As part of the submission process, you will be asked to acknowledge your agreement to follow these commitments and convey them to the presenters associated with your submission. Presenting a session at the LES Annual Meeting requires commitment to the organization on several levels:

• Educational – sessions must be of educational benefit to members, not promotional presentations.
• Organizational – session leaders must secure speaker commitments, prepare presentation and CLE (see Section 4 below regarding CLE–qualified sessions) materials, and communicate logistics in a timely fashion. Please refer to the timeline below for specific expectations.
• Financial – workshop speakers are required to cover the cost of their participation by paying the registration fee. LES is a non-profit, volunteer-driven community of IP professionals that relies on the financial participation of meeting attendees to fulfill our mission and develop valuable content and events like the annual meeting.

Proposals will be reviewed by peers on the organizing committee. Preference will be given to proposals that demonstrate:

• Complete panels with all requested content and speaker information
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in speaker selection
• Speakers from diverse professional settings
• Interactivity with attendees as it relates to content delivery
• Topics that are applicable across several industries, sectors, and interest groups
• Educational intent (not promotional presentations)

Due to time and space constraints, not all submissions can be selected for the meeting.

Each session at the 2024 Annual Meeting must comply with the following requirements:

1. All moderators and speakers must register for the meeting and pay the registration fee [equivalent of the super early bird registration rate – LES members $1295, non-members $1695].
2. LES must be immediately notified in writing of any speaker changes, which are subject to approval by the Planning Committee.  For presenters who must cancel, they must find a replacement speaker. Cancellations may impact future session selection.
3. Each workshop session should have a moderator and 3 or 4 speakers. 
4. There can be no more than one speaker from the same organization in any session.
5. Each person can only speak in one session per meeting

These conditions must be satisfied for session acceptance and maintained to make the final program.  Non-conforming panels may be removed from the program.

Sessions can become CLE/RTTP/CLP eligible if acceptable written materials are provided. If you are interested in making your session CLE/RTTP/CLP eligible please indicate so in your proposal submission. 

Notification of acceptance will be sent to the submitter after the conclusion of review by March 15, 2024. At that time, submitters will be notified by email of their acceptance.