BACK TO REGISTRATION

📍 Academy Offices - 1600 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006

12:00–2:00 PM | Academy Board Meeting

2:00–4:00 PM | New Fellows Orientation

📍 National Academy of Sciences - 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418

5:30 PM | Check-In & Welcome

5:30–6:30 PM | Flemming Awards Reception

• Hosted by Susan Swain, CSPAN

6:30–7:30 PM | Arthur S. Flemming Awards

(Learn more at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration)

7:30–8:00 PM | Post-Awards Reception

📍 National Academy of Sciences - 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418

8:30–9:00 AM | Continental Breakfast

9:00–10:00 AM | Plenary: State of Public Administration

10:15–11:15 AM | Brownlow Book Award

The Louis Brownlow Book Award
Since 1968, the National Academy of Public Administration has recognized outstanding contributions to the literature of public administration through the presentation of the Louis Brownlow Book Award. The Award recognizes outstanding contributions on topics of wide contemporary interest to practitioners and scholars in the field of public administration. Generally, it is made to an author who provides new insights, fresh analysis, and original ideas that contribute to the understanding of the role of governmental institutions and how they can most effectively serve the public.

Plenary Panel: Bridging the Gap – State and Local Capacity in a Shifting Federal Landscape

11:15–11:30 AM | Break

11:30 AM–12:15 PM | Plenary: Remarks from General McChrystal

12:15-1:00 PM | Lunch

1:00-1:45 PM | Plenary Panel: Redefining public service careers for the modern workforce

Roback Scholarship Awards

The late Academy Fellow, Herbert Roback, was a highly respected public servant. During his 34-year career, he encouraged talented and promising students to consider lifetime careers in the public service. To honor Mr. Roback, his family and friends established the Herbert Roback Scholarship Fund to perpetuate his work.

To fulfill this goal, the Academy annually awards one scholarship up to $7,500 to a graduate student currently enrolled, or admitted for enrollment, in a full-time accredited master’s degree program in public administration, public and international affairs, public policy, and/or political science.

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1:45-2:00 PM | Break

2:00–3:15 PM | Concurrent Interactive Panels

• Global and domestic Forces are Reshaping Governance

• Forecasting the Fiscal Horizon: What Lies Ahead in 2026?
• Bringing AI to Main Street with Google

3:30–4:45 PM | Concurrent Interactive Panels

• Leading for National Outcomes
• Resilience by Design: Building Systems That Withstand and Adapt

4:45–5:00 PM | Break

5:00-5:30 PM | New Fellows Induction

5:30–6:30 PM | Evening Reception

📍 National Academy of Sciences - 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418

8:30–9:00 AM | Continental Breakfast

8:30–9:30 AM | Plenary Panel: Reimagining Government

9:30–10:30 AM | Reimagining Government Breakout Rooms

10:30-10:45 AM | Break

10:45–11:15 AM | Fellows Forum: Strategic Visioning for the Academy

11:30 AM–12:15 PM | Concurrent Panels

• Understanding and Working with Congress

• The Future of Public Administration Education
• Insights from the Private Sector

12:15-12:30 PM | Break

12:30–1:30 PM | Lunch & Closing Plenary: The Next 250 Years of Public Service

George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy

In 2006, the National Academy of Public Administration created the George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the Academy. This award, named for the National Academy’s first president, recognizes those Fellows who have made a sustained and extraordinary contribution toward the Academy becoming a stronger and more respected organization.

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1:45–3:00 PM | Academy Standing Panel Meetings