2025 Annual Conference Call for Workshop Proposals
- Submit a workshop proposal
- Important information for presenters
- Proposal form in Word for access and planning purposes
NCIL is excited to announce our 2025 Annual Conference on Independent Living!
The theme of this year’s conference is LEVEL UP: Building Tomorrow Together. It is a powerful reminder that advancing disability rights, justice, and Independent Living requires both individual dedication and collective effort. Together, we can level up our skills, partnerships, and impact, knowing that while the work may never be fully complete, our contributions today are vital steps toward building the better tomorrow we envision.
This year’s conference will take place July 21-24 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC and all presentations will take place onsite. NCIL will host 25 in-person workshops this year.
NCIL seeks workshops in the following tracks. Priority will be given to workshops that address these topics through the lenses of anti-racism; Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI); and disability justice.
- Emerging Leaders: Workshops given by and for emerging leaders in Independent Living and disability justice. What did you want to know as an emerging leader? How can we learn from emerging leaders and help develop Independent Living leadership?
- Level Up Your Advocacy: Workshops addressing advocacy topics and strategies. How can we advance and grow the Independent Living movement through consumer-driven advocacy?
- Innovations and Technology: Workshops that explore innovative new ideas, strategies, technologies and inventions that work to advance Independent Living philosophy and practice.
- Transformation through Collaboration: Workshops looking into diversifying partnerships, growing relationships, and opening funding opportunities.
- How To: Make It Happen: Workshops that describe challenges and the tactics and solutions presenters used to overcome them. This track also covers best practices for newcomers and those wishing to level up their organization’s provision of core services while maintaining Independent Living values.
In addition to these priorities, NCIL’s Annual Conference Subcommittee encourages workshops that seek to improve skills and resources to operate strong SILCs.
Note: Presenters and facilitators are not exempt from registration fees. Presenters must register and pay for all days they plan to attend but will receive a 5% discount.
Presenters who attend only their session and no other events should register using the priority code PRESENTERNAME2025 to receive a nametag.
For a priority code for full conference registration, email Jenny@ncil.org.
Daily registration will be available onsite.
Deadline for Submission is February 7, 2025. No proposals will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
