Össur Women’s Leadership Conference 2020 Presentation Proposals
The Ossur Women’s Leadership Initiative announces its call for presentations for the 2020 Annual Conference, August 19-21, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where our theme will be Envision, Empower, Equality. You are invited to share your thought-provoking, innovative and practical presentation for clinicians, practice managers, and clinic owners.
The Ossur Women’s Leadership Initiative announces its Call for Presentations for the 2020 Annual Conference, August 19-21, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where our theme will be Envision, Empower, Equality. You are invited to share your thought-provoking, innovative and practical presentation for clinicians, practice managers, and clinic owners.
Why present?
- Extraordinary professional development opportunity
- Collaborate with experts in the field
- Free registration to the conference and half-day workshop on Tues. 8/18
The best proposals include:
- Topics that Envision moving O&P into the next decade
- Topics that Empower us
- Topics that promote Equality in our profession
- Entertaining and engaging presentations
- Immediate applicable information
- Tangible takeaways
Educational sessions may not include product or company-specific sales pitches.
Our audience:
- We anticipate 120-150 attendees
- Our conference attracts practitioners, business/clinic managers, practice owners, residents, students, PT’s, and leaders of O&P professional organizations
- While attendees are predominantly female, our conference is inclusive and open to all genders
Topics of interest:
- Bridging the communication gap between front office, clinicians and technicians
- Assertiveness/Leadership/Public Speaking training
- Increasing diversity in O&P
- Work/life balance
- Creating and leading an amputee support group
- Conflict resolution
- Women in research
- Lifting women up (getting rid of mean girls)/team building to create better work environment
- Preparing residents (confidence, interviewing skills, negotiating)
- Embracing a multi-professional approach to healing (including surgeons, PT’s, OT’s, CP’s working together)
- Addressing harassment in the workplace
- Being a woman in our profession
For consideration, please click below to download a proposal form. Please submit your form completed in its entirety along with a current headshot photo to Barbara Woodford, [email protected]. We have spaces for 45- and 60-minute presentations (including questions). Proposals due by Jan. 30, 2020.