Special Topics
If accepted, all presenters will be expected to attend the Conference and pay the reduced registration fee
offered to authors and co-authors. Submissions without a registered presenter by March 13, 2025, are subject to removal from the event. For more information, contact: conferences@ussdams.org
Please read all the information below before starting a submission.
Special Topics
These are for non-technical topics that advance communication, awareness, and growth within the industry. These submissions will not require a paper or expanded abstract. Examples include:
- Topics to enhance building companies
- Hot topics for Young Professionals
- Advocacy & Awareness
General Guidelines
Abstract submissions must not be concurrently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere.
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Please do not include tables, figures, photographs, or logos in your abstract. Please note the July 11, 2024 deadline for submitting abstracts.
Please do not submit an abstract unless the following two conditions can be met:
- You have approval from your employer and/or client to present this topic.
- Any work/results discussed in your presentation will be complete by the final submission deadline of March 13, 2025.
Presentations will be 25 minutes- 20 minutes for presentation with 5 minutes for questions.
Paper or expanded abstract not required to support presentation but a detailed agenda (topic, speaker, in depth description) is required. This is for NON TECHNICAL submissions only. If technical topics are submitted in this category they will automatically be rejected.
Abstract Information
Abstracts will be reviewed and selected based on scientific/engineering merit, relevance, and overall quality. You are reminded that, due to time and space constraints for the event, that not all submissions will be selected for the conference.
Abstracts will be reviewed and selected based on scientific/engineering merit, relevance, and overall quality. You are reminded that, due to time and space constraints for the event, that not all submissions will be selected for the conference.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by August 27, 2024. At that time:
- All authors/presenters must upload a form to CATALYST confirming your intention to participate in the conference and granting USSD permission to publish and distribute your paper/expanded abstract and/or presentation.
- Authors must upload a detailed presentation agenda with final speakers by October 28, 2024.
- Final agendas are due March 13, 2025.
- All presenters must submit PowerPoint presentations to session moderators no later than April 10, 2025.
- You must receive copyright approval on any publicly accessed photos contained in your presentation
Things to Consider
- Rather than expanding on your credentials, provide solutions to the problems you encountered
- Is there a young professional that could help you write the abstract and potentially present a portion of or all of the presentation?