Monday, October 6, 2025
Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel
Each year, the Providers’ Council brings together human service organizations, businesses and institutions from across Massachusetts for an enriching one-day event designed to celebrate the state’s vibrant human services sector. We are so excited for you to join us on Monday, October 6 for a day filled with networking, learning and recognition of the most inspiring human service professionals of the past year.
This year’s Convention & Expo has officially SOLD OUT!
Here is what attendees can expect from this amazing one-day event:
- An inspiring keynote address by burnout expert, author and podcast host Cait Donovan;
- Opportunities to find cost-saving products and solutions at our Expo;
- 39 workshops featuring a variety of panelists, presentations and topics;
- Networking rounds to build your professional community in the sector (bring your business cards!);
- Our wellness hub complete with massage therapists, mindfulness sessions and yoga;
- Awards of Excellence, Peer Provider and $50k for 50 Years Scholarship award ceremonies; and
- A reception to celebrate the day, a photo booth and announcement of Bingo winners.
Location and Parking:
The venue offers a special parking rate of $25 for guests entering between 5:00-9:00 a.m. and leaving between 1:00-8:00 p.m. We do not validate parking.
Parking
Copley Place parking garage will fill up BEFORE 9:00 a.m so we highly recommend the Prudential Center Garage. This garage is around the corner from the Marriott Copley Place Hotel, and has more capacity than other garages in the area. The garage is connected to the Prudential Center mall, which has a skywalk to the Marriott Copley Place hotel. Other parking options nearby can be found here.
We encourage you to take public transportation or ride share. For the MBTA – take the Green Line (E Line) to the Prudential Center Stop. To park and ride, park at the Riverside T Station and take the MBTA.
Accommodations
If you are planning to stay overnight before the event, hotels nearby the Marriott Copley Place can be found here.
What you need to know as an attendee:
Registration
Registration and Exhibit Tables open at 8:00 a.m. Registration is on the 4th floor of the hotel.
- Only those who have pre-registered through their organizations will receive a name badge. There will be NO day of registrations. Workshop selections will be found on your pre-printed name badge.
- Check-in will be by last name.
- Exhibitors, presenters, award recipients, special guests, sponsoring CEOs and Council Board members will be adjacent to general registration area.
Seating
During the morning session, tables in the Grand Ballroom will be open seating.
At lunch, there will be a mix of open seating and reserved lunch tables (only for organizations who registered in increments of 10). For example, if you registered 20 people, you will have two reserved lunch tables of 10. If you registered 24 people, you will have two reserved lunch tables of 10 and four people who will have general (open) seating. A listing of reserved lunch tables will be on the screens in the ballroom. Additionally, there will be signage at the registration desk and the ballroom doorway entrances. Reserved tables will be marked with the appropriate organization’s name.
Bring your business cards to network with others, particularly if you are attending our networking rounds (#28, 29, 30). Also, make sure to leave time to check out the 60+ exhibitors! And don’t forget to complete your evaluation of the day’s events. We can only do better, if we know better!
Thank you to this year’s Diamond Convention Sponsor:
