Proposal Submission
The American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity (AAAED) is seeking presenters to share their expertise, passion and commitment to promoting diversity and affirmative action with a national audience during our 2017 National Conference and Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ from June 7 to June 9. Our theme for the conference is “Bridging Opportunities: We Are Known By The Tracks We Leave.” We are seeking presentations that promote creative strategies to enhance equity and diversity in higher education, government, and the private sector. We encourage presentations that address our theme as well as other emerging issues, trends, analyses and perspectives related to diversity and affirmative action in education and the workplace. Visit the Student Poster Proposals information and submission page.
Presentations will be one hour and fifteen minutes in length, including time for questions and answers. Ideally, presentations should help conference attendees put theory into practice. Presentation format and suggested topics are detailed in the following pages. There are tremendous benefits to those who make presentations at our conference, including:
- National recognition
- Opportunities to learn and share experiences with others
- Networking
- Professional development
- Registration and exhibition rate discount
AAAED, is a national, not-for-profit association of professionals working in areas of equal opportunity, compliance and diversity. AAAED has 40 years of leadership in providing professional training to members enabling them to be more successful and productive in their careers. It also promotes understanding and advocacy of affirmative action and other equal opportunity and related compliance laws and regulations to enhance the diversity tenets of access, inclusion and equality in employment, economic, and educational opportunities.
PRESENTATION PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS
Submit proposals electronically by
November 18, 2016
Proposals for consideration should include the following information:
- Cover page with session title and presenter’s name(s).
- The name, title, organization, complete address, telephone number, fax and email address for each presenter.
- Audience (e.g. human resources professionals, faculty) and level of presentation (e.g. introductory, advanced).
- Up to a one (1) page description of the presentation.
- A 75 word abstract of the session for inclusion in the conference program (if selected).
- A brief resume or biography of each presenter. Please state whether each presenter is a member of AAAED. If you have presented at a previous AAAED National or Regional conference, please indicate the event, year and presentation topic.
- A photograph in jpeg format (minimum 300 dpi) of each presenter for inclusion in the conference program (if selected).
- Audio/visual needs.
Multiple proposals from one presenter(s) are welcome. Proposals will be selected based upon relevancy to the conference theme and practice of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action and diversity; timeliness of the topic; creativity of approach; and demonstration of expertise.
You will be notified if the proposal is accepted or declined. If selected, the information and materials you provide may be used for marketing and conference publicity, as well as possible resale by AAAED to non-conference attendees.
All submissions must be typewritten and complete to be considered.
Please email questions to:
Candee J. Chambers