Welcome to the 57th Canadian Archaeological Association Conference! With the conference organization starting last minute our call for sessions will be brief this year and will only be open until January 31, 2025.

Call for Session Proposals

Clearly indicate what type of session you are proposing:

1. Invited sessions: The session chair(s) invite specific people to address a specific topic or theme. These sessions may be held as a panel or as a traditional delivery of individual papers. Additional papers may be included as posters. Session chairs do not need to have a full slate of presenters lined up when they submit their proposal.
2. Themed sessions: The session consists of volunteered papers organized around a particular theme. Session chair(s) will be asked to select and arrange papers from those volunteered for the session; additional papers may be included as posters.
3. Symposium or panel sessions: The session will consist of chaired discussions organized around a theme.
4. Try something new?  It’s St. John’s after all. D you want to organize a session of research recitations, or similar performance? Heck we would love to see what you come up with!

Guidelines for Session Chairs

Session formats:

1. For regular sessions, time allocation for presented papers will be 20 minutes.
2. Speakers may be presenters or co-authors on additional papers or posters in other sessions.
3. Presentations can be in person or pre-recorded, but there is no live-digital attendance this year
4. Session chairs may present one paper in their own session.
5. Session chairs may be presenters or co-authors in other sessions.

Session proposals:

1. Session proposals should consist of a plain language title and a 300-word (maximum) description of the session.
2. Session chairs should include their name, affiliation, and email address in their proposal.
3. Session proposals may be submitted in English or French.
4. Session chairs must be members in good standing of the Canadian Archaeological Association at the time the proposal is submitted and at the time of the conference.
5. Session chairs must register for the conference and are expected to chair their session.
6. An individual may be a chair for up to two sessions.

Evaluation:

1. After the deadline, session proposals will be reviewed by the organizing committee.
2. If there are several session proposals on the same or very similar themes, chairs may be asked to combine sessions.
3. Submission of a proposal is not a guarantee of acceptance.
4. Session proposals will be listed on the conference website by February 10th.

Session organization:

1. After the abstract deadline, session chairs will be asked to organize presentations into a logical order to fit the theme.
2. After the abstract deadline, the Program Committee may direct additional volunteered papers to sessions if they are a clear fit with the theme. Session chairs may accept these additional papers or not.
3. Presenter conflicts between sessions will be resolved by the Program Committee.

Proposals must be received no later than midnight (CST) on January 31, 2025.