2025 Watershed Forum Request for Session Proposals

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2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Request for Session Proposals

The Forum Planning Committee is soliciting proposals for 60, 90, and 180-minute sessions at the 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum (November 7-9) at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. We are looking for a combination of theme-related sessions that spotlight a case study or introduce new, innovative, and/or hot topics or more in-depth presentations that facilitate discussion and application to activities and organizations at the local level.

Important dates:

  • April 7: Request for proposals for sessions opens
  • April 11 – May 30 Request for proposals office hours
  • June 6: Session proposals due
  • July: Sessions selected and speakers contacted
  • October 7, noon: Speaker webinar
  • October 20 – 30: Optional speaker run-of-show practice sessions

For further information or questions about the guidelines, please contact Jenny McGarvey at chesapeakeforum@allianceforthebay.org or (804) 977-1657.

 

Proposal Guidelines

Please review our Session Proposal Guidelines for instructions on proposal priorities, presenter expectations, priority topics and focal areas, and evaluation criteria.

Download the Guidelines