The Aging Life Care Association® is a non-profit association made up of almost 2,000 members from all over the US & Canada, who provide guidance and advocate for families who are caring for older relatives or disabled adults. ALCA looks forward to bringing 400+ educated and experienced Aging Life Care Professionals and supporters back together for an in-person quality continuing education and networking event.

We are seeking proposals for presentations of all levels of expertise for three different tracks: Clinical/Client Centered, Business Development, and Legal, Ethics & Policy and/or 8 different knowledge areas including: Health and Disability, Financial, Housing, Families, Local Resources, Advocacy, Legal, and Crisis Intervention. The average session length is 60-75 minutes and speakers are encouraged to allow a brief time for Q&A.

Materials and information presented should reflect the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the Aging Life Care Association.  As a non-profit organization, ALCA is unable to provide airfare, hotel costs, or an honorarium for presenters.  Presenters wishing to attend other Conference programs must pay the appropriate registration fee.   All ALCA presenters are required to identify/resolve in writing any/all potential conflicts of interest or commercial support that he/she has a financial relationship with and/or that may bias his/her participation in this activity.  

Only electronic submissions will be considered. Proposals received after September 30, 2022 will be considered on a space-available basis only.  The 2022 ALCA Programs Sub-Committee will review all proposals and make the selection of speakers and topics based on the following criteria: overall quality and originality; continuing education applicability and appropriateness to this program. All who have submitted proposals will be notified no later than December 9, 2022.

All ALCA presenters are expected to submit high-quality materials in addition to PowerPoint slides to support their presentation and for distribution to our conference attendees electronically approximately six weeks prior to the conference. 

Question Title

* 1. I have read the ABOVE information and have the following information available to begin the online application now:

• Speaker Name/Contact Information
• Brief (75-100 words) narrative bio (for conference program and marketing purposes)
• Curriculum vitae or resume
• Professional experience or areas of expertise relative to involvement in this conference
• Disclosure of any Conflicts of Interests
• References from at least two (2) people who have heard you present
• Title of the session
• Category or Track: Clinical, Business/Legal or Ethical
• Target Audience Expertise Level: Beginning/Intermediate or Advanced
• Presentation/Teaching Method: Lecture; Panel; Workshop; Discussion; or Case Study
• Overall Session Goal
• Brief description (50-75 words) of the session (for conference program and marketing purposes)
• Three (3) learning objectives (in behavioral terms for CE applications)

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