9th Annual CA HIGHER EDUCATION SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE

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----Call for Proposals----

9th Annual CA HIGHER EDUCATION SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE Hosted by LA Community College District (Formerly called the UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference)

June 20th-23rd, 2010 at Los Angeles Trade Technical College

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Presentation and Poster Proposals Due: March 10th, 2010

The CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference and Los Angeles Community College District encourages you to submit a proposal to present at our upcoming conference. The conference was established in 2001 for the exchange of best practices between people engaged in, or seeking to learn more about, campus sustainability from teaching and academic research to all aspects of campus operations.

This year's conference seeks to highlight innovative examples and best practices in the following areas:

• Energy
• Food Systems
• Green Building New Construction
• Green Building Operations, Maintenance, and Innovations
• Institutionalizing Sustainability Climate Action Planning
• Healthcare
• Procurement and Business Services
• Research and Curriculum
• Social Equity
• Student Affairs
• Student Activism and Leadership (Check out our Student Convergence on June 23rd,2010)
• Transportation
• Waste Reduction and Recycling
• Water
• Green Industry Track (New!)
• Exhibitor Show Presentations (New!)

What are we looking for?

• Interactive and creatively designed presentations
• Best practices proven on California Campuses
• Proposals that are directly relevant and exciting to campus faculty, staff, and/or students

Please also see: Speaker Guidelines (attached)

Who Should Submit?

• Campus operations and planning staff
• Faculty and academic researchers
• Campus administrators
• College and university students
• Providers of the products and services delivered to colleges (New!)
• This year we are encouraging our industry partners to submit presentations to our newly added Green Industry Track and Exhibitor Show Presentations.

Compensation

• One speaker per accepted proposal will be given a speaker's discount in all tracks except in the Green Industry Track and Exhibitor Show Presentations. In the later two tracks, speakers must register at the industry rate.
• Student speakers will get free admission, but will be responsible for their own housing and travel.
• All speakers will be required to register and pay to attend the conference. This year, we will offer one day passes for speakers only attending a single day or session.

DEADLINES:
Proposals due: March 10th, 2010
Conference dates: June 20th-23rd, 2010

Ready to submit?
Fill out the call for proposals form

The proposal form will soon be available for electronic submission at: http://2010higheredsustainabilityconference.org/, but don't wait to get started on your proposal! If you choose to submit before the electronic submission form is available, please email your form as an attachment to

Please also consider applying for the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Awards Competition. Application forms now available.

More information, please visit: http://2010higheredsustainabilityconference.org/

Questions: Call Katie Maynard, 805-448-5111 or email

Ninth Annual CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FORM
June 20th-23rd, 2010
Hosted by LACCD at LA Trade-Technical College

Deadline for submission March 10th, 2010
Notification of acceptance date: April 15th, 2010

Online form will be available at: http://2010higheredsustainabilityconference.org/ shortly. Please use this document to develop your proposal. Final submissions are preferred via the online form.

Title.
Enter the FULL TITLE of your submission. (50 word limit )

Abstract.
Please enter a description of your proposed presentation or poster (max 250 words)

Results.
If applicable, please include the quantifiable and qualitative accomplishments of the project

Confirmation.
I confirm that this submission has been approved by all speakers listed and those speakers are planning on attending the event.

Affiliations
Please list the universities or other institutions with which the authors are affiliated

Speakers
You MUST enter the names of ALL speakers here - including yourself if you are a speaker - in the order in which you wish them to appear in the printed text.

Categories
Please choose a subject category which best describes your submission. Select up to two.

• Energy
  • Exhibitor Show Presentations
  • Food Systems
  • Green Building New Construction
  • Green Building Operations, Maintenance, and Renovations
  • Healthcare
  • Institutionalizing Sustainability
  • Procurement and Business Services
  • Research and Curriculum
  • Social Equity
  • Student Affairs
  • Student Convergence
  • Transportation
  • Waste Reduction and Recycling
  • Water
  • Green Industry

Presentation
Please choose your preferred means of presentation

• Poster
• Oral
• Either

Audiovisual equipment required
* 35mm Slide Projection * Overhead projection * Video * Computer projection
* Internet Access

Presenter biography (for each presenter)
Provide a 3-4 sentence biography exactly the way you would like it read for your introduction and printed in the conference program. Your biography is limited to 150 words. Please read your biography aloud once it is written to ensure it can be effortlessly delivered by the session monitor. Please include in your biography your role in the project you are discussing.

Contact for Questions: katie.maynard@2010sustconf.org 805-448-5111

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