Submission Deadline: Sept. 5, 11:59pm
With all of the demands on people including information overload, home life, work tasks and all the things…the conference will be a place to Make Space.
This is one of the best ways achieve the statewide Oregon Heritage Plan goals:
1. Include more voices
2. Increase access to heritage
3. Promote the value of heritage
4. Pursue best practices
The way to move Oregon heritage work forward is to Make Space: clear the clutter, set priorities, build relationships, and plan for the time it takes.
Join us by contributing to the conference content! Submit proposals that address the theme Make Space. Conference proposals related to this theme might include:
Make Space...
…literally!
….for different perspectives and new approaches
…for the time processes take
… for meaningful partners
…for the basics: board roles, processes, procedures, succession planning, strategic planning, disaster planning
…for health and wellness of staff, volunteers, and partners
…for advocacy & promotion
…untold stories
…good examples and case studies!
Oregon Heritage invites creative proposals! Panels and lectures are welcome, as well as facilitated conversations, debates, practical training, roundtables, meet-ups, or other suggestions.
Conference sessions must be formatted in the following ways:
- 45 Minute Session
- 75 Minute Session
- Half-Day Workshop (3-4 hrs)
- Full-Day Workshop (6-8 hrs)
- Tours
- Poster – share your info or project on a poster to show at the conference.
- Ideas – Don’t feel you have a full session, but you have something to share, submit it! We may be able to combine submissions.
Please submit your proposal here, have the following information ready:
- the organizer’s name, organization (if applicable), and contact information
- a session title (or topic if not a session idea)
- select the session format
- select session style (workshop, lecture, roundtable, discussion, panel, meet-ups, etc.)
- a description of the session proposal and how it relates to the theme in 75 words or less.
- information on any additional presenters
- any additional details
The Oregon Heritage Conference brings together people who love and work with Oregon's heritage. Designed to be interdisciplinary and cross-pollenating, the conference focuses on all sectors of cultural heritage, such as historic preservation, museums, archives, libraries, Main Streets, historic cemeteries, archaeology, Tribes, genealogy, public history, and local, state, federal government.
The deadline for proposal submissions is September 5, 2023. Applicants will be notified of decisions by October 2, 2023.
Contact Kuri Gill with any questions or accessibility needs, including translation. Kuri.Gill@oprd.oregon.gov or 503-383-6787