2024 Annual Conference Call for Presenters

TSPRA's annual conference planning is in full swing. Please fill out the following form for the Conference Planning Committee to review as it seeks to schedule sessions for the 2024 Annual Conference, February 26-29, 2024 at the Marriott Sugar Land Town Square, Sugar Land, Texas. The Conference Planning Committee meets on November 30, 2023 to slate breakout and roundtable sessions. You will be contacted by the end of December with their decision whether or not your presentation is selected.

Submit your proposals by 4 p.m. Oct. 30, 2023 for consideration.

Here is an overview of how presentations are chosen each year:

The state office issues a call for sessions.
Applicants submit proposals. On the submission form, submitters choose if they wish to submit a concurrent session but also if they are willing to be a roundtable presenter.
The conference committee meets to slate the programming as well as alternatives. It is typical for the committee to have more than 80 proposals to consider for about 40 concurrent slots.
In support of the Conference Planning Committee, the state office contacts applicants by end of December. If their presentation is approved, they are asked to confirm their acceptance and make any edits for the program by a specified deadline.
Sometimes presenters change their minds and choose not to present. At that point, their slot is offered to an alternate presenter.
Once this process is complete, all those who submitted are contacted.
If a presenter doesn't accept their assignment and confirm program information by the specified deadline, their presentation will be replaced by an alternate.

Please read through the form below and gather all the necessary information before beginning your submission. Once you start your submission, you will NOT be able to save and come back to it, or edit your information once it has been submitted.*

TIPS

Create clear session titles and descriptions
Consider timely issues facing conference attendees
Use real-life examples or case-studies to help illustrate your topic

DUE DATE, TERMS & CONDITIONS
Please check box after reading each one

If the session application is accepted, presenters are responsible for their own hotel, travel and registration fees.
All presenters, both for concurrent sessions and roundtables, are required to register and pay for the conference, either as an attendee, exhibitor or sponsor, unless some agreement has been made through the TSPRA State Office. Note, TSPRA does not offer one day conference rates.
Concurrent sessions will be equipped with Internet access, a projector, screen and an extension cord; presenter must furnish any additional equipment needed, including their laptop, speakers, handouts, connector cables, etc. as needed.
Roundtable presenters must provide their own laptop.
I understand that only vendors who pay for a Corporate Showcase per the terms of a sponsorship are the only vendors allowed to present a concurrent session.
I understand that if my proposal is accepted, I will receive an email asking me if I wish to accept the session as slated and I may make any edits to the description for the program by a specified deadline. If I do not meet the specified deadline, my presentation may be replaced with an alternate.

TSPRA will not be held liable for any copyrighted materials you may use in your presentation without permission from the creator. By using copyrighted materials, you assume all responsibilities and liabilities. *

I am not using copyrighted materials from another source.
I am using copyrighted materials, but I have permission to use them.

I have read and understand ALL the above information about the due date, terms and conditions of submitting a proposal to present.*

I understand.

I am a vendor, exhibitor or sponsor.*

Yes
No

I am a TSPRA professional/institutional member who has a vendor as one of my co-presenters.*

Yes
No

First Name as it will be printed in program.*

Last Name as it will be printed in program.*

Other accreditation (please list, if any)

Your job title as it will be printed in program.*

School District, association, organization or company as it will be printed in program.*

Additional presenters as they will be printed in program.List name, accreditation, title, and organization. If none, write in none.*

Email Address NOTE: This email will be used to contact you about your presentation. It is the only person who will be contacted regarding a session presentation.*

Your mailing address*

I am proposing a*

Concurrent Session (about 60 minutes)
Roundtable Session (20 minutes x 4)
Vendor Roundtable (20 minutes x 4)
Vendor Concurrent Session (about 60 minutes): Limited to Education Stakeholder ($10,000) sponsors only
Vendor Sponsored Session (60 minutes): Only available for vendor sponsored event.

List other topic.

Target Audience*

All Rookie Mid-Level Veteran

Session title as it will be printed in program.*

Description as it will be printed in the program. (75 words or less for concurrent sessions; 25 words or less for roundtables)*

Sometimes those who submit a proposal for a concurrent session are asked to do a roundtable instead or vice versa. Would you be willing to switch the type of session you're proposing? *

Yes
No

Sometimes applicants and presenters are considered to write an article for TSPRA. Would you like to be considered?*

Yes
No

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2024 Annual Conference Call for Presenters

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