Meetings

2025 SPA Biennial Meeting

Conference Schedule

The SPA Biennial Program Committee is delighted to share the day-by-day schedule of sessions and events. The schedule has been carefully curated to offer days filled with opportunities to showcase your innovative scholarship and connect with colleagues.

Thank you for your contributions.We were thrilled by the enthusiasm of our SPA community, reflected in a large number of submissions and many people participating across multiple sessions and formats. To accommodate this, we have worked hard to avoid scheduling conflicts. We look forward to seeing you in New Mexico in April!

We encourage people to stay at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya. Additional rooms have been added to our block and available for booking; we urge quick action regarding these discounted rooms. Access to the group rate will end on March 3. We encourage you to use this room sharing resource. If you are unable to book at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya, there are additional hotels located in the Bernalillo community.

SESSION CONNECTIONS & ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL

Session/event chairs are instructed to bring their own laptop and HDMI connector to ensure smooth operations.

To enhance accessibility, please use (and practice) the live captioning feature in PowerPoint ahead of your session. To turn on: On the Slide Show ribbon tab, select Subtitle Settings and then select the language and position of captions.

Session/event chairs may wish to load all presentations on one laptop and turn on this setting before the session begins.

Registration Information

Registration opens October 1st, 2024. To receive an early discounted registration rate register by November 10, 2024. Rates will increase when the submission portal closes on November 10 at 11:59pm PST.

Follow the steps below to register:

1.) Click on the “Register for the Conference” button below. You will receive a link to submit your conference materials after you register.

2.) Book your stay at this link as soon as possible. Additional rooms have been added at the discounted SPA-rate for April 3-5. We suggest that you book your stay quickly as these are likely to sell out fully. 

3.) Plan your transportation to/from the Albuquerque Airport: Transportation options include Lyft, Uber, or a taxi, all of which we recommend reserving ahead of time to ensure they are there to pick you up.

4.) Preview the conference schedule that posted on this site.

If you have any trouble reaching the submission portal, please reach out to Elizabeth.A.Carpenter-Song@dartmouth.edu before the submission deadline.