Submissions for clinic and workshops at the 2026 Convention will be open mid-April to mid-June. Further dates and details will be shared in early 2026. We recommend signing up for the Compass newsletter (at the bottom of our webpage) to be kept up to date on theses deadlines.
There are two opportunities for session participation at the 2026 Convention: workshops and clinics. Please refer to the session details and tips offered below prior to submitting a proposal.
Workshops
These are limited to four sessions of approximately two hours. While some proposals are accepted as submitted, preference is given to those that have multi-party participation. UBCM will review such proposals and may suggest combining them with other proposals that have similar themes.
Clinics
These are early morning sessions of 45 minutes in length that generally involve a presentation by a group to a small audience of delegates. Typically, five clinics are offered on Tuesday - Wednesday and two clinics on Thursday. Approximately 13-15 clinics are held, making this the best opportunity for inclusion in the Convention program.
Writing your session description
Please write a session description and session title that UBCM delegates would read in the Convention program booklet when determining which clinics and workshops to attend at the 2026 UBCM Convention. The session description must not exceed 125 words in length. The session description and title are required when submitting your session proposal to the Convention Committee. Successful applicants must submit their final session description and title to UBCM in early August for inclusion in the Convention program booklet.
Criteria
- Proposals must be submitted following the application process provided by UBCM. Submissions sent in any other format will not be accepted.
- UBCM will accept applications until TBC.
- The application must be completed online.
- All questions and fields of the online application form must be completed.
- All successful applicants must provide a properly labelled electronic copy of their presentation to the Presentation Management System. Once uploaded, the presenter must inform their UBCM contact person. Information on accessing this website will be provided by the UBCM staff contact person assigned to each successful applicant.
- These requirements apply to all proposals, including those from UBCM staff, UBCM Committees and external groups.
Committee decision
The Convention Committee will carefully weigh all final proposals to determine which contributes the most to delegate knowledge and contain subject matter currently relevant to local governments. Proponents will be informed of the Committee's decisions by the end of July.
Once accepted, proponents must commit to having a clinic/workshop description and title complete by TBC, should the initial application description not be sufficient. This final description will be published in the convention program. The description must be 125 words or less in length.
Should proponents fail to meet the program description deadline, the Committee may substitute with another proposal.