Call For Ideas

The Call for Ideas for the 2025 National EMO Conference is now open!

Economic mobility is a concept often explained colloquially as “doing better than your parents.” While economic mobility is frequently associated with income, several interconnected factors can influence an individual’s economic mobility. We are developing a conference program that spans these many interrelated issues, policy arenas, and systems, and invite ideas representing a wide range of changemakers and focus areas.

Upon logging in to the submissions portal, you will be asked to complete a short application detailing:

• Submitter info
• Session title
• Preferred session format, if known
• Speaker name(s) and email(s)
• Brief (3-5 sentence) session description
• Primary session topic, selected from a list of issue areas outlined in the Economic Mobility Catalog

Detailed technical instructions for the submissions process are available below.

The Call for Ideas will close on Friday, December 20, 2024 at 11:59pm PT.

• Click the red “click here to submit your idea” button above to be directed to the Call for Ideas submission page.
• Once you have logged in, click on the green text reading “click here to start a new proposal” on the bottom of your screen. You will be asked to provide a session title and select a preferred session format (if applicable). Please note that this information may be changed later if needed.
• Once you have submitted a title and session type, you will be brought to a “Tasks” page. There, you will have the option to add session speaker(s) as well as provide a brief (3-5 sentence) description and select the topic area that most closely aligns with your session content. Again, this information may be changed at any point up until the submissions cutoff date.
• You can click the “save submission” button to save your idea and come back to finish it later. You will receive a notification that your submission is not complete, but this will not prevent you from saving your session.
• When your submission form is complete and you click the “save submission” button, a “submit” button will appear on the page with your proposal summary. Click this to submit your idea. You should receive an email confirming your idea submission.
• You may submit multiple session proposals by following the same steps outlined above.

• Click the “preview proposal” button.
• Once you are on the preview screen for your submission, click on the “proposal” tab at the top of your screen.
• Make any applicable changes to the title, session type, and session status, then hit the “update proposal” button.
• Make any applicable changes to your session speakers, topic area, and description.
• Once all of the necessary changes are made, press the “save submission” button.