Call for Presentation Proposals for 

SVPA’s 2025 Conference

Keynote Speaker – Tania Israel, Ph.D.

“Bridging Political Differences in Our Roles as Mental Health Professionals — Implications for Ethics, Diversity, and Inclusion”

Friday, May 16, 2025

Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel

1230 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

Submission Deadline – January 8, 2025

We are so excited to welcome the Sacramento Valley psychological community, as well as our neighbors, friends and colleagues to our 2025 conference. We look forward to bringing innovative, engaging, relevant topics to you, as we continue to build connection and excitement in our field.

Proposals will be reviewed by the SVPA Convention Committee. We are accepting proposals on all topics, and we will prioritize those proposals that align with our conference theme. 

This year’s conference theme, 

“Building Community, Bridging Divides,” 

pertains to how psychologists can positively influence creating and rebuilding inclusive communities in our fractured times.

We aspire to highlight the relevance and positive contribution that psychology and psychologists have in our communities, specifically the ways we foster understanding, dialogue, and collaboration to create a more united society and advocate for positive change through our psychological research, knowledge and practice. 

We invite integrative/multidisciplinary presentations to align with the conference theme, i.e. psychologists co-presenting with speakers from other fields or psychological perspectives. We’d love to have proposals from all psychologists in order to highlight work that is being done in clinics, private practice, academia, research, sports, forensics, organizations, government, technology etc. Priority will be given to those applicants that have an active SVPA membership and those proposals that align with our conference theme.

Suggested topics include:

Cross-Cultural Collaboration Models; Equity and Inclusion Practices; Implicit Bias Training; Arts and Culture as a Bridge; Facilitating Deliberative Dialogue & Collaborative Problem Solving; Impact of Misinformation and Disinformation; Psychology of Polarization; How to Create Inclusive Spaces to Build Community; Personal and Societal Impacts of Social Isolation/Loneliness and Psychological Amelioration Strategies; Psychologists Building Community through Integrative Work in Non-Traditional Settings (e.g. medical facilities, prisons, schools); Helping Traumatized and Phobic People Re-Emerge Into Community Following the COViD-19 Pandemic. 

Submitting Your Presentation Proposal

The Conference Committee wants to help you to prepare a submission that is correct and complete and avoids the necessity for revision and/or supplementation. SVPA is a chapter of the California Psychological Association (CPA), thus CPA co-sponsors any events that SVPA provides CE credits for. CPA is an APA-approved provider of continuing education. SVPA will apply for CE credits through CPA and must abide by all APA guidelines for continuing education. Therefore, the information we require must be provided in full and in the format requested. In order to be considered, your application must include the following:

●  A completed CE course application found HERE

●  A course syllabus that includes course description and timed outline (see example HERE)

●  Learning objectives written to APA standards (see Helpful Tips HERE)

●  3-5 peer-reviewed journal articles written within the past 10 years as references that substantiate the material upon which your presentation will be based (written in APA Format, see Helpful Tips HERE)

●  Curriculum Vitae for each presenter (may be in pdf)

●  One headshot photograph of each presenter (jpg file required)

●  Bio (maximum 60 words) for each presenter (sent as word doc)

Accepted submissions will be offered free conference admission and CE credits for courses attended.

Please submit your proposal to sacpsychologists@gmail.com with “SVPA 2025 Conference Presentation Proposal” in the subject line.

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If you require assistance in completing your application, please email sacpsychologists@gmail.com. You may also contact SVPA President Dr. Cory Nyamora at (510) 981-1471.