Philadelphia 2010

Dear Colleague and Friends,

The planning for the AAGT conference in Philadelphia in 2010 is in full swing. As you can see on this web site we have a beautiful venue selected in the historical part of Philadelphia with lots of possibilities to enjoy being there.

Pre-conference workshops and marathons have become a vital part of AAGT conferences. Attendees often say that the pre-conference workshops set the pace for the conference and are wonderful ways to meet new people and have a more in depth conference experience. For presenters, the pre-conference workshops and marathons offer an opportunity to present a full day or half-day workshop which will be held one or two days prior to the conference start.

The presenters for these workshops and marathons will receive up to 500 USD for a full day offering and up to 250 USD for a half-day offering in total depending on the amount of paid attendees and deductions for room rental and coffee breaks. If you are interested in having a workshop or marathon considered for a pre-conference offering, please fill in the application (below) and email it to peer-review@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org. The deadline for the proposal submission is July 15, 2009.

The pre-conference workshop proposals will be blind peer reviewed and you will be notified by the Pre-conference Workshop Committee if your proposal is accepted. Thank you for your interest and we are all looking forward to a great pre-conference and conference experience!

Warm Regards,
Ann Bowman and Tine van Wijk
Co-Chairs of the Pre-Conference Workshop Committee

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
PROPOSAL COVER LETTER

The theme of this conference, Continuity & Change: Gestalt Therapy Now, is an attempt to bring the Gestalt community, and the world of psychotherapy in general, up-to-date on what aspects of our theory and practice remain stable or static and what is shifting or changing. In what ways is “continuity” a valued aspect of the Gestalt approach? What do we cling to? In addressing the concept of “change,” we are interested in proposals that speak to Gestalt therapy’s theories, philosophies and methods of change. For example, in what ways are we “agents of change,” as contrasted with therapeutic approaches that advocate the therapist being a “change agent?”

We are attempting to handle all pre-conference workshop proposals via Internet. You can copy and paste these two forms from the web site into your word processing program (e.g. Word, Notepad, WordPad), or you can download them in MS Word format (see below in this paragraph). You can also request an email version of the forms by sending your request to pre-conferencecoverandform@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org. Then, complete both forms. When finished, either copy and paste them into an email message to the Peer Review Committee, or, if you already have the email version of the form, just fill in the address of the Peer Review Committee and identify your post in the subject line as being a "pre-conference workshop poposal." Download MS Word Format:pre-conferencecoverandform

Please complete this Cover Letter, which has personally identifying information about you, the presenter (or presenters).  Then, please complete the following pages which have the information specific to your workshop proposal.  As we do a blind peer review of all proposals, we ask that you do not put any personally identifying information on the actual Proposal Form. 

When finished, send the completed forms (Presentation Proposal Cover Letter and Proposal Form) by July 15, 2009 to our Peer Review Committee:

peer-review@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org

Thank you for your patience and cooperation in providing all this information.  If you have questions, please contact:

ann@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org or
tine@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org

The Pre-Conference Workshops Committee will notify you by December, 2009, about your proposal. 

TITLE OF PRESENTATION:

PRESENTER(s) NAME(s) with HIGHEST DEGREE:
(If more than 1 presenter, please indicate by an asterisk [*] the preferred contact person for this workshop. The following information must be included for all proposed presenters.)

COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS(es):

TELEPHONE NUMBER(s):

FAX NUMBER(s):

EMAIL ADDRESS(es):

ABSTRACT OF YOUR PRESENTATION: (Please try to limit your abstract to 75 – 125 words. If accepted, this is what we expect to publish in the conference program.)

Short bio(s): Please indicate the relevant qualifications and experience of presenter(s) to present this workshop:

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP PROPOSAL FORM

ID #_____ (please leave blank)

REMINDER: Please avoid putting any personally identifying information on this form.

Please provide us with the following information about your proposed pre-conference workshop. When completed, please send this entire document (Pre-Conferenece Workshop Cover Letter and Pre-Conference Workshop Proposal Form) prior to July 15, 2009 to our Peer Review Committee:  Peer-review@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org

To facilitate the reviewing process, please type your answers in the space following each item. All sections must be completed in order for the submission to be given full consideration.

Please provide the following information:
(1) Title of Pre-Conference Workshop or Marathon: 
(2) Please check one:
_____ 4-6 hour workshop
_____ 8-12 hour workshop
_____ 8-12 hour marathon

(3) For workshops, description of what you intend to do and how you intend to do it.  Please include how this relates to the conference theme, overall goals and any scholarly evidence (300-400 words):

(4) For marathons, description of your concept of, purpose for, and experience leading marathon groups:

(5) Please list any limits and/or risks for attending this workshop.

(6) An assessment test consisting of five objective questions (multiple choice, true-false, fill in or matching). The correct answers to these questions must be included. If the presentation is entirely experiential, answer this question, "What three new awareness’s were the result of participation?" The questions must be able to be answered as a result of attendance and the shorter and less complicated the better.

(7) Please cite 3 references for your workshop.

(8) Identify what you consider to be:

________The maximum number of participants for your workshop/marathon

________The optimal number of participants for your workshop/marathon


SEND ALL PROPOSALS TO: Peer-review@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org

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