Education Conferences

Volunteer for ISPE Education. Here's how:

Key Links and Forms

• Global Calendar
• Volunteer to speak, submit conference, webinar, article, technical document, etc. proposals
• ISPE Presenter Resources

Continuing Education Staff Available to Assist at Any Time

• ISPE North American Conferences: Ginger Phillips, ISPE Director of Continuing Education
• ISPE European Conferences: Eralda Azizaj, European Director of Events/Conference Management
• ISPE Asia-Pacific Conferences: Rhonda Ng, Asia Pacific Affiliate Relations Manager

Annual Meeting
This annual event is held in North America in late October or early November each year.

• Education sessions begin on a Sunday afternoon and continue through Wednesday afternoon
• There are usually about 45 sessions, each 2.5 hours long
• Topics for sessions are solicited immediately after one year’s Annual Meeting for the next.

Conferences
ISPE conferences consist of a series of three or four concurrent seminars. ISPE seminars are on average two-days long and offer 12 hours of education time (or 1.2 CEUs).

• Seminars are solicited in a formal Call for Proposal
• It is appropriate to launch a new technical document with a seminar

ISPE Education Committees
These committees are responsible for reviewing the results of the Call for Proposals and selecting topics for conferences and for Annual Meeting. They:

• Oversee the quality and timely operational development of conferences and Annual Meeting
• Liaise with Communities of Practice (COPs) for insight on topics of current interest and concern to Society Members

Leaders
Our leaders emerge from the Program Committee, actually attend the session or seminar, and emcee. They may also speak, but this is not a requirement.

Program Committees
These committees meet virtually to develop a seminar. Virtual meetings are supported by ISPE Continuing Education staff and include conference calls and web meetings. The Program Committees:

• Commit to meeting program development schedules
• Program Committees usually have between five and eight members
• Suggest speakers and verbally invite them to participate; ISPE staff issue formal agreements directly to speakers
• Work with speakers for technical accuracy and to meet program development timelines
• Participate in the Creative Brief process, write marketing material drafts, develop learning objectives and ensure speaker presentations meet those objectives.
• Work on technical content and to maintain neutrality (non-commercialism)
• Work with the Director of Continuing Education to employ high-quality adult education practices that encourage interaction among speakers and participants as well as participants and participants
• Attend the leader/speaker briefing onsite at the start of the event
• Leaders of the Program Committee attend, moderate and introduce speakers at the seminar