US Play Coalition
The US Play Coalition is an international network of individuals and organizations, promoting the value of play throughout life. The Coalition hosts conferences and educational trainings, encourages and conducts research and provides avenues of communication about the value of play worldwide.

 
Founded in 2009 at Clemson University, our leadership announced a new home for the US Play Coalition in March 2023 at the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands.
Our largest event each year is the National Conference on the Value of Play. This professional development conference brings together leading play researchers, educators, health scientists, park and recreation professionals, landscape architects, designers, planners, business and community leaders, psychologists, physicians and parents from across
the globe.
"THE FUTURE OF PLAY" will explore play and technology, play across the lifespan, play in libraries, play in the workplace, play in the classroom, and play in relation to universal issues of access, equity, inclusion and more.
We are thrilled to have our first Play Conference in our new HQ hometown of Bloomington, Indiana - on the campus of Indiana University! The three-day event will include headliner presentations, round tables on critical issues and trends, a research symposium for academics, educational sessions for practitioners, PLAYforums and PLAYinstitutes, networking, EPIC play breaks and more.
To learn more about the conference, please visit https://usplaycoalition.org/playconference24
Visit our website and click "Get Involved" to join. Membership is free, and simply requires a declaration of shared commitment to the value of play.