The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership (HSMP) is seeking proposals for presentations for the 2019 HSMP Annual Meeting which will be held on September 19, 2019 at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center in California, Maryland.
The HSMP Annual Meeting is an opportunity for participants to network, learn from public health experts and receive updates on coalition-wide business. Each year, the HSMP Annual Meeting features learning sessions from distinguished presenters on topics related to the four health priority issues in St. Mary’s County: Access to Care, Behavioral Health, Healthy Eating & Active Living and Tobacco Use.
The HSMP Steering Committee is requesting proposals for presentations on current research and innovative or evidence-based practices relating to these four priority health issues. If you are interested in presenting at the 2019 HSMP Annual Meeting, please review the following information and submit a proposal by 5:00 p.m. on February 15, 2019.
For questions or assistance, please email: stmaryspartnership@gmail.com. For more information on the HSMP Annual Meeting, please visit: https://healthystmarys.com/hsmpannual2019/.
2019 HSMP Annual Meeting Presentation Information
Important Dates
- January 17, 2019 – Call for Proposals issued
- February 15, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. EST – Deadline to submit proposals
- March 15, 2019 – Applicants notified of selection status
- April 15, 2019 – Selected presenters must submit headshot, brief professional biography, and resume/CV
- June 2019 – Registration opens for the 2019 HSMP Annual Meeting
- August 15, 2019 – Presenters must submit final presentation title and summary
- August 29, 2019 – Presenters must submit final slide presentation
- September 19, 2019 – 2019 HSMP Annual Meeting
General Information
- You will be asked to provide the following information via the submission process:
- Primary presenter information
- Co-presenter information (if applicable)
- Working presentation title
- Presentation description/overview
- Presentation audience
- Does your presentation address one or more of the priority health needs, objectives, or strategies in the Healthy St. Mary’s 2020 Plan?
- The HSMP Steering Committee will review all proposals and select presenters. Priority will be given to presentations that focus on innovative or evidence based topics that directly relate to objectives in the Healthy St. Mary’s 2020 Plan.
- If selected, presenters will be notified of a scheduled speaking time between 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on the day of the 2019 HSMP Annual Meeting.
- The primary presenter will serve as the point of contact for the 2019 HSMP Annual Meeting. This person is responsible for informing any co-presenters of the status of the proposal, deadlines, and all related presentation specifications.