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2017 SPSSI Conference Policy Workshop: A One-Day Preconference to Help Students and Scholars Create and Foster Meaningful Collaborations in Policy-Relevant Work
As in past years, SPSSI will be hosting a one-day Policy Workshop that will take place the day before the start of the SPSSI Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This year’s SPSSI Policy Workshop will focus on the theme of creating and fostering collaborations in policy-relevant work. In this workshop, presentations, panels, and breakout activities will focus on the different ways in which students and scholars can create and foster collaborations not just across research/issue areas of interest, but also across different kinds of communities and policy settings, types of stakeholders (e.g., researchers, clinicians, community activists, civil servants), and generations of investigators (e.g., graduate students, early-career scholars, mid-career scholars, senior scholars). The day will culminate with working group sessions where attendees can join others with similar research/policy interests to discuss and coordinate working toward a concrete collaboration. The workshop will run from 9 am – 5 pm on Thursday, June 22 and will take place at the Hotel Albuquerque (where the SPSSI Conference is also being held). The registration fee is $25 for students and $50 for non-students, which includes the cost of breakfast, lunch, and materials. If you would like to attend, please be sure to add registration for this event to your cart before checking out.