Municipal Speaker Information

MISA Prairies is looking for municipal speakers (employees of a municipality) with innovative solutions, stories, and lessons learned to share at the annual conference.

The conference committee will evaluate your proposal for fit in either the 30-minute municipal breakout session or the coveted 15-minute municipal showcase presentations.

Proposal Evaluations

All submissions are considered according to the following criteria:

• Relevance: Does the proposal relate to the target audience? Does it explore concepts of common issues or innovative approaches?
• Applicability: Will tools and templates be included as take-aways?
• Delivery: Does the presentation engage learners through demonstrations or different experiences?
• Concept: Is the overall submission an asset to the conference program?

*Municipal breakout sessions are strictly for municipal members only. Municipal breakout sessions preclude vendors co-presenting alongside municipalities. Municipalities are welcome to mention vendor partners in their presentation.

Suggested Topics:

• Cybersecurity
• Infrastructure Technology
• Online Services for Citizens
• GIS
• Cloud
• Asset Management
• Leadership
• Municipal Collaboration
• Artificial Intelligence in Networking
• Optiv
• Any other topic relevant to IT systems, projects or operations.

Remuneration:

• There is no fee payable by MISA Prairies
• ONLY ONE complimentary registration will be provided per presentation (*does not include travel and accommodations)

Marketing and Promotion:

All presenters must provide a photo and short bio, which will be used throughout the promotion cycle leading up to the conference.

Sharing:

Presenters must be willing to share their presentations. Presentations will be shared with the MISA Prairie's membership. Final presentations are to be provided one week prior to the conference.

*Presenters must bring their own laptops and adaptors.