The attached document describes the activities, presentations, and speeches that took place during the "Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse" conference, which was held from April 14-15, 2013 at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Center. This document provides (1) an overview of the conference, (2) the conference's schedule, (3) a description of the conference's themes and presentations, (4) a biography of the conference's keynote speaker, Dr. Mike Haynie, (5) a biography of the conference's luncheon speaker, Virginia State Senator John Edwards, and (6) registration and travel information for conference attendees.