5.1: Annual Conference
Each year we hold a major conference consisting of a variety of important activities, ranging from workshops to paper presentations
and job placement interviews.
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It provides an occasion for members from around the world to come together to build and renew professional and social relationships.
Partial proceedings of the conference are made available on CD. To improve the conference, we propose the following initiatives:
Seek innovative ways to make the annual meeting a better venue for sharing and learning from high-quality research (e.g.,
circulate papers on the web beforehand; create more symposia; provide more opportunities for debate of both theoretical and
applied issues; hold theme meetings across divisions, etc.) Foster a climate that encourages interaction and seeks innovative
ways to make the annual meeting more engaging (e.g., design a conference within a conference; hold a second winter conference;
provide more virtual spaces for members to interact; arrange special sessions/conference for doctoral students to share papers;
hold orientation and "get acquainted" meetings for new members and attendees from around the world; provide additional incentives
to Divisions and Interest Groups for innovation; share best practices across Divisions, etc.) Seek innovative ways to make
the annual meeting more developmental for members (e.g., hold PDW sessions for mid-career professionals on up-dating methodologies
and finding new research interests; organize more symposia and paper sessions on teaching and practice; create forums for
"work in progress", etc.) Develop innovative ways for research presented at the annual meeting to make a greater impact on
organizations and the larger society (e.g., seek feedback from practitioners about issues in need of research; include more
practitioners in Division programs; provide summary of practice implications from journals on website, etc.) Continue to use
opportunities at the annual meeting for recognizing the many members whose important contributions make the Academy successful
(e.g., recognize contributors and their many roles through web, posters/pictures, plaques, and select an educator of year
from each division, etc.) Continuously improve the operations of the annual meeting (e.g., hold extensive debriefing of the
annual conference with division and interest group program chairs; make the meeting more cost effective; conduct better briefing
for incoming program chairs, etc.)
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