#2023APPAM Fall Research Conference Submissions (2024)

Policy that Matters: Making Public Services Work for All

November 9 - 11, 2023 | Hyatt Regency| Atlanta, GA.

As our 45th annual meeting, the 2023APPAM Fall Research Conferencewill be a multi-disciplinary research conference attracting the highest quality research on a wide variety of important current and emerging policy and management issues. The conference is comprised of special events, super sessions, panels, roundtables, and poster presentations and is designed to encourage substantive interaction among participants.

Submissions are now closed for the 2023 conference.

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Proposal Submission Information

The following submission types will be solicited in the conference’s15 policy areas:

Panel: Panels include a session organizer, chair, one to two discussants, and three to four papers. Panels with four papers are encouraged to have two discussants. Presenting authors may not serve as the chair or discussant on the same panel. Individuals may present on up to two panels throughout the conference, though they may serve as a chair or discussant unlimited times.

Poster:Poster submissions are single paper proposals that are presented in a poster format. Presenters will be asked to discuss their work and answer questions during one of two poster sessions.

Roundtable:Roundtables do not include papers, but rather feature speakers who will discuss a topic from varying perspectives and draw the audience into a discussion on the topic. Roundtable proposals should include up to four speakers plus a moderator. The moderator cannot also be a speaker in the same session.

Single Papers:Single papers are proposals that will later be combined with other single papers to be presented as cohesive panel sessions around a single topic.

Student Research: APPAM is pleased to once again acceptstudent research paper submissions at the Fall Conference. Submitted research must have been conducted by a current student or recent graduate student.Student research submissions will be combined to form a cohesive panel with four student research papers, a chair, and up to two discussants. These sessions will take place throughout the conference.

Workshops:NEW in 2023! APPAM is seeking workshop proposals that will take place during regular conference programming over an extended 180-minute timeslot. Workshops should be interdisciplinary, hands-on and interactive, or focused on a special interest or skill training topic. Workshop proposals must include one moderator/facilitator and up to four speakers.

APPAM is no longer accepting Super Session proposals. Instead, each policy area will receive one reserved Roundtable timeslot for a timely and broadly appealing topic of the Program Committee's choosing.

Helpful Tips

Here are a few helpful tips:

• Submissions that demonstrate diversity in terms of organizational affiliations, professional roles, race/ethnicity, content, author/participant backgrounds and/or ideology & methodology - through questionnaire answers - will be prioritized in the review process.

• Individuals may only serve as a presenting author on two panels throughout the conference, though they may serve in other roles unlimited times.

• Individuals may not serve as a chair or discussant for a panel on which they are also presenting a paper.

• The final phase of the acceptance process will specifically entail vetting submissions for the aforementioned types of diversity and multidisciplinary perspectives.

• Check out our Twitter Space recording with APPAM President-Elect, Don Moynihan and APPAM Executive Director, Tara Sheehan, to learn more about what the Program Committee is looking for in submissions.

Confex Gateway UserPortal

New in 2023, the APPAM Conference User Portal, will be your access point for all your submissions and sessions you are part of for the 2023 APPAM Fall Research Conference. Please make sure that you use the same email address for all associated roles, such as presenting author, session chair, or moderator. With this portal, youcan view and modify all your abstract submissions and associated roles in one place.

To viewyour submission or any that you are associated with, log into APPAM's User Gateway.

Important Dates to Remember

2023 Program Committee Chairs

Thank you to the 2023 Program Committee Chairs for all of their hard work and dedication to APPAM!

Questions?

Questionsabout the conference should continue to be directed to conferencesupport@appam.org.