DAC Leadership 2022 Call for Proposals

The DAC Leadership Series empowers mid-career professionals to take the next step in their careers, which often means new levels of leadership responsibilities. The goal of the series is to offer a variety of presentations from purely inspirational discussions to hard-core training sessions by showcasing presentations from the best and brightest of our membership and beyond.

The theme of this year’s series is Promoting Diverse and Equitable Leadership. The profession is undergoing significant changes from all directions and needs leaders with the ability to respond. How can organizations and their leadership become more diverse and equitable?

Examples of topics include—but are not limited to—the following:

Define diversity in leadership with an equity lens.
Creating a safe space for colleagues to openly discuss issues/conflict
Identify active ways to develop leadership skills and define their benefits to project teams.
Explore the cultural shifts of recent years and their impacts on future firm leaders.
Define inclusive vocabulary of diverse leadership.
Submission Requirements:

Presentations must be 90 minutes in length, including Q&A.

The form requires the following information:

Title
Description
Description of How the Session Serves Mid-Career Architects
Four Learning Objectives
Speaker Biographies and Contact Information

Session Leader Information:
(This will be the primary contact person for your session, and will be responsible for conveying information to any co-presenters and panelists.)

Name *

First Name Last Name

Email *

example@example.com

Phone Number *

Area Code Phone Number

Title *

Company *

Session Title *

Session Description: Please write a 6 - 8 sentence description. *

Please describe how your session addresses the needs of mid-career professionals in the architecture or design field: *

Learning Objective #1 - One sentence only. After attending this presentation, participants will be able to: *

Learning Objective #2 - One sentence only. After attending this presentation, participants will be able to: *

Learning Objective #3 - One sentence only. After attending this presentation, participants will be able to: *

Learning Objective #4 - One sentence only. After attending this presentation, participants will be able to: *

Please provide the name, designation (AIA, LEED, etc.), title, company, and email address of each speaker: *

Please provide a short biography (90 words max) for each speaker participating in this session. Highlight those aspects of their background that equip them to speak on the specified topic. *

Photo Credit and Caption

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Please provide a photo or rendering of your project, site, or presentation content. No headshots, please.

In consideration of the opportunity to participate as a speaker in the DAC Leadership Series, I grant the AIA|DC (and its subsidiaries, affiliates, representatives, successors, and assigns) the right to use my name, biography, photographs, and presentation content for promoting the DAC Leadership Series. *

Yes

I warrant and represent that, to the best of my knowledge, nothing in my presentation violates any proprietary or personal rights of others (including, without limitation, any copyright or privacy rights); is factually accurate, and contains nothing libelous or otherwise unlawful. *

Yes

I further warrant and represent that my presentation is my own original work, that I have the authority to enter into this Agreement, and that I am the sole copyright holder or that I have obtained all necessary permissions or licenses from any persons or organizations whose material is included or used in my presentation. *

Yes

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