The Call for Proposals is now closed. Proposals are being reviewed and notifications will be made in early May. Thank you for your submission!
The conference planning committee announces a call for presentation proposals for the 2010 conference. We invite health care professionals, community representatives, advocates, policymakers, researchers and others from the U.S. and other countries to submit brief proposals for a variety of presentation formats.
Preconference Presentations:
Main Conference Presentations:
We invite proposals in the following thematic categories:
- language access
- culturally competent care/disparity reduction
- cultural competence/disparity reduction education and training
- organizational cultural competence
- policy
- research
Information on the 2010 topics and formats can be found at the links for Step 1 below.
For previous conferences, the number of proposals received in each category has ranged from 10 to 40. At the 2010 conference, we aim to have approximately 10-12 preconference sessions; 75-80 workshop presentations of 30 minutes each, 6-10 peer-to-peer, roundtable or special sessions, and about 40 posters. We don’t have a set number of presentations reserved for each thematic category, but do try to keep a good balance. As in 2008, presenation abstracts will be submitted, reviewed, and organized for the online conference program through an online abstract service, which streamlines the submission process.
Steps to submit a presentation proposal
Step 1: Background about the conference
Please read the following documents to familiarize yourself with the conference format…
Step 2: Rules of participation
Please read the Rules of participation. By clicking on the button at the bottom of the page, you agree to abide by these rules, and will be directed to the online abstract submission form.
Step 3: Online abstract submission form
From the Rules of participation page, click on the presentation format for which you would like to submit a proposal and you will enter the online abstract submission form. Directions for completing the online abstract submission form can be viewed at the site (an external link) and printed out for further reference while you are completing the process. You may work on and revise your submission at any point up to February 1, 2010 – after that date, your submission will be considered complete as entered.