2025 WAAL Conference

October 27-28, 2025

Madison Marriot West

Concentric Communities: Academic libraries serving campus, library staff, and beyond

 

The Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries (WAAL) Conference Planning Committee invites breakout session, poster and lightning talk proposals for the conference, "Concentric Communities: Academic libraries serving campus, library staff, and beyond." This in-person event will take place October 27 - 28, 2025 at the Madison-Marriott West in Middleton, WI and will be immediately followed by the 2025 WLA Conference taking place in the same venue.  Watch this page for more details coming soon!
 

Request for Presentation Proposals Now Open!  Proposals due May 9

We are now accepting proposals for breakout sessions, lightning talks, and posters. WAAL members and non-members are encouraged to apply. Breakout sessions will run 60 minutes in length, with a maximum of four presenters and one moderator. Presenters may be part of up to two breakout sessions. Only proposals for in-person sessions will be considered.

Session Types

Breakout sessions are 60-minute sessions that can take a variety of forms (defined below): 

  • Presentation: 1-2 presenters sharing ideas, initiatives, or research using slides.
  • Panel: 2-4 presenters offering diverse viewpoints on a topic or sharing joint research.
Lightning talks are 5-minute snapshots of a topic, idea, or initiative given by 1-2 presenters using slides.
 
Poster sessions are informal, interactive discussions of topics in the field given by 1-2 presenters using a poster.
 

Who is encouraged to send us a proposal?

  • People from various departments in library types and organizations.
  • People across the organizational hierarchy: patron-facing staff, administration, directors, emerging and incumbent leaders, trustees, etc.
  • People from all backgrounds, ethnicities, and identities, including those who identify as: BIPOC, neurodivergent, people with disabilities, or LGBTQ+.

 

Submission Deadline

Please submit your proposal using the online form linked here: https://forms.gle/CKsGUFhVmQnjPwqFA by 5:00 p.m. CST on Friday, May 9.

Contact program committee member Tristan Draper ([email protected]) with questions.  We look forward to receiving your proposals and seeing you in October! 

Submit Your Proposal