Share Your Expertise. Shape the Conversation.
We invite proposals from practitioners at all experience levels — whether you’re presenting for the first time or are a seasoned conference contributor. We’re looking for sessions that reflect real-world expertise, honest lessons learned, and forward-thinking perspectives on the issues that matter most to our field.
The Residence Education, Business Operations, and Housing Facilities conferences will be held concurrently in Minneapolis, MN, October 26-29. This format creates a rare and valuable opportunity to reach a broader professional audience, collaborate across functional areas, and develop sessions that speak to the full ecosystem of campus housing.
What Makes a Strong Session
The session agenda each year is crafted by the Residence Education Conference Committee to address the most vital topics and audiences. As they consider submissions, they understand that the best sessions:
- Deliver clear learning objectives.
- Often, have teams of two or more presenters to better share a range of perspectives and experiences.
- Engage the audience rather than just speaking to them.
- Focus on an issue more than a specific campus program.
- Connect content to various campus types and sizes, including international campuses.
- Explore emerging and persistent issues in campus housing.
Session Details
Session formats include lecture, panel discussion, roundtable, and interactive workshop. Sessions are typically 60 minutes in length. A/V support is provided for all accepted sessions. Submission fields include a session title, abstract, learning objectives, presenter bios, and preferred format.
Call For Proposals Schedule:
- Open for Submissions: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
- Priority Proposal Deadline: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET (US)
- Goal Date for First Round of Acceptance Notifications: Friday, June 5, 2026
- Early Conference Registration Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2026
Topics of Interest
Identified topical areas of interest to attendees for the Residence Education Conference:
- Living-Learning Communities & Residential Colleges
- Curriculum
- Recruitment & Selection
- Faculty/Staff partnerships
- Student achievement/student leadership
- Supervision
- Technology
- Budgets
- Training staff
- Faculty engagement in Residential Communities
- Mediating conflicts
- Leadership Skills
- Well-being and avoiding burnout
- Mid-Level Professional Focus