North Central Branch Call for Symposia

The NCB-ESA Program Committee is currently requesting proposals for symposia and workshops for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Lincoln, NE.

The theme for the meeting, created by President Boris Castro, is “Lead, Explore, Communicate”. Therefore, we are soliciting diverse symposium proposals that showcase your efforts to LEAD in research, teaching, extension, or community-oriented projects, illustrate your work to EXPLORE new approaches to streamline your methods or expand the boundaries of science, and/or innovative efforts to COMMUNICATE your findings to diverse audiences.

We are also soliciting workshops that target professional development of our membership to become better leaders, passionate explorers, and effective communicators. Be creative in developing your submissions!

The deadline for symposia & workshop submissions is December 6, 2024. All successful applications will be confirmed and notified by mid-December.

If you would like to discuss a symposium idea prior to submitting a proposal, please contact the Program Chair, Anh Tran.

Submit your proposal


Proposals are to be submitted online, and submitters will be required to provide:

  • Session Title
  • Summary Statement of the Goal or Concept, and Objectives
    • This statement will be used by the Program Chairs to evaluate the submission. A strong summary statement should include:
      • Topic being addressed
      • Scope of topic
      • Relevance of topic
      • Goal or objectives
  • Symposium Description (50 words or less)
    • Provide a short (3-4 sentences) session overview describing what the attendees will take away from your session. Think marketing and edu-tainment. This will be posted in the online program to aid attendees in selecting the sessions that they wish to attend.
  • List of several speakers you plan to invite to participate in your symposium
    • Where possible, include the topic you would like each speaker to address (or title of talk), speaker's career-level, area of expertise, and whether the speaker's participation has been confirmed.
  • Comments for Program Organizers (optional)
    • Please let us know if you have any special requests fror your session. We will do our best to accommodate your requests.
  • Total time required
    • 2, 3, or 4 hours
  • Organizer name(s) and contact information

Submit your proposal

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