Submit a proposal to either speak during a plenary session or facilitate a workshop on one or more of the topics below. Proposed plenary sessions should include no more than two speakers, and proposed workshops should include no more than three facilitators. We strive to provide diverse and inclusive programming, so please consider how your presentation will encourage the exchange of differing ideas, experiences, and perspectives.
The broad topics for the 2026 symposium include:
- The Importance of Democracy--Now More Than Ever
- Creative strategies for resilience
- Coalition building
- Access to every stage of the democratic process
- Who’s being kept out, why, and what can we do about it?
- Creative thinking on ways to make good law that is palatable to the current Supreme Court
- Disability rights, intersectionality, and disenfranchisement
- Disability rights and voting
- A Year in Review: Key Disability Rights Cases and What They Mean Moving Forward
- SCOTUS Watch
- Litigation strategies, techniques, and best practices in disability rights cases
- Legal strategies for enforcing disability rights
- Disability rights and the impact of race, gender, and sexual orientation on disability rights in all parts of the democratic process
- Updated rules and regulations
- Access to life in the 21st century
How to Apply
Email a one-page plenary session/workshop proposal to [email protected] no later than Monday, November 17, 2025. Each proposal must include the following:
- Name of presenter(s) and organization(s)
- Biography for each presenter
- Contact telephone number and email address for each presenter
- Plenary session/workshop title
- Description of the plenary session/workshop, including its main goals, the relevancy and timeliness of the topic/issues to be addressed, whether you have presented the workshop before, and how the speakers/facilitators/topics/issues will enhance the diversity and inclusiveness of the symposium.
Individuals who submit a proposal will be notified of the decision by November 24, 2025. Presenters will receive follow up emails and will be asked to join at least one Zoom call prior to the symposium to finalize their presentation logistics.