Annual Meeting

1. Click on "Submit A Speaking Proposal".  You are going to be transferred to an external website.

2. Please click on start on the bottom of the page and look up for your name. If you have already spoken for SRAI in the last three years, the system will have your profile.

3. Choose your name and click on Start. If your name is not in the system, create a New Contact. Please note that the system remembers your log-in information from previous years based on your email address that you have used as a speaker from the last time you have spoken at an Annual Meeting. 

4. Once you create an account (if this is your first time logging in), the system will send you a confirmation email with your Username and Password for future reference, edits and more submissions.

5. You could edit your submission(s) until the deadline of the Call for Proposals, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 through the online platform by clicking on the Presentation Service Center menu link on the left hand side. 

• Before you start with the online submission process, please review the Submission Guidelines, SRA International Speaker Guidelines, Format Descriptions, and the Track Descriptions. 

• Complete the online speaking proposal submission to conduct a workshop, concurrent session and/or a learning cafe. 

• Once your proposal is accepted, you will be required to sign and agree to the Speaker Guidelines.

• Update your proposal if needed, add co-speakers and any AV requirements no later than Monday, July 8, 2019.

• Provide a PowerPoint presentation by the deadline. Headquarters to print and distribute workshop handouts to registered attendees and post handouts online for concurrent sessions. These must be submitted no later than Monday, September 16, 2019.

You could choose between concurrent sessions that are 60 min in length, half- (3.5 hours) and full-day (7 hours) workshops (held on Saturday and Sunday before the conference), learning cafes and Quick Talks (20 min).

For more detailed information on formats please review the Format Descriptions page.

There are eight (8) tracks that are offered at this year's Annual Meeting. For full descriptions please review the Track Descriptions page. 

The 3 certificates offered in full at the meeting are: 

1. Pre-award (PA)
2. Practice of Research Administration and Management (PRAM)
3. Research Law (RL) 

There is no limit on the number of proposals you may submit, however a speaker cannot present in more than 1 workshop and 2 concurrent sessions.

The proposals are going to be reviewed December 2018-May 2019. Notifications will be sent in early May 2019.

Yes. Speakers can edit at any time their submissions through the online system by the end of the proposal deadline January 30, 2019.

• SRA International will support the speakers with any questions in regard to the program and the logistics.

• SRA International will advertise the program, track all program attendance and provide all program registrants with a confirmation e-mail. SRA International will also help respond to e-mail and telephone inquiries about the program. 

• SRA International will provide all registrants with continuing education credit hours. 

• SRA International will handle all technical aspects of the Annual Meeting. The rooms are going to be equipped with LCD projectors and possible AV requirements per the speaker's request (flip chart and markers, Internet, etc.).  

• SRA International is a volunteer organization. No reimbursement or stipends are being offered.