Speaker Submission Guidelines

All proposals must contain:

• Title

• Background and Purpose: A brief description of the nature and goals of your session.

• Learning Objectives: Must include at least 1 learning objective for every 30 minutes in your session, and potentially more if presentation includes multiple speakers. 

• Proposed Session Format: Select which format below would be most effective for your session.

• Although there is no specific free response to indicate why you believe this would be the most appropriate, feel free to elaborate in one of the free response answers.

• Topic area: Select most appropriate topic area from options provided, or enter the correct area into the free response “other” category.

• Proposed Speakers: Include the names and email addresses for the speakers involved in your session. Incomplete or “TBD” submissions will not be accepted. If a change in speaker is required after acceptance of your proposal, you are responsible for identifying and providing the name of the new speaker at that time, as well as current contact information and conflict of interest disclosures.

• Conflict of Interest Disclosure for All Proposed Speakers: All presentations must be educational in nature and not include any sales, product or marketing information. Branded slides will not be allowed, in accordance with NSGC standards. For further COI information, please see below.

• Relevance: A brief description of why this topic is important for the SCGC membership and genetic counseling.

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** Please note that you may submit more than one proposal, but this will require separate submissions forms for each proposal.

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Suggested Topic Ideas

The below topics were suggested by the SCGC membership following last year’s SCGC Annual Education Conference. Current, engaging topics may include:

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●      Community speakers including patients/families and advocacy groups

●      Case Presentations

●      Emerging technology (personalized medicine, RNA sequencing, nanopore tech, etc.)

●      Student training/supervision

●      Updates in prenatal genetic counseling: ART, prenatal WES/WGS, expanded carrier screening, etc.

Review of Presentation Materials and Conflict of Interest Policies

If your session is accepted, you will be sent a brief online speaker survey to confirm your presentation and speakers. In order to apply for Category 1 CEUs for this activity, NSGC requires that each speaker complete a conflict of interest disclosure, which will be included in the speaker survey sent by SCGC. You will also be required to provide presentation materials for the conference planning committee to review. Speakers will be asked to confirm that they will disclose any conflicts of interest at the beginning of their presentation both verbally and in writing and cite all sources. For additional details on NSGC’s conflict of interest policies, please see: https://www.nsgc.org/conflictofinterest

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For any additional questions regarding submission guidelines, please contact the SCGC Conference Planning Committee at scgcprogramming@gmail.com.