GET READY FOR THE 2025
AUTISM INVESTOR SUMMIT
APRIL 7-9, 2025 | BEVERLY HILTON, BEVERLY HILLS, CA
Call for Papers Now Open – Submissions are due by March 1, 2025
Attendee Registration opens December 1st
2024 keynote speaker
Allison Kluger, Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Reputation Rules!
Our reputations are defined not by who WE think we are, but how other people perceive us. In business and in your personal lives, a strong and positive reputation can be like currency. A strong reputation will open doors for you, create lasting bonds, and present valuable opportunities. In today’s seminar we will discuss how to repair a damaged reputation, how to make a great first impression, what to be aware of your online reputation, and strategies to curate and maintain a positive working reputation among your colleagues and clients. Also covered will be topics that explore personal, team and corporate reputation. The good news is that no one is stuck in a reputation they don’t want. Reputation is on a continuum, and we are the masters of our reputation destiny.
Allison Kluger is a four-time Emmy-nominated Producer with over 25 years of experience in broadcast media and entertainment, from network television to new media platforms including electronic retail, interactive television, and digital media. She is also a freelance writer and media consultant. Her superpower is being an innovative content creator and media coach across all platforms.
Presently Allison is a Lecturer at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business in four courses: Reputation Management, Strategic Communication, and two classes she created: Personal Branding (which she teaches with Tyra Banks) and Strategic Pivoting for Your Next Chapter (Alex Rodriguez guest speaker). She also teaches the electives: Executive Presence for Women and Media Training.
Allison is the recipient of the Dorothy J. King Lecturer in Leadership for 2017-2018. She is an advisor for many of her graduate students’ new ventures, she mentors young women and men in leadership, communication tactics, and personal branding and gives lectures and keynote speeches all over the world. In her spare time, she is a voracious reader, is writing a book, officiates weddings, and raises her two boys and Australian Shepherd with her husband.
about the SUMMIt
Ticket types:
You are an independently owned and operated therapy delivery organization. Your organization has yet to raise outside funds.
Your therapy organization has raised outside capital or is currently under the management of an investor or private equity group.
You are interested in or have already sourced and invested in a healthcare organization.
Other Industry Professionals
You are neither a therapy service provider or an investor, but provide ancillary services such as software, business solutions, legal services, accounting, diligence, etc.
You are a provider with a VP or higher title, your organization has $5 million+ revenue annually, and you agree to 15-minute meetings with sponsors at the event, arranged by BHB. *Deposit due at registration and refunded if you attend Executive Connect meetings.


Opportunity
Investors are in a strong position to consolidate, expand, and create the kinds of economies of scale that are common in other sectors of healthcare, and in other industries. The autism service market is a highly fragmented marketplace with many opportunities for consolidation, favorable returns on investment and the elevation of regulation, meaningful clinical outcomes, professional development and oversight of care. Because autism treatment is a fairly new field, the industry lacks regulation and oversight. While this is a challenge when evaluating the quality of treatment centers, it’s also an opportunity to implement cutting-edge treatments and technologies. It is vital that investors understand the nuances of autism services and the issues service providers face when scaling their businesses.
Important Factors in the Current Autism Provider Landscape
Intervention
The predominant treatment for autism is based on the science and methodology of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). ABA is one of the few areas that attracts bipartisan political support and as of August 2019, all 50 states in the U.S. mandate insurance coverage of autism services. Services are provided in the home, at center-based programs, at school, or in hybrid models that serve multiple locations. ABA is considered the gold standard of treatment for autism. The National Research council recommends a minimum of 25 hours per week of student engagement. While many service providers offer ABA-based programs, not all ABA is the same. It is critical to assess the quality of programming and service delivery when considering an investment in an autism company.
DEMAND
The ABA market is growing at twice the rate of other multi-site healthcare businesses. With greater awareness, we are seeing the beginnings of a reduction in the social stigma of autism and a formal diagnosis of autism leading more families to seek intervention and support. As funding for autism services and awareness of autism is expanding, more and more families are seeking services nationwide. Most providers report waiting lists for assessment and diagnosis, as well as intervention, leading to rapid growth in this industry. In addition, there are many underserved communities where services are lacking bringing multiple organic growth opportunities to existing providers.
Providers
In recent years, significant investments in autism service providers have occurred resulting in the beginning of consolidation of this market. This interest and investment trend is driving a new level of competition and increasing the standards against which providers need to comply and perform. Despite this growth, however; less than 20% of the autism service industry is owned by consolidators providing much opportunity for continued investment in this market. As consolidators continue to buy up the market, issues such as the integration of clinical methodologies, operational processes, regulatory compliance and administrative functions bring new challenges, especially because the industry is relatively young and unsophisticated from a business operations standpoint.
Market
The total annual costs for children with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) in the United States are estimated to be between $11.5 billion and $60.9 billion — a significant economic burden. It is estimated that the current ABA service provider market is about $7bn with a TAM (total addressable market) of between $50-70bn. The ABA therapy market is expected to grow at a 25% CAGR over the next 3-5 years. The needs of the aging autism population are grossly under serviced providing significant needs across the nation and additional opportunities for investors and providers. Many autism treatment organizations, and some of the largest competitors are located in California. This is due to the fact that funding for treatment programs has been in place there for over 5 decades, prior to the insurance mandates that were later put into place.
2025 Schedule
2025 Sponsors
2024 Sponsorships are Now on Sale
This event provides a unique opportunity for autism service providers and investors to meet in a private setting to discuss the autism services landscape, understand best practices for service delivery and clinical outcomes, and explore opportunities for investments in autism services.
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PRICING
Investor / Investor-Backed Service Provider / Other Industry Professional
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Have questions about the event or registration options? See our FAQs or get in touch.
When
April 7–9, 2025
Where
The Beverly Hilton
9876 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Who
ABA Providers
Payors
Investors
Other Industry Professionals


