CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS 2025 FALL WORKSHOP

Planning is underway for the 2025 Virtual Fall Workshop, to be held on Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 8:00am-5:00pm, and FAPPO is issuing a call for Presentations and Speakers.  The Fall Workshop theme is "Leaves of Change, Transforming Procurement Together" FAPPO invites those interested in presenting a session to submit a presentation proposal, and you may submit multiple presentations.   This year, FAPPO will be receiving presentation and speaker proposals through our FAPPO website.

The link to submit a proposal for Speakers and Presentations is available here.

The deadline to submit proposals, bio, and summary is September 19, 2025.

Presentations may be designed as mini-courses, panel discussions, highly interactive conversations, or other formats. Innovative approaches are welcome.  

Topics regarding navigating the ever-changing procurement landscape, procurement fundamentals and/or advancements made within the Procurement Profession are also greatly anticipated.  Topics for presentation should motivate, educate, and challenge our members. Every presenter is invited to share experience, expertise, knowledge, and transferable capabilities with colleagues to offer solutions for future success. Presentations should have high interest, quality content, and delivery design. The length of presentations will be determined by the scheduling requirements. The Fall Workshop will be in the traditional general and breakout session formats.

Presenters must submit their final presentations in pdf format to the Program Chair no later than September 26, 2025.

This deadline is crucial to ensure proper material format and allow sufficient time for FAPPO to upload the presentations online for members to download before the Fall Workshop. FAPPO will finalize the program soon, so don’t delay!

Education Program Information

Presentations will cover the knowledge and skill of established procurement professionals and lay a foundation for emerging leader in the field of Procurement.  Topics might include Negotiation Strategies in Procurement, Ethical Sourcing and Sustainability in Procurement, The Advancements of Artificial Intelligence, Advancements in the use of eProcurement, Public Procurement and Transparency in Contracts, the development and retention of procurement professionals and more!

Session Style Options:

• Breakout Sessions (Track A and Track B) Times-Maxed at 50 minutes each.
• General Sessions-Maxed at 90 minutes (combination of shorter presentations with others in a single session will be considered).
• FAPPO educational sessions are for the education of the Procurement Professional and as such must be noncommercial in content and delivery. 

When developing your proposal submission, make sure the content is informative, relevant, with clear and immediate application to the learner’s work.  Be sure the content corresponds with the applications for the job. The FAPPO Presentation and Speaker submission process is competitive.  The Program Committee will review and evaluate each proposal and make recommendations for final selection.

Proposal Submission Instructions
Please review the information below to ensure successful submission of your proposal.

1. Start your proposal by using the link above.
2. You will be prompted to Log in.
3. Complete all parts of the application.
4. You can make changes up until you select "Submit".
5. All submitters will receive an email notification that the submitted proposal has been accepted or declined after September 26, 2025.
6. You may submit up to three (3) proposals per individual. Individuals may present no more than 3 sessions. If you are presenting in another session as a co-presenter or panelist, that session does not count towards the 3-session limit per individual. 

Note: Presenters may be requested to interview with the Fall Workshop Chair.

Benefits of Presenting:

•  Recertification credit may be granted in accordance with the certifying organization’s Guidelines.
•  No Travel or additional expense
•  Presentation given from your location.

Questions?

Contact  [email protected] 

Fall Workshop Program Chair