Call For Speakers

We require some basic information about you and your session. The information gathered helps us produce our pre-conference material such as our website and mobile application. It also ensures we can review your material to verify it meets training certification requirements.

Some things you’ll be asked for: 

• Session Title
• Length in hours of the session
• What conference days you are available to present 
• Who your target audience demographic is (executive level, technical, frontline, trainers…)
• Your speaking experience
• Speaker information
  • Name
  • Title
  • Agency/Organization/Company
  • Contact number
  • Contact email
  • Quality photo
  • Short biography (100 word maximum)

You should receive a confirmation that your submission was received. Once the deadline has passed, the Education committee will reach out and let you know if you have been selected to speak or not. Before the Conference, selected speakers will receive a Speaker Agreement that lists their responsibilities as well as the day and time of their presentation. 

Yes, everyone who attends the conference – attendee, presenter, committee member and commercial partner alike are required to register. The Education Committee will help you get through that process.

Typical sessions run anywhere from one to four hours. If you have a multi-hour session, please take a  10-minute break at 50 minutes in of every hour so attendees (and you) can stretch, get a drink, or use the restroom.

Here are some things you should know about your big day!

• Show up at least an hour early the day you present.
• You are required to check in at registration where you will be presented a name badge along with any additional items that come with your registration.
• You will be provided a conference matrix or schedule of events. This document includes the room name and time of your session. You should be outside of your room no later than 10 minutes before your session. 
• You need to bring your own computer. We provide the projectors but you provide the computer.
• If you have a computer or tablet that requires a special adapter to connect to HDMI, you will need to provide that adapter as well.
• You will have a proctor assigned to you who will introduce you, provide conference reminders, and assist you with handouts as needed.

Yes! Bring yourself and your computer! 

You can also bring handouts and course materials, but you must print them and bring them yourselves. You can also provide course handouts to the Education Committee for inclusion in the mobile application. 

Attendees are required to sign in and complete a brief session survey for each session they attend. About a month after the end of the conference, you will receive an email containing an end-of-session report from the Education committee that will provide you with a number of attendees, agencies, and other attendee demographics as well as your sessions survey results.