Plenary: Where We Are and the Road Ahead: The Future of Social Work and Digital Tools
Includes a Live Web Event on 11/06/2025 at 3:45 PM (EST)
Wrapping up two days of discussions, insights, challenges, and opportunities at the intersection of technology and social work, this session will help chart a course for where we need to go next, and highlight ideas for how we might get there on behalf of our profession and the clients and communities we serve.

Dr. Lauri Goldkind, PhD
Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University
Dr. Goldkind is a professor at Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Technology in Human Services. Dr. Goldkind’s current research interests include: public interest technologies, AI adoption and governance in the nonprofit, social care and social work sectors. She has a robust network of community partners locally, nationally and internationally, including the International Federation of Settlement Houses and United Neighborhood Houses.