Call for Programs | 2025 SoACE Conference

The Omni Nashville Hotel, Nashville, TN | December 9 - 12

The 2025 SoACE conference will highlight innovations, updates, advancements, and best practices in career services and campus recruiting. 

We encourage members to submit breakout session proposals that align with our mission. Enhance your breakout session proposal by identifying practitioners or employer partners to present with you! 

Submission Details:

With your proposal, please be prepared to submit the following:

  • Session Title
    • We encourage members to title their sessions simply, with the topics they plan to address. 
  • Session Description (200 word max)
  • Brief Description for Conference App (75 word max)
  • Learning Objectives (Minimum 2-3)
    • Example: Attendees will gain best practices and tools for collecting accurate first destination data, enhancing response rates, and ensuring data integrity.
  • Presenter CVs and Bios (100 word limit) 
    • These will help us identify sessions which qualify for NBCC/HRCI continuing education credits.
  • Presenter Headshots

2025 SESSION FORMAT INFORMATION
Sessions for the conference can be submitted as breakout session:

  • Breakout Sessions: These one-hour sessions can take various formats, including solo presentations, panel discussions, and collaborations between institutions and/or employer partners. Proposals from employers or collaborations between career services and employer partners will receive special consideration. 
  • Roundtable Discussions: We will not be accepting proposals for roundtables for the 2025 conference. We look forward to announcing exciting changes soon!

SESSION TOPICS

We invite presentation proposals for one-hour breakouts that highlight Knowledge Group areas, relevant topics, and innovative initiatives or partnerships. Proposals from employers or collaborations between career services and employer partners will receive special consideration. 

To maintain the educational integrity of the conference, presenters may not use their session as a platform for promotion of their products and services, or for monetary gain.  

If you have questions or any problems accessing the form, please be in touch with the SoACE Office, [email protected].