The NAGC 65th Annual Convention (NAGC18) will be held in Minneapolis, MN, November 15-18, 2018

The NAGC annual convention is the largest event devoted to gifted and talented children for classroom teachers, gifted/talented coordinators, school administrators, researchers, parents, college and university faculty, and others interested in the education of high-ability and high-potential learners. We invite you to submit presentation proposals.

Proposal Deadline is January 21, 2018

LOGIN INFORMATION
(The proposal submission site login is not the same as your NAGC website login.)

• If you are a past submitter, click on “lost your access key?" to retrieve it. It will be sent to the email address you provided when you first created an account.
• First time users must create a new login by clicking on "join now" and follow the steps to create an account. The system will create an access key for you and send it to the email address you provide.
• Please only use one email address and create only one account.

ENTERING YOUR PROPOSAL
NAGC Attendees The system will keep track of your progress, and you can return as many times as needed before the deadline to edit, add, withdraw, or revise your submission.

PROPOSAL AND PRESENTATION LIMITS
You may submit up to four proposals. In the final program, an individual can participate in up to 4 presentations. This rule does not apply to NAGC Signature Series or Network Super Sunday Sessions which are invited presentations developed by the NAGC Convention Program Chair or Network Program Chair. It does include Poster Sessions.

PROPOSAL DESIGN AND ABSTRACT
To present the very best and most relevant content, organized in 15 different Network strands, NAGC's Annual Convention proposals require a 60 word description that describes the session content to convention attendees and a 250 word description for evaluation purposes.* The 250 word description should include detailed information such as practical application to a particular audience(s), knowledge and tools that attendees will receive, and, if possible, links to background research/theory. Do not include the names of any presenters in the descriptions.

PROPOSAL REVIEW
Expert reviewers from the NAGC Networks conduct blind reviews using the Rubric, which is accessible on this site prior to submission. Network Program Chairs and National Convention Program Committee members finalize the selections to ensure the process is fair, balanced, and broadly representative of the field. You will receive notice via email in April 2018 regarding the status of your proposal submission(s).

*Empirical proposals submitted to the Research & Evaluation Network must include a scientific process description (900 words max).