CALL FOR SPEAKERS

MSPA Europe/Africa Conference - 20-22 May 2025 -Tallinn

MSPA EA conference team is happy to share that the 2025 Conference planning is well underway!

Our conference in Cyprus for 2024 was a resounding success and the programme was again highly rated, so a hard act to follow so our plan is to prepare the best ever event we can; ensuring inspirational, relevant and authentic content, great networking and above all a focus on our theme for 2025 

Help us SPREAD THE WORD 
Extend Reach, Increase Relevance and Improve Return
for clients, members and colleagues with MSPA

Step up as a Speaker

We have heard loud and clear from many of you that you will be joining us in exciting and beautiful Tallinn. But before we see you all, we need to hear from our members who would like to share their experiences, presentations and case studies relevant to our theme. These presentations can be about clients, products, processes or people as your business adapts for the future.

Our Focus

Our MSPA focus and theme for 2025 recognises the three main opportunities and challenges for us all:

• How do we extend the reach of our services to partner with other techniques and technologies that help our clients…
• Where do we focus to increase the relevance of the services we provide…
• and finally what proof can we provide that demonstrates a meaningful return on investment
  

We have seen our industry move from economic boom to recession, the impact and utilisation of the online, web and social media explosion, our global focus and obsession with Customer Experience and the increasing importance of Colleague Engagement, Product Presentation and Safety.  We have seen the importance and relevance of Privacy for customer and employees backed by legislation all around the world, and a pandemic of massive health, social and commercial impact.  A rise in cost of living, international conflict, and mixed levels of growth. Now we see technology as a safety line with AI to help us generate more content quickly and accurately and to help translate, convert, process and validate our data!

So with all (and we mean all!) this in mind it is now more important than ever that we: SPREAD THE WORD as we Connect, Learn and Share together.

The Programme

We are building content that will help us make the most of the following Opportunities, if you have something to say about any of the following le us know!

• How to create Agile Leadership
• How to Diversify Proposition
• When to Extend by Sector
• Where to Grow by territory

And support our delegates with these key business Challenges:

• Political and legislative
• Economic change
• Social and Environmental
• Technological Advancement and Complexity

And the last is the current focus for us all

• How have we and will we use AI?  What can we expect and where can we win?

STEP UP NOW

We are interested in speakers on these broad subjects for General presentations (30/40 minute format), Case Study presentations (shorter 20/30 minute format) or join a Panel.

Get involved send your application as soon as possible, last application date 1st FEBRUARY 2025.

There are a limited number of time slots available, the first speakers are about to be confirmed, don't wait and present your details today!

We are looking for 3 types of collaboration:

• Case Study presentation – This can be presented alone by a client or a MSPA Member, co-presenation with a client & MSPA member are as well welcome. These case studies can be about clients, products, processes or people as your business adapts for the future.
  • Depending on content, time-table and availability these sessions will be scheduled by MSPA EA on main stage or in concurrent sessions. 
• Key-Note presentation – Presentations must be of general interest and include interaction and impact for the audience connected to our theme.
• Interactive session or panel member - Group discussion or workshop session on relevant topics to our industry. If you would like to host an interactive session or panel, please feel free to let us know. 

A few notes before you send your application:

• All presentations must be done in English. Unfortunately, MSPA cannot provide simultaneous translation.
• MSPA EA is a non-profit association. As a member of MSPA, it is expected that your contribution will be voluntary, free of charge (you/your company will have to pay for travel, conference registration fee, accommodation and any expenses or optional events);
• However, if you bring one of your clients to present a case study, MSPA EA might cover the client expenses which includes: conference fee, flight ticket (economy class) and 1 or 2 hotel nights. In addition, if you bring a client to present a case study, your company will be listed as one of the conference supporters.
• Applications will be contacted by the conference team to schedule a conference call, to occur in January/February/March. Kindly note that all applicants will receive an answer, even if they are not accepted! So, in case you do not hear back from MSPA EA, please contact the conference team at info@mspa-ea.org.
• After the conference, your presentation and recordings of presentations will be published in the MSPA EA website. By applying to be a speaker at the conference, you are accepting sharing your presentation. MSPA EA accepts that you may want to delete some slides, however the final version of the presentation file to be used at the conference must be submitted together with the file you are willing to share with the delegates.  

Relevant Deadlines

• February 1st 2025: Deadline to send your application; Please have in mind that at this stage we only need an abstract of your presentation. MSPA EA will have a meeting a board meeting in February/March 2024, where first applications will be analysed. We may accept more applications later on, but we cannot guarantee that will be possible, as we normally receive a lot of applications.
• January-March 2025: Conference calls between MSPA Board Members and speakers/applicants;
• End of March, 2025: MSPA EA will announce the selected speakers. Please note that some speakers might be announced earlier than that. That does not mean your application was not accepted. All applicants will receive feedback about their application.
• March 15, 2025: Last day to send any information to be included in the printed version of the conference programme / conference booklet: Picture, cv (bio information), final title of the presentation and brief description.
• April 21, 2025: Last day to submit your draft presentation (PowerPoint, videos, etc.); Please note that the conference has become a large event and that is why we really need your presentation in advance. At this stage we expect that the draft will be about 80% of your final presentation.
• May 1-9, 2025: Scheduled rehearsal days and technical briefing speakers.
• May 10, 2025: Last day to submit your final presentation (PowerPoint, videos, etc.) and request any additional materials you need for your session. 
• May 20, 2025: Speakers AV and Stage rehearsal live in Tallinn, Estonia
• May 21 & 22, 2025: Conference days