The Joint Conference Committee is accepting proposals for the 2025 IAPD/IPRA Soaring to New Heights Conference March 25 – June 24, 2024!
We will be looking for conference workshops and sessions that unveil the best ideas, informed by research, theory or practice, for parks, recreation, special recreation, forest preserves and conservation for the 2025 conference.
The conference format includes 2-hour conference workshops, 60-minute sessions, 30-minute speed sessions, and a Keynote session. Topics to be considered should fall into one of the 12 disciplinary tracks listed below.
- Boardmanship
- Diversity
- Facility Management
- Finance/Information Technology
- Forest Preserves/Conservation
- Governance/Legal
- Human Resource/Risk Management
- Leadership/Management
- Marketing/Communications
- Parks/Natural Resource Management
- Recreation
- Therapeutic Recreation
CLICK HERE to submit your proposal! Deadline is Monday, June 24th.
Looking for suggestions? Check out the list of ’25 Topic Suggestions from this year’s conference attendees.
Have an idea? If you have an idea that’s not on the list and you don’t want to submit a proposal, you are encouraged to complete a Session Suggestion Form for us to share with the IAPD/IPRA Conference Program Committees!
For questions regarding your proposal, contact Duane Smith at duane@ilipra.org or Sue Triphahn at striphahn@ilparks.org.