Call for Conference Workshop Presentations

When: Monday, July 23, 8:30 A.M. - Noon or 1:00 - 4:30 P.M.
           Tuesday, July 24, 8:30 A.M. - Noon
Where: Marriott Denver Tech Center, Colorado

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

Dates to Remember
Submission Deadline January 13
Approval Notification February 6
Presentation Date/Time Confirmed February 17
Presenter Registration Form Due June 1


Preference will be given to workshops that:

  • Contain hands-on learning activities or provide take-away resources the participants can use in their courses/programs
  • Involved collaboration activities between ATE centers/projects, projects/projects, & centers/centers or that demonstrate collaboration or partnerships
  • Integrate hands-on experiential learning components

Guidelines:

Workshops will be scheduled on either Monday or Tuesday in 1/2 day (3.5 hour) blocks and accommodate up to 50 people in classroom style seating, depending on the room. Please note in your description if you will require a special set up (i.e. extra tables for equipment/demos, roundtables instead of classroom seating, etc).

Audio Visual: An LCD projector for PowerPoints, Internet access, screen, podium microphone (if necessary), and data package (AV cart and necessary power cords) will be provided. Workshop presenters will need to bring their own laptop. There must be a minimum of 10 participants in each workshop to avoid cancellation.

Required information for workshop 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 workshop
  3. Workshop title (100 characters max)
  4. Description for program (100 words max)
  5. Detailed outline (4,000 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.