Proposal Submission

Note: Important additional information concerning your conference participation can be found under Meeting Guidelines. Please review this information before submitting your proposal.

Organized Colloquy

Overview

A colloquy is a structured, formal discussion of a topic by a few selected individuals (typically four or five speaker). Each individual speaker makes prepared comments.  After all speakers have spoken, they then engage in an open discussion with the audience. Colloquy speakers do not, however, present written papers or in-depth research findings. Instead, speakers draw upon their general knowledge, background, and experience of the subject being discussed. To organize a colloquy, you must decide on a topic and obtain an agreement from at least three other individuals who are willing to participate in the discussion.

(Note: To avoid scheduling problems and to maximize opportunities, each presenter/speaker is limited to participation in one conference session.)

Submission steps for colloquy organizers

(Only the organizer of the colloquy must submit a proposal.)

1. Contact each potential speaker and obtain his or her explicit agreement to participate in the session. Gather the following contact information for each speaker.

• Full name
• Affiliation (e.g., institution or organization)
• Email address
• Phone number

Please remind potential speakers that ALL meeting participants on the program must register and pay fees by February 1, 2010. (Residents of Hawaii and students pay discounted fees.)

2. Review the meeting topic category list below and determine which category best matches your proposal. (You will be required to provide the topic category name on the submission form.)

• Arts, Culture, Media
• Economic Development, Redevelopment, Tourism, Urban Economics,
  Urban Finance
• Education, Schools, Universities
• Environmental Issues, Sustainability, Urban Health, Technology and Society
• Globalization, International Urban Issues
• Governance, Intergovernmental Relations, Regionalism, Urban Management
• Housing, Neighborhoods, Community Development
• Public Safety in Urban Areas, Criminal Justice, Household Violence
• Immigration, Population and Demographic Trends
• Infrastructure, Capital Projects, Networks, Transport, Urban Services
• Labor, Employment, Wages, Training
• Land Use, Growth Management, Space and Place, Urban Design,
  Urban Development, Urban Planning
• Poverty, Welfare, Income Inequality
• Human/Social Services, Nonprofit Sector
• Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Diversity
• Social Capital, Democracy and Civil Society, Social Theory, Religion
  and the City
• Urban Indicators, Data/Methods, Satisfaction/Quality of Life Surveys
• Urban Politics, Elections, Citizen Participation
• Urban Theory, Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in Urban Affairs
• Professional Development, The Field of Urban Affairs

3. Decide on your colloquy title and prepare a brief description of your proposed discussion (300 words maximum).

4. Complete submission form (download below) and submit proposal according
   to instructions on form.

After you have submitted your proposal, please check out the conference links at the top of this page. The answers to most of your questions can be found on this site. Check back often for updated information. If you have questions that are not answered on this site, visit the Contact Us page for UAA staff contact information.