2020 HPRCT Call for Papers

2020 Conference

Call for Papers

Please read this entire email carefully -- there are new opportunities this year!

2020 HPRCT Conference

Tuesday, June 16th through Friday June 19th, 2020

Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel

Conference Theme:

Abstract Deadline: January 31st, 2020

According to many people, last year’s HPRCT Conference was one of the most dynamic, interactive, and useful conferences ever. Although it will be hard to beat, our planning team is committed to making this years conference even better.

The Portsmouth area is filled with unique sights and sounds, and the hotel we'll be staying at is beautiful. Be prepared to see Naval Vessels, yachts and sailboats almost within reach. Take a short ferry-ride to Norfolk's Waterside for another dimension of after-conference activities.

As for the conference itself, we'll be trying some exciting new things. For example, we'll have 10-minute RAPID-FIRE presentations in our General Session, another Poster Session , a variety of new networking experiences , and some unique breakout sessions to enhance your ability to walk away with practical, useful ways to enhance the operating performance of your company.

In support of this year’s theme, we are looking for abstracts that provide useful information for both novices and experienced professionals in the following fields. Note that we have added a new category: General Information.

Optimizing Human Performance (HP)
Understanding and Addressing the Causes of Things That Go Wrong (RC)
Using Metrics to Monitor Performance Improvement (T)
Establishing a High Reliability, Resilient Organization (HRO)
General Information that does not readily fit in another category (GEN)

We are looking for case studies, practical applications, best practices, learning’s from industry-shaping events, as well as leading edge thoughts and ideas in the above categories.

Talks can either be presented to our morning General Sessions, where all will be in attendance – or in one of several breakout sessions during the afternoon – or in half or full-day workshops. This year's POSTER SESSION and RAPID-FIRE presentations with both be slotted as General Sessions to assure all will be in attendance.

We are also soliciting abstracts for half or full day workshops.

The deadline for these Abstracts is January 31 ^st , 2020. THIS IS A FIRM DEADLINE.

Submitters will be contacted by February 24th to inform them of acceptance or rejection.

What is a Poster Session?

Poster Sessions are an opportunity for interested parties to present their work or thoughts in an informal context. It’s a great way for the inhibited to dip their toe into the conference-presentation waters. Unlike a traditional session, all the posters are set up at once, and each presenter is expected to stand with their poster for the entirety of the session to answer questions from passers-by.

The advantage of this format is that it can be a lot less intimidating to be a part of than a general or breakout session. First-time attendees, including students are welcome to become part of this Poster Session – as well as long-time attendees and vendors. All or most Poster Session Abstracts will be accepted .

More Details:

We will have one formal, 50-minute Poster Session, either in the morning or afternoon of the 2 ^nd day of the conference. We will encourage posters to be set up at the beginning of the conference and left standing for the duration of the conference for follow-up questions and discussions during breaks.

The posters will be displayed in the same area as any vendor booths, creating energy and interest outside of the main conference rooms.

Posters can be any size, but self-standing.

Tables for placement of posters will be provided. Power (AC) will not be supplied.

If you are interested, fill-in our Abstract Template, checking the option for “ Poster Session .”

What is a Rapid-Fire Presentation?

Have you ever seen a TED Talk? Our Rapid-Fire Presentations will be very similar. We will choose 4, 10-minute presentations, each of which will be presented back-to-back in one of our General Session slots.

We decided to try this format to energize attendees at a strategic time in the conference.

If you are interested and have a short, powerful message that you'd like everyone to hear, either a success story. a failure, or a new idea that you'd like to share, then fill-in our Abstract Template, checking the option for “ Rapid-Fire-Session .”

Interested in Submitting a General Session, Breakout, Poster, Rapid-Fire, or Workshop Abstract?

All Abstracts are to be submitted on-line by clicking on the following link.

Link to Abstract Template

If you have any problems or questions about submitting an abstract, please respond to Bob Nelms at [email protected] .

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