss our Advocacy Day! On Tuesday, we will kick the day off with advocacy training and head to the state capitol to engage directly with key representatives. We will equip you with powerful messages, materials, and strategies to effectively communicate the importance of our work, ensuring that the voices of older adults are heard by those who represent them.

On Wednesday, we will wrap up with impactful sessions and two dynamic keynote speakers.

Join us in sharing the powerful stories that highlight the impact of our programs in our communities. Let’s unite our voices and advocate for the critical services that provide nourishment, companionship, and dignity to our clients. Together, we can take action today for a better tomorrow!

Details

Conference Details

This year, our conference will be held at the Austin Omni Downtown. We are currently working to finalize the conference sessions and presentations. If you're looking to be one of our 2025 speakers, don't forget to review our call for speakers and turn in your proposal form today! Our expo will also feature vendors and sponsors who are eager to meet you and share all the new items and services they have to offer.

More details coming soon!

COVID-19

The safety and well-being of our attendees, speakers, exhibitors, and team is our priority. To lower risk to participants, we strongly suggest that all persons who wish to attend the MOWTX Annual Conference be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.

As a reminder, anyone feeling sick, displaying symptoms of COVID-19, or who has been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 should refrain from traveling and attending the conference.

Refund Policy (Registration only)

Cancellation requests received in writing to info@mealsonwheelstexas.org between January 15 - 31 will incur a $100 cancellation fee. Cancellations received after February 1 will not be refunded. There are no exceptions to this policy. All refunds will be processed within 30 days following the conference.

Plan Your Stay

Book your stay at the OMNI!

Meals on Wheels Texas has reserved a Conference Room Block from Sunday, February 16 - Wednesday, February 19.

To book a room at the Omni Austin:

Visit https://bookings.omnihotels.com/event/austin-downtown/meals-on-wheels-texas-association-conference-02162025 or call (512) 476-3700 by January 17, 2025. 

Single: $259.00

Double: $279.00

Triple: $299.00

Quad: $319.00

Keynote Speakers

2025 Keynote Speakers

We are thrilled to welcome speakers and presenters from across the state to our 2025 Conference.

Monday Morning - to be announced soon

 

Monday Evening - Dr. Edward Burger

Dr. Edward Burger (Ed) is the President and CEO of St. David’s Foundation, the largest foundation in Central Texas focusing on health care and health equity, where he oversees all the Foundation’s philanthropic and operational endeavors aimed at improving the lives of individuals throughout Central Texas both today and tomorrow. Prior to joining the Foundation in January 2020, Ed served as President at Southwestern University and before that as Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. 
 
A leader on thinking, innovation, and creativity, Ed is also the author of more than 70 books and research articles. His most widely acclaimed book, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, co-authored with Dr. Michael Starbird from The University of Texas at Austin, has been translated into more than 15 languages and has led to speaking invitations from organizations such as Microsoft, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
 
In 1997, Ed became one of the first individuals to make instructional mathematics videos accessible to a broader audience through mediums such as CD-ROMs and the Internet. Between 1997 and 2023, he created more than 6,000 such videos covering mathematics curriculum from kindergarten through Calculus II that are watched by millions of people from around the globe. In 2010, Dr. Burger received the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University, one of the most prestigious teaching awards in the world.  Also in 2010 Dr. Burger was among the people the Huffington Post named to its list of “Game Changers” in 2010 – a group of 100 “innovators, mavericks, visionaries, and leaders in 12 categories who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it.”  
 
Ed has received a number of other national awards, including the 2001 Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo National Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics and the Chauvenet Prize from the Mathematical Association of America. In January 2013 he was inducted as one of the first Fellows of the American Mathematical Society. He has delivered more than 800 lectures worldwide and has appeared on more than 40 radio and TV programs, including a Mathletes episode of NBC’s “Science of the Winter Olympics” series, which earned him a Telly Award. Burger also served for three years as mathematics advisor for a series of educational programs that were made to accompany the popular CBS television series, “NUMB3RS.”
 
Ed graduated from Connecticut College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin.
 
Tuesday Morning - Advocacy Keynote
 
 
Wednesday Lunch - Special Keynote to be announced soon
 
Sponsors & Exhibitors

Vendor Expo:

Monday, February 17, 12:00pm - 1:30pm

 

Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors:

Title Sponsor:

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Gold Sponsor:

Coffee Break Sponsor:

Padfolio Sponsor:

Silver Sponsors:

Bronze Sponsors:

Better Unite

Golden Gourmet Meals

Marsh McLennan

US Foods

Snack Bag Sponsor:

My Senior Center

Lanyard Sponsor:

Pollock Orora

Other Sponsors:

Emergimeals
Genius Monkey
LPI
Lux Bakery, Inc.
Track 15
United Healthcare Community Plan
McKee Foods Corporation

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Interested in joining as a sponsor for our 2025 Conference & Expo in Austin? Below are the sponsorship levels we're offering for this year's conference:

  • Platinum - $10,000
  • Gold - $5,000
  • Silver - $3,000
  • Bronze - $1,500
  • Booth Only - $1,000

Additional Sponsorship Opportunities:

  • Bingo Lunch - $15,000
  • Grab and Go Breakfast - $7,500
  • Snack Break - $5,000
  • Conference App and Technology - $5,000
  • Supporter - $1,000

For more benefits and details, and to become a sponsor today, check out our dedicated sponsor page.

Questions? Want to find the right sponsor level for your organization?
Email Kelley Abell at info@mealsonwheelstexas.org.
Thank you from the 2025 Conference Committee
Your conference contacts:

2025 Conference Committee:

  • Jennifer Flynn (Conference Chair)
  • Olivia Burdick
  • Gissell Perez
  • Paul Secord
  • Alissa Deaton
  • Jackie Hamm
  • Seanna Marceaux

2025 Conference Schedule

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Questions?

Say hello at info@mealsonwheelstexas.org.