From: CAA News…

105th Annual Conference of the College Art Association
New York, 15–18 February 2017

Proposals due by 18 April 2016

For the CAA 105^th Annual Conference, CAA will change the format of the conference as we look to liven up the experience for all our members.  The changes highlighted below are the result of a critical look at the event by the organization’s Annual Conference Committee.

• New time grid: All sessions will be ninety minutes in length, allowing for more sessions during the conference’s four days
• More types of submissions and therefore more ways to participate, such as: complete session proposals, with participants chosen in advance; proposals to chairs, who will solicit speakers through a call for papers; and independent proposals of papers
• Individuals may participate in consecutive years, if their proposals are accepted
• Other Annual Conference Events such as:
  • Alt/CAA:  Each morning conference participants can propose and vote on a panel that will be held during lunch or during an evening session
  • Day by Design: All day series of panels on subjects of importance to the membership such as design, museums, women in the arts, arts advocacy, digital technologies, international topics
  • Hot Topics:  Panels focusing discussion of critical time-sensitive issues in the field
  • Perspectives from Senior Scholars Series:  Panels led by senior scholars and artists with a view toward addressing key issues in the discipline
  • Global Seminar: Sessions that will have an international component through Skype or shared files, tweeting and discussions
  • Day of Art:  Individuals and groups are encouraged to propose one or more sessions to engage membership in projects to benefit the arts community

You can download and read the full report of recommendations by CAA’s Task Force on the Annual Conference.

Please remember all participants will have to be members and registered for the conference for 2017. (http://www.collegeart.org/membership/)

Below you will find key dates and deadlines for the 2017 conference:

• March 1 – Call for Annual Conference session and paper proposals begins
• April 18 – Deadline for session and paper proposal submissions
• June 3 – Annual Conference Committee meets to select sessions and papers
• June 20 – Notification sent regarding approved sessions
• July 1 – Call for Participation for approved sessions soliciting contributors
• August 30 – Paper titles and abstracts due for sessions soliciting contributors
• Mid-September – Online conference registration opens
• September 30 – Deadline for chairs to choose speakers for sessions soliciting contributors; deadline for poster sessions
• Late December – Online conference registration closes

Additional Notes on Affiliated Society submissions:

• One session per Affiliated Society will be accepted with a note of approval from the chair of the group; subsequent submissions may be submitted separately by individuals and require peer review by the Annual Conference Committee; these submissions will not be labeled as an Affiliated Society panel.
• Each Affiliated Society is still guaranteed one 90-minute session, as well as a business meeting, which will be tagged as an Affiliate Society meeting.
• Sessions should be submitted in the proposal submission process above.