Call for Proposals

2018 APPAM Fall Research Conference
Evidence for Action: Encouraging Innovation and Improvement
November 8 - 10, 2018
Washington, DC

The 2018 APPAM Fall Research Conference will celebrate APPAM's 40th conference on November 8 - 10 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. This year's event will focus on improving programs and policies by generating and engaging with evidence throughout the policy analysis and management process.

The 2018 conference will emphasize the iterative and collaborative nature of building evidence. We aim to engage researchers, policy makers, and program leaders in thoughtful discussions about how best to collect data, capture innovation, measure impacts, and identify actionable and timely recommendations.

A new concept being introduced at the 2018 conference is the Innovation Lounge, an easy-to-access space near registration where experienced researchers are invited to meet and share cutting-edge research with conference attendees. To have your research included in the Innovation Lounge programming, we invite you to submit a brief proposal, explaining your work, what you hope to achieve in your research, and how it will impact the policy community. Innovation Lounge Sessions will be 45-minutes in length and will be scheduled throughout the duration of the full three-day conference. Please note that the programming featured in the Innovation Lounge will be discussion based. Papers should not be presented formally and no presentation technology will be available. The aim of these sessions is to have a broad discussion on an emerging or not yet fully formed idea or concept in the research field. Sessions will be open to everyone at the conference and we will encourage attendees to drop in and join the conversation, if the topic is of interest to them. We anticipate each session being relatively small but having many of them over of the course of the conference, allowing attendees to connect/network over new and emerging research concepts and ideas. This is great opportunity to get some feedback on a new idea, get a sense of whether there are others working on a concept you have been considering and to make connections with others in the field that might be useful in the future.

Each submission should include a brief description of the innovative research and why it is cutting edge, the intended policy impact of the research, three or four individuals who will attend or aid in the presentation, and any other additional details you'd like to share about the work. To be considered for inclusion at the conference, all submissions must be received no later than 11:59 pm EST on September 28, 2018.

If you have any questions about this submission process or the new Innovation Lounge, please contact Tristanne Staudt, tstaudt@appam.org.

Begin a submission to the following:

***The deadline for all submissions is Friday, September 28, 2018 11:59 pm EST. After review from the APPAM Program Committee, all submitters will receive an accept or reject notice by mid-October.***

Steps and Instructions:

1. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

   There are 4 steps to the online submission process.

   • Title - Enter the title of the proposal (single paper or panel) and submitting author's email address.
   • Authors & Institutions - Enter contact information for submitting, presenting, and all other authors.
   • Abstract Text - Insert the body of the abstract here. Abstracts may be submitted by copying and pasting your text into the provided text box.
   • Confirmation - Please review all information carefully and complete the submission.

2. TITLE

   Please provide paper and session titles that are no more than 15 words long.
   You will be required to select a Primary Policy Area.

3. AUTHORS & INSTITUTIONS

   Please list all authors in the order you wish for them to appear in the program.

   Please include the submitting author, as anyone not listed in your submission will not appear in the program.

   Please include complete contact information for each author.

   When listing institutions, list ONLY the parent institution. APPAM will not publish school, office or department names, regardless of your institution's policy.

   Example: University of California-Berkeley (NOT Goldman School of Public Policy)

   Example: US Department of Education (NOT Office of Inspector General)

4. ABSTRACT TEXT

   Abstracts are limited to 500 words. This system will accept symbols. You do not need to include bibliographic or reference information with your abstract.

   Abstracts may be formatted as you see fit. APPAM does not require that abstracts be submitted with specific font, paragraph, or layout requirements as long as it is easy for reviewers to read and is 500 words or less in length.

   Abstracts may be submitted by copying and pasting your text into the provided text box.

5. CONFIRMATION

   You will have a chance to look over the submission to make sure it is complete.

6. TECHNICAL SUPPORT

   For help in submitting an abstract online,email Tech Support.