Proposal Form
For Conference Sessions, Tours, Webinars, and Workshops
Call for Session Proposals
This form allows you to submit a conference session, workshop, webinar, tour or other event for special consideration by the California Preservation Foundation conference and education committees. Note: Required fields are marked with an asterisk*.
Please submit a session if you’d like to speak or include a session for the following programs, which will be scheduled between October 1, 2020 and September 31, 2021.
- 2021 Conference Session Proposals – Sacramento, Calif. (tentative place, spring dates to be announced)
- This is our flagship event, drawing upwards of 650 attendees from across the state and country. We are the West Coast’s leading and most respected historic preservation conference. Each conference includes the following events. You can view an example program of the types of events at the conference here.
- Sessions (90 minutes)
- Workshops (usually 3 hrs, sometimes a full day)
- Mobile Workshops (usually 3 hours)
- Study Tours (informed by the local steering committee, these special, ticketed events tour sites within short driving distance of the conference center)
- This is our flagship event, drawing upwards of 650 attendees from across the state and country. We are the West Coast’s leading and most respected historic preservation conference. Each conference includes the following events. You can view an example program of the types of events at the conference here.
- Tours – We hold approximately two to four stand-alone tours each year throughout the state. They cost attendees between $10 – $100, and generally highlight one or more stunning historic landscapes or places.
- Workshops – These half-day and full-day programs (generally from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM) are for professional training. They are also broadcast online for staff and commissioners across the country. They are typically held within 50 miles of California’s major urban centers. Though we may be able to set up a special hosted workshop for your city if you’re outside of that geography.
- Webinars – These 90-minute online programs can be presented from any location by the speaker and reach a much broader audience. CPF does at least 16 webinars a year, sometimes as many as 24.
- Special Programs or Evening Events – These short, evening programs are located in areas where it is convenient for people to go after work. They have headline or keynote speaker(s) and are sometimes sponsored by a firm or organization. They delve into thought-provoking topics that can be presented in less than an hour and broadly related to historic preservation.