2022 SIOP Annual Conference Call for Proposals

The Call for Proposals (CFP) for the 2022 SIOP Annual Conference has been released. The submission deadline for proposals is October 13, 2021, at 5 p.m. ET.

Much like last year, this coming year’s SIOP annual conference, which will be held both in Seattle (April 28-30) and virtually, will look and feel different from previous years’ conferences. The Program Committee has taken learnings from the last two years of virtual conference offerings and made several changes to the program to balance the need for a more accessible, virtual SIOP conference experience while still providing the flagship in-person event that SIOP attendees have traditionally looked forward to every year.

With that balance in mind, this year’s CFP offers you the choice between two modalities:

1. In-Person Live sessions from April 28-30, during Conference Week 2, will remain the premiere experience of the SIOP conference, to be delivered live in Seattle. A small number of In-Person Live sessions will also be live broadcast to virtual attendees. Additionally, In-Person Live Poster presenters will be able to present their posters twice: once virtually during Conference Week 1 and then again a week later in Seattle.
2. Virtual Live sessions, also from April 28-30, will be delivered concurrently with the in-person program during Conference Week 2. The only exception will be Virtual Live posters, which will also be delivered live but during the previous week, Conference Week 1. To submit a Virtual Live session, at least one of your speakers must meet our Virtual Presentation Qualifications, which focus on diversifying the SIOP conference by increasing accessibility across several dimensions.

All sessions will be presented live (in person or virtually). Some sessions may be recorded and available for later viewing, but there will be no asynchronous-only programming.

Beyond the choice between these two modalities, here is a list of changes to streamline and simplify the submission process:

1. Specific presenter roles (e.g., discussant, chair, panelist) are no longer required in any submission materials. Instead, you will specify each author on your presentation as either a Speaker or a Non-Speaking Contributor, which will also be used to evaluate compliance with submissions rules (see #4 below).
2. Press paragraphs have been eliminated from submission requirements, and abstracts have been made 50% longer to allow them to contain greater detail.
3. Submitters will be asked to supply an APA-style citation for their session, which will be shared in the conference program on Whova and in promotional materials. If anyone in your session needs to specify presenter roles for administrative reasons (e.g., tenure requirements), you can do so in this citation.
4. There are now four plainly stated member-status-related submission rules so that you can more easily evaluate compliance with submission requirements:
   1. Live Supervision Rule: At least one Speaker must be a SIOP Member, Associate, Fellow, or Retired member (i.e., at least one non-Student Affiliate must be a Speaker), unless submitting a Poster.
   2. Rule of Three: No contributor may be designated as a Speaker in more than three total submissions.
   3. Diversity of Affiliation Rule: At least two Speakers must have different affiliations unless submitting a Poster or Master Tutorial.
   4. Ownership Rule: The Submitter must be a SIOP member of any type. Non-SIOP members cannot submit a proposal without a SIOP member sponsor
5. Submitters will be asked to supply text for a social media share as well as social media links and account names for anyone who would like to be tagged in SIOP promotional efforts.

Although most of these changes are not wholly different from the historical way of submitting, there are certainly more changes than usual. Thus, it is recommended that you study the Call for Proposals in a bit more detail than usual before submitting:

• Overview from the Program Chair
• Conference Programming Formats
• Submission Site Changes for 2022 Conference
• Eligibility of Individuals & Proposals
• Overview of Session Types
• Preparing and Formatting Your Proposal
• Submitting Your Session

We look forward to receiving your conference submissions!