National Conference 2025 EOI

National Conference 2025: Breakout session and poster EOI submission

Please use this form to submit an EOI for a breakout session at National Community Legal Centres Conference 2025.

You can also use this form if you would like to develop a poster presentation.

You will be asked to provide different information depending on your answer to the Submission options question below.

Please refer to clcs.org.au/conference/eoi/ for the EOI submission guidelines and conference stream information – it's important to review these documents before making a submission.

If you have several ideas for breakout sessions or poster presentations, please use this form to make a separate submissions for each idea.

Contact information

Given name *

Family name *

Organisation *

Email Address *

Phone number

Submission options

There is a very limited number of breakout session slots available at this year's conference. If you make a submission for a breakout session and it is unsuccessful, you may be offered the chance to present your breakout session idea as a poster instead.

Please choose one: *

I am only making a submission for a breakout session; I don't want to create a poster presentation if I'm not offered a breakout session.I am only making a submission for a poster presentation.I am making a submission for a breakout session but am open to creating a poster presentation if I am not offered a breakout session slot.

Breakout session information

Session title

The proposed title should make clear the session idea within the word limit. Any sub-title must be included in this field.maximum 200 characters

Submission outline

Outline your session idea. At a minimum, this should include the topic and key themes your session will explore and the format for your session (panel presentation, interactive workshop etc.). Please do not use tables or figures.maximum 1500 characters

Conference theme and breakout streams

Outline how your session idea relates to the conference theme, "The Law and More" and the theme byline, "Walking with people and communities to improve access to justice".maximum 500 characters

Choose one of the four breakout streams.

Outline how your breakout session idea relates to your chosen stream.maximum 500 characters

Identify the target audience/s for your session (lawyers, social and community workers, advocacy and communications staff, CLE workers, leadership or governance teams, operations personnel etc.).maximum 200 characters

Presenters

Please provide contact information for any additional presenters (other than yourself).

You are 'Presenter 1'; you may include up to three additional presenters.

Presenter 2

Given name

Family name

Organisation

Email address

Phone number

Presenter 3

Given name

Family name

Organisation

Email address

Phone number

Presenter 4

Given name

Family name

Organisation

Email address

Phone number

Engagement and take-away

Explain how the session will engage delegates, including opportunities for interaction.maximum 200 characters

Summarise the skills or knowledge delegates will take away from this session.maximum 200 characters

Poster submission information

Poster Outline

At the submission stage, you do not need to submit your poster. Your outline should only include the information requested below.

Titlemaximum 200 characters

Overview of the service, program, campaign etc. that the poster will present.maximum 1000 characters

If your breakout session application is not successful and you are invited to create a poster presentation, how will you modify your idea to develop it into a poster?maximum 1000 characters

What visual and design elements will you use to ensure your poster is visually engaging?maximum 500 characters

Outline how your poster idea relates to the conference theme, "The Law and More", and the theme byline, "Walking with people and communities to improve access to justice".maximum 500 characters

Choose one of the four conference streams.

Outline how your poster idea relates to your chosen stream.maximum 500 characters

Confirmation

By selecting the check box, you confirm that in making your submission you agree to work with Community Legal Centres Australia and other centres and presenters to develop a joint session if your EOI for a session is successful.

By selecting the check box, you confirm that if selected to develop a poster you understand that final posters must be submitted in accordance with specifications set by CLCs Australia, including:

Portrait orientation
A3 size
Word limit: 800 words

In March and early April, we will prioritise assessing breakout session EOIs so that we can release a draft conference program by mid-April when conference registration opens. We will have a longer timeframe to finalise poster presentations. If you are only submitting a poster idea, we will contact you in May with more information about next steps in the poster submission process and when they are likely to occur.

We will advise all applicants of the outcome of their breakout session EOI in the week starting 7 April. If your breakout session EOI is not successful, we will also provide more information about next steps in the poster submission process and when they are likely to occur. (Please note that we will focus on breakout session development in March and early April so that we can release a draft program in mid-April when conference registration opens. We will have a longer timeframe to finalise posters.

When you have completed your submission, please click Submit.

A copy of your submission will be sent to the email address you provided above.

Plese refer to clcs.org.au/conference/eoi/ for any updates on the EOI process.