2025 Call for Presentations

Presentation Formats

The conference will offer 60-minute time slots for breakout sessions. Presenters are encouraged to incorporate the RAISE and Engage – Launch Respite Now theme, targeting one of the six topic areas or the Lifespan Respite Track listed below. Each presentation should include at least three learning objectives.

Please think of creative ways to inform and energize the audience. Presenters are welcomed and encouraged to develop interactive sessions that engage participants in discussion, networking, and an open exchange of ideas. You may develop a proposal alone or with one or two other speakers on a related topic. The conference review committee retains the right to combine presentations with others under similar topics. Presenters will be notified in advance if this occurs.

Breakout rooms will be set up in “theatre” style to accommodate 35-75 participants. If your proposed session or presentation requires a different space set up, the request must be indicated on the application form. We will not be able to guarantee your preferred arrangement, but we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Presentation Tracks and Topics

We are looking for presentation proposals that focus on respite care, but cross over multiple disciplines, reflecting the wide range of options required and utilized by caregivers across the lifespan. Proposals should target one of six topical tracks or the Lifespan Respite Track. Presenters are encouraged to describe how their work aligns with the conference theme, RAISE and Engage – Launch Respite Now, and is helping to advance the five goals of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. Following each topic description are questions to help you think about possible session ideas, but you are not limited to these. Be bold!

Track Details

Review Process

All completed proposals will be reviewed by the Conference Planning Committee using the following criteria:

• Clarity and detail of the abstract
• Focus on respite care
• Usefulness, relevance, and replicability of the information, skills, and/or ideas for the intended audience
• Demonstration of impact/outcomes for family caregivers, care recipients and/or system, agency or coalition
• Contributions to new or innovative practices
• Specificity and clarity of Learning Objectives
• Presenter’s qualifications and experience
• Level of intent to stimulate active engagement of participants

We reserve the right to request modifications to a proposal before a final decision is made. We also reserve the right to combine presentations with similar topics in one session. Presenters will be notified in advance if this should occur.

Presenter Registration

All presenters will be required to be registered for the conference. Approved presenters will receive a $100 discount off of the “early bird” registration cost ($395), reducing the cost of registration for presenters to just $295. Please note: Alabama residents and ARCH paid members, whether or not they are presenters, are already entitled to a discounted registration rate of $295. Only one discount per registrant will be permitted.

An approved presenter’s registration must be completed and paid for by January 15, 2025 for the presenter’s session to be included in the conference. The registration fee will not be waived for presenters. In addition, hotel, travel, per diem, and other associated costs are the responsibility of each presenter.