May 7, 2009 Intercontinental Chicago 505 North Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60611 Thank you for your interest in submitting an application to be considered as a speaker for our Symposium on Excellence in Qualitative Research – Meeting Challenge. Achieving Success – presented by QRCA. To submit your topic for consideration, please complete the entire form and hit submit at the bottom. Submission deadline has been extended through Friday, January 23, 2009.

We welcome submissions from a variety of industries: consumer and business-to-business companies, not-for-profit organizations, associatons and government.

Guidelines for Selection of Presenters and Topics:

1. This conference is intended to show how a research problem was aided in its solution with the use of qualitative research, focusing on the benefit of the qualitative research executed by a member of QRCA.
2. Presentations should feature case studies in which the counsel and guidance of the QRCA member(s) directly impacted the value of the research conducted for the client, or feature research that QRCA, as an organization, has conducted.
3. Topics must offer compelling content of significant interest to research buyers attending the event.

Preference will be given to presentations that:

1. Demonstrate actionable results that the client internalized.
2. Demonstrate ROI back to the client, either quantitatively and/or qualitatively.
3. Feature a case study co-presented by a current QRCA member and their client.
4. Feature new approaches, technology, subject matter or other new-to-the field thought or research applications.
5. Feature innovative applications of traditional qualitative research approaches to address the client's challenges that move the business forward.

Please provide all the information requested so your proposal can be evaluated on its potential for contributing to the educational content of the conference. Information can be copied and pasted into the text areas from another document.

Questions? Need help? Just email springconferenceproposals@qrca.org.