Conference Overview

The 2005 Canadian Evaluation Society/American Evaluation Association Joint Conference welcomes evaluation practitioners, academics, and students from across North America and around the world to learn from each other in a supportive atmosphere. The Conference will be held from Wednesday-Saturday, October 26-29, 2005 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Half-, one-, and two-day professional development workshops will precede and follow the conference itself on Monday-Wednesday, October 24-26, and Sunday, October 30, 2005. We anticipate attendance in excess of 2000 delegates and welcome attendees who are just beginning their careers as well as seasoned experts.

The Conference is broken into thematic strands including two high-profile strands, one focusing on the conference theme of "Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries", the other focusing on issues of special relevance to the Canadian evaluation community. Regular proposals, including those from Canadian representatives, were submitted to one of 34 strands sponsored by AEA's Topical Interest Groups (TIGs). French-language proposals were submitted to a French-language strand or to the aforementioned Canadian Strand for review. Each of these strand types has different review and selection processes and will contribute varying numbers of sessions to the overall program of over 450 conference sessions. More information about each strand, including review and selection, may be found in sections on The Conference Theme, The Canadian Strand, The TIG Strands, and The French-language Strand. Submissions for all sessions, in all strands, were to be submitted online by March 11, 2005.

Key dates for the conference include:

• January 10: Conference website goes online
• March 11: All proposals due via the online proposal submission forms
• July 1: Accept/reject notices sent to presenters via email
• July 1: Professional development workshop descriptions go online
• July 1: Online conference registration begins
• September 15: Cutoff date for early registration (registration fees increase)
• October 24-26, 30: Professional Development Workshops offered in Toronto, ON, Canada
• October 26-29: Annual Conference, Evaluation 2005, offered in Toronto, ON, Canada

The process of proposal submission and review is being overseen by the American Evaluation Association. If you have questions about a proposal, please contact the AEA office at info@eval.org or 888-232-2275 (toll free from the US or Canada) or 508-748-3326 (internationally).

To register for the Conference, access the Registration page.
You may also download the complete registration pamphlet in PDF format.

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