2011 Annual Call for Presentations

 

Deadline for Receipt of Proposals: Tuesday, January 25, 2011

 

Essentials for All Proposals

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Proposal Submissions must be:

• Filled out completely and correctly using the attached form
  
• Free of materials and/or language that discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, physical ability, or sexual orientation
  
• Submitted by Tuesday, January 25, 2011

SELECTION CRITERIA

Proposals will be judged by the Annual Program Committee and based on the following criteria:

• Relevance to the Conference theme, defined Conference topics and the engineering industry
  
• Interdisciplinary applications
  
• Potential to attract and stimulate cross-cutting and collaborative discussions
  
• Timeliness of the topic
  
• Practical application of information to be presented
  
• Creativity

As always, the Committee seeks interesting and engaging topics and discussions based on the Conference theme. The ASCE Annual Conference provides an opportunity for discussion, interaction, and education on topics that cross the breadth of civil engineering sub-disciplines. Appropriate topics can include those related to business and the responsibilities of being members of a learned profession. However, as engineers, the audience is keenly interested in presentations and sessions with technical underpinnings and clear applicability to topical subjects such as adaptation to climate change, improving resiliency within built works, etc. Consequently, the Annual Program Committee seeks to develop a "well rounded" program of sessions that educate and reinforce topics relevant to being a learned professional along with technical discussions that appeal to the science and engineering perspectives of the participants. The Annual Conference does not attempt to compete with technical specialty conferences, but there are a range of topics that introduce new scientific approaches, intersections between technology or science with policy, or technical topics that span a breadth of disciplines where the Annual Conference can effectively contribute to the education and productivity of the ASCE membership and the civil engineering profession.

Note: Written papers are not required for proposals that are selected for presentation, and there will not be a formal proceedings published.