General Convention Proposal Deadline

Deadline is October 7, 2024!

We're accepting the following proposal types for the 2025 SPA Convention in Denver, Co! 

• Symposium: Symposia are a group of professional talks on theory, research, or practice. These sessions entail the presentation of a series of papers in which presenters make an effort to integrate the content of the papers with one another. Integration can be achieved in a number of ways (for example, presenters may comment on one another’s papers, or a discussant may provide a commentary integrating the material in the papers). Presenters may range from students to seasoned professionals. Symposia require joint submission of papers, typically by the session organizer, who chairs the session. Generally, papers are allowed 15 minutes for presentation and questions, but the session organizer may prepare a program with fewer, but longer, presentations at their discretion. Session time slots will be 1.5 hours. 
• Case Discussion: Case discussions offer the opportunity to share specific details with attendees around uses and experiences with assessment, whether it is in individual, couple, family, group, or organizational contexts. Although we are interested in learning about the case context, method, and description, we encourage case discussions to include substantive clinical and/or theoretical contributions to the literature. Session time slots will be 1.5 hours. 
• Rountable Discussion: Roundtables are an opportunity for attendees to gather around a specific topic or issue. They are traditionally a forum for debate, often including discussion of diverse opinions or intellectual positions.  We encourage the traditional roundtable format for emerging topics and controversies.  At the same time, we also would like to use this format to offer opportunities for attendees to evolve professionally and occupationally. Session time slots will be 1.5 hours.
• Individual Paper: If you have a compelling individual paper topic focusing either on research or clinical material but do not or cannot submit it as a symposia, please submit it as an individual paper. If accepted, the Convention Program Chair will group individual papers into a topic area and assign a session title. Presenters may range from students to seasoned professionals. Papers are allowed 15 minutes for presentation and questions. Individual papers will be group with other related papers to form an integrated paper session. More information will be shared once papers are selected. 

We have created this Presenter FAQ document that will answer a lot of your questions. If you have any questions that were not listed within, please contact our office at info@personality.org. 

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