Call for Presentations

The Importance of Innovation

Program and administrative innovation is critical to organizational success, especially as we seek to do better in supporting the people enrolled in our services. And this isn’t only about AI.

In selecting this year’s theme, we are not limiting the definition of ‘innovation’ to discovery. We are asking you to share new ideas, but also to share the systems improvements and little changes you’ve made that are making an organizational difference. 

Perhaps this has been in client transportation, day program curriculums, or organizational staffing practices or strategies. Said another way, “How are you improving your organization?” 

Our goal is to encourage idea generation and collaboration not only in our conference sessions, but also the many networking opportunities available while we're together in Grapevine this August.

  

NAQ makes it easy. Submit Proposals electronically - click on this link to make a submission. (Please note that incomplete proposals are not able to be saved, so we would recommend compiling the below information ahead of time.) Each submission will need to include:  

  1. Session Title
  2. Length of session (1 hour, 1.5 hours, or 2 hours)
  3. Session Description (50-100 words that can be used in conference program)
  4. Short bio/introduction for each speaker (approximately 200 words)
  5. Current resume for each speaker
  6. Current photo (preferably a head shot) of each speaker
  7. Abstract that provides additional detail regarding your session content (1 - 2 pages)

Speakers will be notified via email or phone of the status of their proposal after review. Because of our desire to make the conference affordable to all, NAQ is unable to offer any conference discounts for speakers. All speakers are requested to register for the conference.

Please email Beth Dyer at [email protected] with any questions. Thank you for helping us make NAQ '25 an exceptional conference!

Submit Your Presentation Proposal Here