Join us September 17-18 at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center. Spaces are limited, so don’t wait. Register by August 26 to take advantage of discounted room rates.

What can you expect at the Project Play Summit?

• 12 new workshops, featuring youth sports experts. Among the topics: how to encourage sport sampling, coach social and emotional skills, coach girls, create an inclusive sports program, and reshape PE.
• Hoop Dreams at 25. A quarter-century after the popular basketball documentary was released, we ask: What's changed in youth basketball? Hear from Webber and Hoop Dreams filmmaker Peter Gilbert.
• Sports as Social Fabric. Sports can teach core skills necessary to build a just and kind society. Brooks and Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver explore the role of youth sports in developing inclusive environments.
• A Team that Looks Like America. University of Michigan coach Erik Bakich shares how he built a team that models the country's racial diversity and how youth programs stay relevant in the travel ball era.
• How to Truly Reform USA Gymnastics? The sport sits under a cloud, beset with accounts of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. Kondos Field shares her ideas on how to make the sport healthier and more accessible to more kids.