Welcome to the 2018 LifeSpan-Network (LifeSpan) and the Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM) Conference!
LifeSpan-Network (LifeSpan) and the Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM) invite you to present at the 2018 Annual Conference
Healthcare NOW! of Maryland’s top senior care associations. This event is a fantastic opportunity to share your best practices, regulatory guidelines, implementation successes, tips, and proven project solutions to a broad range of Senior Care professionals.
Who Should Submit a Proposal?
We welcome proposals from providers, state agencies, long term care organizations, business members, consultants, and others. Now is your chance to share that knowledge and experience; from success stories to professional insights, you have the opportunity to enhance long-term healthcare in Maryland.
Benefits of Presenting
- Share ideas and expertise with both newcomers and veterans of the senior residential and long-term healthcare fields.
- Meet others in the field who may contribute to the future success of your organization.
- Presenters will receive a complimentary registration to the conference.
Audience Characteristics
Our audience represents all disciplines from both independent and multi-facility organizations, in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. The attendees have varying levels of experience in the long term care profession ranging from: significant experience (10+ years); moderate experience (5-10 years); or limited experience (0-5 years). Concurrent/breakout sessions draw a range of 50 – 150 attendees.
Characteristics of Successful Presentations:
- Impart new information
- Share promising strategies and best practices
- Depict creative programs and services
- Demonstrate innovative ideas/solutions
We strive to put together an energetic and well balanced educational program to appeal to a diverse audience and ensure that attendees leave each session equipped with effective strategies to achieve operational goals.
We encourage proposals with a focus directed to usable, relevant information such as: care practice, quality assurance, culture change, business & financial management, human resource, innovations & advancements, leadership, marketing, performance excellence, documentation & assessment, customer service, workforce development, and much more. If the information you wish to share is compelling and relevant but does not fall directly in one of the categories listed above we still strongly encourage you to submit a proposal.
Selection Process:
The Education Committee will review all completed proposals. Incomplete proposals will
not be reviewed. Criteria used to select proposals include, but are not limited to:
- Unique and timely content;
- Relevance to the needs to the key constituencies of Lifespan and HFAM;
- Practical, results-oriented applications.
Concurrent Session Submission Guidelines
- Concurrent/Breakout sessions are one (1) hour.
- Submissions may be individual presentations, group presentations or panels.
- Individuals or groups may submit up to but are limited to 3 proposals.
- Submitting a proposal does not guarantee that your presentation will be selected.
- Speakers that are selected agree to abide by all deadlines.
Proposal Requirement/Policies:
All proposals must conform to the following:
- Proposals must be free of any commercial or promotional content.
- Proposals must be complete upon submission; incomplete proposals will not be reviewed.
- All proposals must be received no later than 5:00pm on July 15, 2018.
- Subject matter is current and appealing to targeted or universal audience.
- Presenter offers practical tools that can be readily utilized by attendees.
- Proposal is clear, focused and well-organized.
- Title and subject matter must promote interest and Conference attendance.
- Presenter’s credentials and experiences relate to the session topic.
Questions? Please call 410-381-1176, Enid-Mai Jones, ext. 241 or Annmarie Gordon, ext, 240.