2025 ILOTA Annual Conference

* Virtual, On-Demand Short Courses Available Throughout November and December, 2025

Call for Papers Submission Form

We are excited to announce our plans for the 2025 ILOTA Annual Conference! With the combination of both an in-person, two-day conference and the virtual programming, there are multiple presentation options. 

• 2025 Call for Papers Submission Requirements
• 2025 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page
• We held a very successful Proposal Preparation Workshop over Zoom a couple of years ago, and the process for 2025 is about the same. Please browse the items below to help you prepare your proposal:

           - Chat Messages from Workshop (PDF)

• Academic Education / Fieldwork
• Administration & Management
• Assistive Technology
• Developmental Disabilities
• General
• Home & Community Health
• Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
• Mental Health
• Physical Disabilities – including:
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Orthopedic
• Productive Aging
• Pediatrics – includes Early Intervention, School-Based Practice, Sensory Integration

Options for IN-PERSON Presentations on Friday and Saturday, November 21-22, 2025, at the NIU Naperville Conference Center:

• Courses should be 90 minutes in length

• Presenters will prepare an in-person course designed for hands-on learning and interactive learning/discussion

• Courses should be 30 minutes in length (20 minute presentation with 10 minutes for Q&A)
• Presenters will prepare an in-person presentation designed to highlight innovated practice or important research

• Cutting-edge practice or research and the opportunity to discuss the implications one-on-one with the presenter

Options for VIRTUAL Presentations:

• Courses should be 60 minutes in length
• Presenters will record course and ILOTA will have it available for attendee viewing

Agreement:

During the online submission process, participants must read and agree to the following statements:

• Confirmations will be sent via e-mail by mid-July regarding acceptance of submissions. Confirmations not acknowledged by the due date may result in a session being dropped from the final program.
• The speaker must provide any course materials/handouts.
• Speakers will have the option to submit handouts and course materials to be posted on the ILOTA website and Learning Management System (LMS) website, which will be available for download by attendees. Instructions will be provided at a later date.
• Speakers are asked not to sell products during their presentations.
• Speakers of virtual pre-recorded sessions are responsible for using their own computer to record presentations (ILOTA will provide recording assistance).
• Speakers of in-person courses will have access to a desktop computer with high speed internet, laptop hook-up cables, LCD projector and screen, white board, flip chart, wireless mouse, CD/DVD player. Speakers must bring their presentation on a laptop or portable drive, or be able to access their presentation through the Internet.
• All speakers of in-person courses whose proposals are accepted for presentation must register for at least one day of the conference.
• ILOTA reserves the right to close registration once we have reached the maximum number of registrations, even if all speakers haven not registered for the conference. Therefore, after accepting the invitation to present, it is advisable to promptly register for the conference once the registration process opens.

NOTE: We recommend that you prepare your submission content (title, description, abstract, speakers, etc.) in advance in MS Word to copy-and-paste into the fields. You will not be able to save your submission along the way, and must complete the form once you begin. If you are submitting more than one proposal, you can return to this webpage at a later time to submit an additional proposal. 

Call for Papers Submissions Form

 Deadline to submit has been extended to June 3, 2025!