What Do You Want to See in 2025?

WAA offers exceptional opportunities for learning and discovery and we’re looking for sessions that deliver high impact and appeal to performing arts professionals! The Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California (September 2 - 5, 2024), WAA will provide a variety of  in-person and online sessions throughout the year.

WAA will support the following sessions this year: 

• Forum - Facilitated large group and/or breakout discussion
• Excursion - Offsite activity, experiences, and tours
• Panel - Invited Speakers/Moderators
• Presentation - Info session
• Workshop - Nuts and bolts, “how-to,” skill building
• Roundtable/Coffee Talks - Peer networking or learning around a topic of interest
• Affinity Session - Identity based networking and/or learning. Open to all or closed to those of that identity by host discretion.
• Consortia/Private Meetings - Closed peer networking around a shared organizational or disciplinary identity. 

The deadline for all proposals is March 14 at 5pm PT. Your idea will be reviewed by the appropriate committees. If you have any questions, please contact Membership & Programs Coordinator, Makaveli Gresham. 

We will notify applicants the results of the selection process by the end of April.

Criteria

There are limited opportunities for in-person sessions at our conference, and WAA will prioritize proposals that take advantage of being face-to-face and center connections. Successful proposals have the following characteristics: 

• The learning is clear and timely, there are relevant and tangible takeaways. 
• The exchange between attendees and experts and each other is rich. 
• The experience is tailor-made for professional adult learners. 
• The topic aligns to one or more of WAA’s values: Informed, Inclusive, Innovative.