The deadline for submitting presentation proposals has expired, and the presentations for the conference agenda have been selected.
Go to the Conference Agenda to see what will be presented at this year's conference.
You are invited to respond to the Call for Presenters for the 2000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Community Involvement Conference to be held August 29-September 1, in San Francisco. This dynamic conference brings together public participation and community involvement professionals from across all EPA programs. By presenting at this conference you will have the opportunity to share expertise, participate in training, and network with your colleagues from around the country. Our goal is to provide a diverse and educational program—one in which participants are engaged in a variety of learning and sharing opportunities. Presentations should be insightful and informative and draw on your expertise. Please refer to Proposal Evaluation Criteria for more details when developing your proposals.
- Who Should Respond to this Call For Presenters
- Conference Schedule and Format
- Presentations Types
- Session Topics
- Proposal Evaluation Criteria
- How to Submit a Proposal
- Notification of Acceptance
- Questions?
WHO SHOULD RESPOND TO THIS CALL FOR PRESENTERS
This conference is designed for EPA professionals who engage in public participation and community involvement. We encourage you to submit applications that include participation from your federal, state, tribal, and local partners. In addition, you are encouraged to identify other professionals outside of EPA who may be interested in submitting an application that focuses on public participation and community involvement issues that relate to EPA activity.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND FORMAT
The conference begins the morning of Tuesday, August 29, and concludes at noon on Friday, September 1. We anticipate 200-250 people will participate in this conference. The conference may include plenary and concurrent workshop or panel sessions, training sessions, networking sessions, site visits, and field trips. Presentations are to be a minimum of 90 minutes or a maximum of 8 hours as described under Presentation Types on the application page. In addition, the conference may include a keynote lunch and at least one group activity in the evening.
Case Study: Demonstrate a community involvement challenge and explain how a program was designed and implemented in response to the challenge. Share results, pitfalls, successes, and lessons learned.
Skill Development: Educate and train your peers in a community involvement skill or tool that you have used successfully.
Hot Issues: Provide a look at issues and ideas that are shaping the practice of community involvement and how EPA or other government agencies are responding or not responding to these trends to better serve communities.
Community Discussion: Invite community members or a specific community group to participate on a panel discussion.
Panel: Demonstrate what is happening in a particular area of community involvement by assembling professionals in the field to share their programs and experiences.
Field Trips/Site Visits: Educate your peers by transporting them to a major environmental site where specific community involvement and public participation activities are occurring.
Training Session: Train your peers on a particular skill useful in the community involvement sector.
Other: Any other presentation type you feel would enrich others regarding community involvement issues.
The following topics are examples of the types of presentations you may want to propose. You may choose to submit an application that addresses one of these topics or submit your own.
- Developing Partnerships
- Integrating Public Input into Environmental Decisions
- Community Profiling
- Technical Assistance Programs for Communities
- Risk Communication
- Strategic Planning for Communities
- Community Involvement’s Role in Economic Redevelopment
- Cross Cultural Impacts for Community Involvement
- Environmental Education
- Media Relations
- Measuring the Success of Community Involvement
- Using Community Involvement to Support Regulations
Submitted proposals will be evaluated on all of the following criteria:
- Timeliness of Topic
- Public Participation/Community Involvement Process Content
- How the Public Participation Process Impacted the Community
- Clarity of Presentation Goals
- Applicability to Conference Audience
- Audience Participation Techniques Used During Presentation
- Practical Application of Material
If you are interested in submitting a presentation proposal for the conference, you must answer all seven questions on the Proposal Form and submit your completed form no later than Friday, March 10, 2000, which is an extension to the original deadline of March 3rd.
Electronic versions of the Proposal Form in WordPerfect and Microsoft Word formats can be downloaded below.
If have trouble downloading the proposal form, you either can copy the text of the seven questions from this web page into a word processing program or contact Wendy Woodburn by phone at 301-589-5318 or by e-mail at wendy.woodburn@emsus.com for a hard copy of the form.
Seven Questions To Be Answered in Each Proposal:
1. Title of Proposed Presentation
2. Type of Presentation (No more than 2):
q Case Study
q
Panel
q Skills Development
q Field Trip/Site Visit
q Hot Issues
q
Training
q Community Panel
q Other (Please explain.)
3. Length of Presentation:
q 90 minutes
q
3 hours
q 8 hours
q Other (Please specify.)
4. Presenter Information:
Correspondence will be mailed
to all presenters/panel members. The following information must be provided for
each presenter/panel member.
Name: (Mr./Ms./Dr.):
Telephone:
Organization:
Fax:
Professional Title:
E-mail:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
5. Using the criteria, abstract your session in 100 words or less.
6. Briefly describe the techniques/methods you will use to conduct this session.
7. Will you or another presenter require funding to present at the conference? If yes, please estimate the travel costs. (Note: Only non-federal government employees may request funding).
Please type your responses separately and include the following statement:
“With the submission of this proposal, I acknowledge that EPA reserves the right to record any portion of my presentation for later reproduction and distribution to conference participants. I shall provide to conference organizers a written summary of my presentation and copies of presentation materials (e.g., handouts, overheads), in both printed and electronic format, for inclusion in the conference proceedings.”
Please sign and date your proposal. Selections will be based on the information provided. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Proposals must be received via mail, fax, or e-mail by close of business, Friday, March 3, 2000. Please send them to the attention of : Wendy Woodburn; Environmental Management Support, Inc.; 8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 500; Silver Spring, MD 20910; e-mail, wendy.woodburn@emsus.com; phone, 301-589-5318; fax, 301-589-8487.
All applicants will be notified by April 2000, whether their proposal has been selected.
For more information, contact either:
Jori Copeland
Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
(4606)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street,
S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-260-1905
Fax: 202-260-0732
E-mail: copeland.jori@epa.gov
or
Wendy Woodburn
Environmental Management Support
8601 Georgia
Avenue, Suite 500
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-589-5318
Fax:
301-589-8487
E-mail: wendy.woodburn@emsus.com
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