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Session Proposal Information

Call for Session Proposals - OPEN APRIL 25

The 2025 Call for Session Proposals opens April 25, 2025.

Session Submission Information

The 2025 North Carolina and South Carolina Planning Conference Committee is excited to announce that Session Proposals are now being accepted. This year our event will be presented as an in-person conference from October 15-17 in Charlotte, North Carolina!

Session organizers are encouraged to submit sessions that include current issues, trends, challenges, and solutions that are shaping planning today.

Sessions proposals are reviewed based upon: quality of the session proposal; contribution to the mission of the Chapter; session goals & outcomes; session delivery method and creativity. Additional criteria may apply.

When submitting proposals, please be reminded:

  • All required information must be completed. This includes full information on ALL speakers that will be presenting during the session. 
  • For session organizers and speakers, block out October 15-17 on your schedule until sessions are selected and time slots are determined. APA-NC and SCAPA cannot take requests for specific dates and times.
  • All sessions will be 60 minutes in length. Complete Lightning Round Sessions may have up to 3 mini-presentations (selected from separate proposals) that are assembled into a combined session (20 minutes per topic, 1 speaker per topic). Workshops should be approximately 60 minutes in length. 
  • Mobile Workshops must be at least 1 hour in instructional length.  Travel time may not be counted as instructional unless content is presented during the trip.
  • No presenter is allowed to present in more than two (2) sessions.
  • Note that all regular session speakers must pay for all their expenses to and during the conference. If the speaker wishes to attend other sessions at the conference, they must pay for their registration. Speakers should register with the same email address that was used in the session proposal or they will have duplicate profiles in the conference app, Whova.
  • Please note that you will receive email notification after you have successfully submitted your form.