The AI and Emerging Technologies Member Community explores the dynamic intersection of leadership practices and the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies, examining their opportunities, challenges, and implications across sectors. This stream focuses on integrating AI and emerging technologies into leadership education, training, and development, highlighting the importance of fostering technological literacy and building a culture of informed and ethical use. Topics include navigating bias, privacy, security, and disparities; balancing the augmentation of leadership capabilities with the preservation of human-centered practices; and understanding the environmental implications of these technologies, such as energy use and sustainability. The stream examines cutting-edge research, innovative tools, and real-world case studies that demonstrate the impact of AI and emerging technologies on leadership roles, decision-making, and organizational transformation. Emphasis is placed on generative AI and its role in fostering creativity, innovation, and digital transformation while also addressing frameworks for governance, ethical policies, and practical applications in diverse contexts. This stream seeks to provide a platform for critical discourse and collaboration, equipping leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of a technology-driven world. Proposals that combine theoretical insights with actionable strategies are encouraged to help shape a sustainable, ethical, and inclusive future for leadership in an age of rapid technological advancement. Through this stream, leaders will explore how AI and emerging technologies can enhance leadership practices while positively impacting people, organizations, and the planet. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Ethics, Innovation, Sustainability, Digital Transformation, Collaboration, Leadership Ecosystems. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Dan Jenkins, Mary Tabata

The Arts & Leadership community joyfully acknowledges and embraces a multi-dimensional, fully embodied exploration of leadership research and development. We trust that engagement with the arts promotes imagination, inclusivity, adaptability, and new metaphors of perception that energize, transform, and inspire leadership and intersectional collaboration, especially relevant during volatile times of complex change. Come and share your vision, be it dance, music, multi-media presentations, poetry, storytelling, graphic imagery, theater, visual arts or any other approach that embodies your perception. We welcome all approaches to arts and leadership, especially as we encourage intersectional collaboration leading to a greater sense of belonging and leading together. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Arts and Leadership, Arts and Social Justice, Collaborative Creativity, Multi-Dimensional Perspectives, Embodied Exploration, Leadership Research, Arts Engagement, Imagination-Inclusion-Intersectionality, Artistic Metaphors, Transformative Arts in Community, Intersectional Collaboration. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Kristijan Civljak and Sionainne O’Neill

The purpose of the Business Leadership Member Community is to unite a global network of leaders and learners — business leaders, entrepreneurs, scholars, developmental practitioners, and students — to inspire, enrich and advance the practice of business leadership. transforming it into a powerful catalyst for positive change.

Stream Leads: Debby Flickinger, Kathleen Curran, and Bidemi Ojo

The Coaching and Leadership stream brings together practitioners and scholars from around the world to explore the intersections of coaching and leadership. This stream welcomes a wide variety of coaching perspectives and works to create opportunities to connect, collaborate, and grow knowledge around coaching and leadership. We seek submissions that explore perspectives and intersections around various methodologies and types of coaching; mentoring, advising, or other helping relationship intersections with coaching and leadership are also welcome. We are committed to creating equitable opportunities for all. The stream looks forward to receiving submissions that advance the field of coaching and leadership. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Leadership Coaching, Executive Coaching, and Coaching to the Keywords. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Lead: Michellea “Redbird” Millis Rucker

In today’s complex, diverse world it is imperative that both scholars and practitioners come together to help create a space of belonging. The focus of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) stream proposal is to provide content related to today’s issues that raise awareness related to all aspects of social advocacy and justice. The stream encourages proposals that demonstrate best practices, models, assessments, and theoretical perspectives that are emerging in the field. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Inclusiveness and Belonging Leadership Practices, Diversity From a Global Perspective, Gender and Diversity and Inclusion, Accessibility and Neurodiversity, Social Justice and Action, Beyond DEIB, Global Diversity Challenges, Accessibility. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Joanne Barnes, Bjørn Ekelund

The Ethics and Leadership Community is a dynamic forum that explores the intersections of social responsibility, diversity and inclusion, ethical decision-making, and transformative leadership practices, fostering resilience and social justice in a rapidly changing, globalized world. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Accessibility & Neurodiversity; AI & Technology; Architecting Change & Transformation; Civic Leadership; Civil Society; College Students; Community Leadership; Competencies; Compliance; Conflict of Interest; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Creativity; Critical Leadership Studies; C-Suite; Culture & Cultural Identity; Democracy; Diversity & Inclusion; Ethical Culture; Ethical Decision-Making; FutureReady Leadership; Futurisms; Generative Leadership Practices; Globalization; Government; Higher Education; Holistic; Human Rights/Security; Identities and ‘isms’; Individual Growth; Learning Outcomes; Leadership Development; Mentoring; Mindfulness; Mixed Methods; Morality & Virtues; Navigation; Pedagogy; Planetary Health; Policy; Political Leadership; Power Dynamics; Publishing; Primary & Secondary School; Qualitative Methods; Quantitative Methods; Regenerative; Resilience; Social Justice and Action; Stakeholder Engagement; Strategic; Sustainability; Team Growth; Training; Transparency; Values-Based Leadership; VUCA; Whistleblowing; Wise Practices; Workplace Ethics. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Emily Schuck, Tarab Kumar, Jeffrey Youngquist

The Followership Member Community is dedicated to the development of knowledge, competencies, and programs concerning the leader-follower relationship. We focus on research, collaboration, and dissemination of ideas and information. We are a passionate group of academics and practitioners looking to engage in conversations for all things followership! Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Non-Traditional Organizations (startups, sports, military, etc.), Followership Theories, Leadership Development, Power and Influence, Collaborative Leadership, Leadership Styles, Distributed Leadership, Innovation, Authentic Leadership and Followership, Ethical Leadership and Followership, Transformational Leadership, Servant Leadership and Followership, Follower Engagement, Intercultural Leadership, Leadership in Crisis, Leadership in Non-Profits, Empathy in Leadership, Leadership Accountability, Leadership and Trust, Collective Leadership, Adaptive Leadership and Followership, Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion, Follower Empowerment, Followership Development, Leadership and Mental Health, Organizational Culture and Leadership, Sustainability and Leadership, Leadership and Ethics in Technology, Peer Leadership, Strategic Followership, Leader-Follower Dynamics in Digital Spaces. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Lead: Leah Sciabarrasi

The Healthcare Leadership Member Community serves as a hub for uniting leadership educators, practitioners, consultants, administrators, and scholars across all healthcare-related settings. Our mission is to foster a dynamic platform for the exchange of philosophies, conceptual frameworks, curricula, programs, experiences, assessment tools, best practices, and scholarship, all aimed at advancing leadership and followership within healthcare. Effective healthcare leadership demands a deep understanding of leadership theory, its practical application, domain expertise, and a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration. The healthcare stream at the global conference will offers unparalleled opportunities for both individual and team development, emphasizing innovations in leadership education and awareness. This, in turn, will contribute to improved patient outcomes and the strengthening of healthcare systems. Our community endeavors to deepen the understanding of organizational leadership and followership within healthcare, exploring their broader significance and uncovering pathways to meaningful and sustainable impact in the field. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Healthcare Management, Clinical Leadership, Healthcare Administration, Organizational Culture, Healthcare Governance, Change Management in Healthcare, Continuous Quality Improvement, Patient and Care Focus, Patient-Centered, Patient Safety, Health Equity, Care Models, Value-Based Care, Workforce and Professional Development, Workforce Retention, Employee Engagement, Burnout and Resilience, Innovation and Technology, Digital Health, Telehealth Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Big Data, Policy and Ethics. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Erin Barry, Tiffany Jordon

We stream together with ancestral leadership, in the spirit of collective – generational leadership. In our time of prophecy, we are called to reweave Indigenous knowledge to nurture the power of our cultural identity and uplift wise practices in community leadership to vision our way forward. We carry a responsibility to catalyze Ethical Space and Two Eyed Seeing, gesturing towards Planetary Health transformation and Indigenous Futurisms. We welcome all of our relations to come together, share your gifts, wisdoms, and what you feel is relevant and needed now.

Stream Lead: Erin Dixon (Gizhagatte)

Leadership development improves both individual and collective leadership capabilities through activities such as training, workshops, experiential learning, resilience, self-care, mindfulness, coaching, and mentoring. The objective is to empower individuals and groups to guide themselves and others toward specific achievable goals that may change over time. The Leadership Development Member Community welcomes practitioners, scholars, teachers, students, coaches, trainers, and others who cultivate leadership knowledge and skills in themselves and others. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Development, Emerging, Training, Communication, Collaboration, Empowerment. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Deirdre Dixon, Lana Leslie

The Leadership Education stream is interested in sessions that serve leadership educators, professors, and teachers working in and/or interested in curricular or co- curricular programs in higher education institutions as well as primary and secondary (k-12) schools and other educational settings. We seek opportunities to share curricula, pedagogies, programs, and research to advance the how, what, and why of leadership education. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Accessibility and Neurodiversity, Architecting Change & Transformation, Andragogy and Adult Learning, Creativity, Future-Ready Leadership, Futurisms, Globalization, Holistic, Human Rights, Mixed Methods, Planetary Health, Policy, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods, Training. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Elizabeth Goryunova, Kyle O’Dell, Kyle Small

The Leadership for Peace Member Community seeks researchers, educators, practitioners, and others who care about peace — in the mind and body, community, and in the world. Our aim is to draw thinkers and doers to focus on peace, peacebuilding, and developing, explaining, and educating for a culture of peace. Our hope is to increase the conditions for justice, tolerance, acceptance, hope and understanding anywhere and everywhere and for positive change in individuals, groups, organizations, and governments that lead to freedom from oppression, conflict and war, and aggression, through dialogue, action plans, research, practice, teaching, and learning. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Peace leadership, Peace education, Peace-building, Conflict resolution, Reconciliation, Peace Followership, Peace operations, Activism, Dialogue, Social Responsibility, Rule of Law. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Whitney McIntyre Miller, Lazarina Topuzova

The Leadership Scholarship Stream offers a home for scholars across disciplines, from aspiring researchers to seasoned academics. It accepts research from multiple methodological traditions (e.g., qualitative, quantitative) and encourages innovative methodological practices. Further, it embraces theoretical and conceptual development and explores critical perspectives in leadership studies. The stream also offers a home for the professional and personal development of scholars, such as grant writing, interdisciplinary connections, publishing in journals, crafting book proposals, and transforming dissertations into articles. Ultimately, the stream aims to democratize access to highquality scholarship, nurturing collaboration and advancing leadership research globally.

Stream Leads: Nathan Eva, Brandon Kliewer

This stream and ILA member community promote an understanding of the healthy nexuses between leadership and philosophy, religion, and worldviews. Philosophy, religion, and worldviews touch the very core of human experience and address assumptions people make about life. These assumptions structure people’s leadership theories and practices. Evaluating leadership theories and practices at the most basic level will generate greater insights into the intersection of leadership with culture. We encourage philosophers and religious leaders to actively participate as a means to hone their leadership skills for use in their respective spheres of influence and to provide corresponding insights to others.

Stream Leads: Tony Hinrichs, John Shoup

The Public Leadership stream addresses a wide range of issues in the public realm extend beyond a single sector and across national boundaries. Issues in the public realm may include climate change, health crises, inequality, poverty, violence, and many more. How do public leaders and their organizations address complex problems and achieve the common good? How can we create collective and relational leadership approaches that bring diverse groups and organizations together, so we can effectively work in a sustained way across boundaries and differences? How can elected and appointed officials, government employees and citizens practice democratic leadership? How can nonprofit boards and staff lead effectively? We welcome examples of new teaching methods, research, and practice in public leadership, including policy change, community organizing, and cross-sector collaboration. We encourage you to collaborate with one another, and across streams and geographic regions. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Administrative Public Leadership, Public Sector Leadership, Nonprofit Organizational Leadership, Health Care Leadership, Grassroots Leadership, Military Leadership. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Ariel Kaufman, Joel Domingo, Larissa Collier

The Sustainability Leadership Member Community are seeking sessions for the ILA International Conference designed to expand practices, contribute knowledge and insight, and engage around leadership that precipitates a more just, sustainable, and regenerative future for the planet. We recognize the deep and interconnected social and environmental challenges that pervade our world, and we seek sessions in which we as leadership scholars, educators, and practitioners can better understand and equip ourselves to address these challenges. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Sustainability, Systems Change, Environment, Justice. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Leads: Kate Sheridan, William Smedick

The theme of the 2025 Global Conference is: Leading Together. This stream explores the vital intersection of trust, leadership, and followership across diverse global contexts. Aligned with the conference’s commitment to advancing innovative leadership theories and practices, this stream welcomes proposals that examine the dynamics of trust as a foundational element of effective leadership and followership. We encourage submissions that explore both theoretical frameworks and practical strategies for building, maintaining, and restoring trust within leadership and followership relationships across various settings, including organizational, civic, educational, and community leadership.

Key questions addressed in this stream include: How does trust influence leadership and followership effectiveness across cultures and sectors? What strategies promote trust-based leadership and followership practices in the face of global challenges? How can leaders and followers restore trust following conflict or failure? What role does trust play in collective leadership models and participatory governance? How does trust shape effective followership and collaborative team dynamics?

The goal of this stream is to foster collaboration among scholars, practitioners, trainers, and coaches, enriching the collective understanding of trust in leadership and followership. By bringing together diverse perspectives, we aim to generate actionable insights and strengthen global leadership and followership practices. Topics of interest (in addition to keywords listed on page 6 of the Call for Presentations Guide) include but are not limited to: Trust Dynamics, Restorative Leadership, Collaborative Governance – Ethics and Integrity, Relationship Building, Followership, Trust-Based Team Dynamics. You will have the opportunity to list additional relevant keywords during the submission process.

Stream Lead: Ted Baartmans

The Women and Leadership stream welcomes submissions that focus on the following areas: philosophical views on gender, supporting women at all stages, future generations, wellness, and intersectionality. This includes perspectives on women’s roles, exploring gender equality, impact, and cultural norms, and supporting women in all stages of leadership, a lifelong process involving youth, mentorship, networking, and creating supportive environments. Within this focus, we recognize some women face adversity and complex challenges when navigating their leadership journeys while also dealing with the duality of race, ethnicity, and other identities. Additionally, we believe prioritizing wellness and maintaining balance are essential for women to thrive and lead together.

Stream Leads: Carol Clyde, Patricia Clary