WEFTEC Program Community

The WEFTEC Program Committee is responsible for developing WEFTEC’s technical program. This includes Technical Sessions, Workshops, and Technology Spotlights.

Their work can be categorized by three responsibilities.

Call for Content

Each year after the WEFTEC Call for Content closes, the program committee is responsible for reviewing and scoring all of the submitted content (abstracts and session proposals). The content review takes place from January to February and the program committee is charged with two tasks.

• Review and score 80% or more of assigned submissions.
• Score submissions impartially, consistently, and without bias.

Winter Meeting

After reviewing the submitted content, the program community is tasked with developing technical sessions based on the content that has been submitted. The community meets for 2-3 days at the Winter Meeting where they:

• Suggest content/topics attendees will want or need to hear during WEFTEC.
• Design creative and engaging sessions based on industry trends and attendee interests
  WEF does not provide funding for travel to the Winter Meeting.

Facilitation

Lastly, the program community takes up the roles of WEFTEC session facilitators and moderators. Between the Winter Meeting and leading up to WEFTEC, it is the responsibility of community members as facilitators to:

• Maintain regular correspondence with assigned speakers.
• Communicate with speakers consistently regarding WEFTEC-related matters.

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Annual WEFTEC Program Timeline

The WEFTEC submission process follows the same general timeline each year. For specific dates, refer to the Speak at WEFTEC page.