24th Annual Sources of Education Conference
for the Finance & Treasury Professional

May 6-8, 2009 -  Boston Marriott-Copley Place

SESSION PROPOSAL DEADLINE:  October 17, 2008   October 31, 2008

HOW TO SUBMIT SESSION PROPOSALS

Use the form below to submit your proposal online.  If you submit by email, please be sure to include all required information as requested on the online form. INCOMPLETE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

WHAT YOU GAIN AS A CONFERENCE SPEAKER

• Recognition of being associated with a highly respected Treasury industry event
• Visibility and credibility for you and your organization
• A complimentary conference registration
• Excellent networking opportunities

PRESENTATION FORMATS 

Concurrent Sessions – 75 minutes in length. Concurrent sessions allow speakers to present information on a wide variety of topics. Proposals should offer tangible, meaningful take-away value to the audience, including customer perspectives, lessons learned, best practices and performance metrics. It is helpful if financial institution and vendor/service provider submissions include a user/customer co-presenter. 

Workshops – 150 minutes in length (split by ½ hour break). Workshops allow the speaker to present to a limited audience on a topic in-depth, using a variety of interactive training techniques. Presenters are expected to provide tangible, meaningful take-away value to the audience.

LEVEL OF PRESENTATIONS

The level of presentation is identified by the submitter and is based on expected audience experience and knowledge. Session attendees evaluate the presentation by the appropriateness of the level and the ability of the speakers to meet the described objectives. It is very important to accurately identify the level of your session. The Conference Planning Committee reserves the right to modify the level and will instruct submitters accordingly so that they may meet audience expectations.

Fundamental sessions require little or no previous knowledge of the topic material by attendees and should emphasize the definition of terms and description of key concepts. These sessions take the "who, what, when, where, why and how" approach.

Intermediate sessions requite a basic knowledge and some experience in the topic area by the attendees. Brief emphasis on terms is recommended. The focus should be on "How does it work?" and the user benefits, and should include detailed examples. Some evaluation of alternative methods would be appropriate. Key words could include execute, perform, apply, accomplish and measure.

Advanced sessions require a working knowledge and considerable experience in the topic area by attendees and may further require basic or working knowledge in one or more related areas outside the specific topic area. The focus should be on "Can I apply this to my organization?", "How do I implement it?", "How to evaluate it?". Key words could include: integrate, conceptualize, analyze, evaluate and implement. Examples and calculations may be fairly complex and only new technical terminology should be specifically defined. Also included in sessions of this level are in-depth evaluations of alternatives.

CONFERENCE TRACK DESIGNATIONS

Concurrent sessions are assigned to one of seven program track designations.  The track designations for the TMANE 2009 conference are as follows:

• Risk
• Treasury Operations
• Asset Management
• Corporate Finance
• International
• Professional Development
• Banker's
• Technology

Submitters must designate the appropriate track designation when submitting session proposals. 

REVIEW PROCEDURES

Proposals submitted for the TMANE 2009 conference are reviewed by the respective Conference Track Committees. The members review and critique session proposals according to specific evaluative criteria, including:

• Relevance to the industry.
• Originality of material.
• Overall perceived quality of session content.
• Timeliness of topic.
• A well-defined focus.
• Completeness of presentation proposal.
• Appropriate inclusion of customer/end-user co-presenters.
• Perceived take-away value for attendees.
• Speaking experience of presenters.
• Participant evaluations of presenter at previous TMANE events, if applicable.
• Uniqueness of approach to the topic or of presenter perspective. 

DEADLINE

Proposals must be received by October 17, 2008  October 31, 2008

REVIEW PERIOD

Proposals will be reviewed by the TMANE Conference Planning Committee in October and November 2008. 

NOTIFICATION TO PRESENTERS

All who submit session proposals will be notified by December 12, 2008 as to the status of their proposal. 

Final presentations are due by April 24, 2009. PDFs of slides will be loaded on a password-protected web site for attendees to view/print prior to the event.

Speakers are expected to provide their own laptops, loaded with their presentations at the Conference.  

QUESTIONS?