Call for Main Conference Session Presentations

When: Wednesday, July 25
           Thursday, July 26
           Sessions will be 45 minutes or 90 minutes in length.
Where: Marriott Denver Tech Center, Colorado

Welcome to the HI-TEC Call for Sessions Presentations submission process. Please read the session guidelines and complete all areas of this form.

Dates to Remember
Submission Deadline February 1
Approval Notification March 1
Presentation Date/Time Confirmed May 4
Presenter Registration Form Due June 15


Preference will be given to sessions that:

  • Involved collaboration activities between ATE centers/projects, projects/projects, and centers/centers (if applicable) or that demonstrate collaboration or partnerships
  • Contain hands-on learning activities or provide take-away resources that participants can use in their courses/programs
  • Display an interdisciplinary approach to technology areas with technician participation

Guidelines:

Sessions will be 45-minutes or 90-minutes in length, scheduled on Wednesday or Thursday during the conference, and will be held in rooms with a capacity of 40–100 people.

Note: 90-minute presentation slots are limited, but if requested, the HI-TEC program committee will make every effort to place your presentation in that time slot if you are selected. Preference will be given to presentations that involve hands-on activities. Presenters must bring their own equipment/materials for activities.

Audio Visual: An LCD projector for PowerPoints, Internet access, screen, and data package (AV cart and necessary power cords) will be provided. Session presenters must bring their own laptop.

Vendor practitioners are required to bring a practitioner.

Session presentations will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be available online after the conference.

Required information for session proposals:

You must have the following information in order to complete the proposal form:

  1. Submitting center(s) or project(s) (if applicable)
  2. Contact information for person(s) coordinating the session
  3. Session title (100 characters max)
  4. Description for program (100 words max)
  5. Detailed outline (1,500 characters max. Please include agenda, participants learning outcomes, and a list of activities. Give a short outline of what will take place during your presentation.)
  6. Facilitator(s)/instructor(s) – name(s) and contact information. If you don't have names, please submit the number of facilitators(s)/instructor(s) and your expected composition (i.e. educator, center personnel, industry leaders, technicians, etc.) The program committee will need more detailed speaker information prior to registration opening in February if you don't have it now.

Submitters may go into the online form and print it before trying to complete the form, since it has to be completed in a single session and may time-out if it's not finished in a short time.