LEARN with us in Long Beach at the biggest and best early childhood conference of the year!

Early registration for the ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference 2024 is open! Register today for big-time savings.

When: July 31-August 1, 2024
Where: Long Beach Convention Center

Empowering early childhood professionals
through community. Here's what you'll get:

  • Cutting-edge information and research, discussion focused on innovations in the field and a chance to share your insights on where we’re heading. 
  • Networking opportunities with top administrators, teachers, clinicians, adult educators, researchers and those involved in shaping policy and programs.
  • More than 70 sessions on early childhood topics you won’t find anywhere else.
  • Continuing Education Units for all ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference attendees. 
Register Before May 8 For Early Bird Pricing to Our Early Childhood Conference
Onsite Registration available for $590.

Early bird pricing ends May 9, 2024 at midnight PST.

Not a member? Register with an Early Childhood Conference Plus ticket to add a one-year membership to your order and save $75 on your registration fees. 

Need help with your registration? Get in touch by sending an email to [email protected].
We would be happy to assist you. 

Register with your team.

Connect your entire team with the latest professional development tools and endless networking opportunities at the ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference. Groups of five or more will receive a $40 discount on each registration. Registering a group of 10 or more? Contact [email protected] to complete your registration.

Couldn't make it to LEARN Conference last year?

Check out the gallery from our last early childhood conference and see what you missed from Minneapolis.

Schedule At A Glance

We’re hard at work developing a great conference program for you. Please check back soon for session and speaker info. 

Pre-Conference Opportunities

DC:0-5™ Clinical Training

Monday, July 29—Tuesday, July 30
9AM–4PM

Pre-Conference Forums

Tuesday, July 30
9AM–4PM

Power Play: A Play-Based Approach to Equity, Belonging and Leadership with Nat Vikitsreth, LCSW, DT, CEIM
Come Back to Care

and 

Diversity-Informed Reflective Supervision and Consultation: A Road to Transformational Change and Liberation in Reflective Supervision and Consultation with Carmen Rosa Norona, LICSW, MSEd, IECMH-E® & Nucha Isarowong, PhD, LICSW, IMH-E®, Advanced Clinical Training (ACT) Program, Barnard Center for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, University of Washington

To Register:
Complete your LEARN Conference Registration and add your selected Forum on Page 2 of the Registration Form.

Wednesday, July 31

7:30–8:00 AM
Morning Stretch & Move Options 

7:30–9:45 AM
Registration & Attendee Support Open 

9:45–10:45 AM
Opening and Practice Plenary Session  

10:45–11 AM
Break and Transition to Sessions 

11 AM– 12 PM
Sessions Block 1 

12–1:30 PM
Lunch on your own in the Exhibit Hall + Poster Showcase 

1:30–2:30 PM
Sessions Block 2 

2:30–2:45 PM
Break and Transition to Sessions 

2:45–3:45 PM
Sessions Block 3 

3:45–4 PM
Break and Transition to Plenary 

4–5 PM
Research/Science Plenary

5–7 PM
ZERO TO THREE Community Networking Reception 

Thursday, August 1

7:30–8:00 AM
Morning Stretch & Move Options 

7:30–9:45 AM
Registration & Attendee Support Open 

9:45–10:45 AM
Policy Plenary Session  

10:45–11 AM
Break and Transition to Sessions 

11 AM– 12 PM
Sessions Block 1 

12–1:30 PM
Lunch on your own in the Exhibit Hall + Poster Showcase 

1:30–2:30 PM
Sessions Block 2 

2:30–2:45 PM
Break and Transition to Sessions 

2:45–3:45 PM
Sessions Block 3 

3:45–4 PM
Break and Transition to Keynote 

4–5 PM
Keynote

5 PM
Conference Adjourns

Extend your LEARNing with Pre-Conference Forums

Are you serious about making a difference and growing your career? We have just the thing! Building on the popularity of LEARN Institute topics and its highly skilled faculty, the 2024 Pre-Conference Forums offer a new way to dive deeply into the topics of critical importance. Choose from two forums that give you the time and space to roll up your sleeves, go a little deeper, take away impactful strategies you can immediately apply to your practice and be a part of a paradigm shift for our field. 

Effective leadership involves self-awareness, adaptability and a keen understanding of the politics at play. In Power-Play, we’ll dive into play-based exercises and support you in leading with flexible leadership, helping you to lead from a place of dignity and grace.

Join Nat Vikitsreth, LCSW, DT, CEIM and a small group of peers to identify decision-making tendencies, recognize and build an understanding of equity-centered use of power in your practice, and cultivate belonging.

Reflective supervision and consultation (RS/C) in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) can create a more equitable world. However, current practices often reinforce systemic inequalities. An anti-oppressive approach is necessary, guided by the Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, and Families and principles of antiracism, racial equity and decolonization.

Join Carmen Rosa Noroña, LICSW, MSEd, IECMH-E®, and Nucha Isarowong, PhD, LICSW, IMH-E® in evolving conventional approaches to RS/C practice. Together, we will celebrate our differences and treat every infant, caregiver and colleague with dignity and respect.

Space in our Pre-Conference Forums is limited.
Let your voice be heard and register today to guarantee your seat at the table.

To Register:
Complete your LEARN Conference Registration and add your selected Forum on Page 2 of the Registration Form.

Connect with wonderful people.

Nothing allows for our growth as much as leaving our day-to-day to engage in fulfilling conversations. Whether you are an administrator, teacher, clinician, adult educator, researcher or involved in shaping policy and programs, our early childhood conference invites you to join in on these important conversations about the work you do and the critical role you play—now and in the future—to build a global, diverse and inclusive community where people connect and empower each other. 

ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference Venue

Book your stay.

Reserve your hotel room with exclusive access to low rates, available for a limited time.

Hurry, as rooms fill up quickly. Special rates, for ZERO TO THREE LEARN Conference attendees only, are available on a first come, first serve basis. All LEARN Conference partnered hotels are within one-mile of the Long Beach Convention Center. 

The Westin Long Beach

(0.4 miles/8-minute walk to the Convention Center)

The Westin Long Beach

Address: 333 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90802 

Rate: $249/night
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Courtyard Long Beach Downtown

(0.4 miles/8-minute walk to the Convention Center)

Courtyard Long Beach Downtown

Address: 500 East First Street
Long Beach, CA 90802

Rate: $259/night
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Renaissance Long Beach Hotel

(0.2 miles/5-minute walk to the Convention Center)

Renaissance Long Beach Hotel

Address: 111 East Ocean Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802 

Rate: $269/night
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Hyatt Regency Long Beach

(0.1 miles/3-minute walk to the Convention Center)

Hyatt Regency Long Beach

Address: 200 South Pine Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802 

Rate: $249/night
*The destination fee is waived and will not be charged to your reservation
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