Intro and Presenter Information

Thanks for your interest in sharing expertise at the 2024 Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference!

NEW Time and Place
Conference:   Saturday, March 23, 2024, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  UMass Amherst.  
Field trips:     Friday, April 26, 2024.  Anywhere in Massachusetts. 

Session Guidelines
Workshop sessions will be 75 minutes long, with at least 20 minutes reserved for questions and discussion. Formats can be classroom-style presentations, panels, or roundtable discussions. This year we especially encourage workshops that highlight projects that address conservation in environmental justice communities and/or nature-based solutions to climate change, but proposals are welcome on any topic. Workshops are limited to a maximum of three presenters. If you propose to have three presenters, please draw them from at least two different organizations so attendees can hear varied perspectives. 

Field trips are walks and talks to be held outdoors on the morning or early afternoon of Friday April 26th. Field trips can be from 90 minutes to 3 hours in length and held anywhere in Massachusetts. These could be site visits to innovative projects, hands-on skill-building workshops, field-based discussions of challenges you're addressing, or simply tours highlighting an interesting property. 

Proposal Deadline:  Friday, November 3

Important!  You will not be able to Save & Return to this form, so we highly recommend that you write your answers in Word or similar, then cut and paste them into this form. You can view all questions from this PDF of the application.

If you are submitting more than one proposal, please submit one proposal at a time. Be sure to CLICK "SUBMIT" at the end of the form to submit your proposal.

The Program Committee will review all proposals and contact you by early December to let you know whether your proposal has been accepted. In order to provide greater breadth or depth to our overall program, the Committee may ask you to consider adjustments to your proposed session. 
 
Each presenter will receive one complimentary conference registration.

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* 1. Contact Information:

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* 2. For conference publicity, please provide a brief biography that describes your qualifications and/or experience relevant to the proposal you are submitting.  (120 words max)

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* 3. Co-Presenter Contact Information (if applicable):

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* 4. For conference publicity, please provide a brief biography for your co-presenter that describes their qualifications and/or experience relevant to the proposal you are submitting. (120 words max)

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* 5. Third Presenter Contact Information (if applicable):

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* 6. For conference publicity, please provide a brief biography for your third presenter that describes their qualifications and/or experience relevant to the proposal you are submitting. (120 words max)

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* 7. If selected as a presenter, I hereby attest that that I and any co-presenters will refrain from attending if we have recently tested positive for COVID, are experiencing possible COVID symptoms or have had recent close contact with someone with COVID.  I further agree to immediately notify event organizers if I or any of my co-presenters are unable to appear as scheduled, for any reason.

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* 8. Is this a Field Trip proposal? 

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