Session proposals
Session proposals
ILGA conferences are diverse and engaging because much of the content is proposed and run by LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. organisations and other partners worldwide.
The deadline to propose sessions for the 2024 ILGA World Conference has now expired. Thanks for all your proposed contributions to the programme: we received almost 500 session proposals from organisations and individuals alike!
If your proposal is accepted, you will be notified by the end of January 2024.
IMPORTANT: Accepting your proposal does not mean you or other presenters will receive financial support from ILGA World to attend the 2024 Conference. You and other presenters will still need to pay the conference fee, or apply for an ILGA World scholarship, or seek funding to support your participation. If your session proposal is accepted but cannot go ahead, you must inform ILGA World immediately so that your session slot can be given to somebody else.
Photo: three human rights defenders in conversation during a session of the 2022 ILGA World Conference
Session proposals will fall under the following streams:
- Advocacy (for example legislation, policy, campaigning)
- Capacity building (for example, training, community building, organising)
- Research
- Partnerships
- Communications
- Individual & collective healing & care
- Other
Sessions at the 2024 ILGA World Conference will be organised under four main formats:
- Panel discussion – a panel discussion is a plenary of 3-5 key speakers delivering their points, moderated by a chairperson
- Seminar/Presentation – a session in which 2-3 presenters share their expertise
- Interactive workshop – usually, a 1.5-hour session in which participants are led by one or more facilitators in an interactive session
- Rainbow Talk – usually a 15-minute session in plenary where one or two key speakers deliver their message in a “TED-talk” style presentation. You can see examples from the 2016 ILGA World Conference in Bangkok here
Sessions at the 2024 ILGA World Conference will
- make a strong contribution to furthering debates that are of relevance to global, regional or local LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. activism
- feature presenters that represent diverse SOGIESCabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender identity & expression, and sex characteristics. identities/population groups
- have presenters from different organisations (3 or more), regions (2 or more) or countries (3 or more) – except for Rainbow Talks and interactive workshops
- be relevant to a diverse and broad range of people
- be engaging and interactive
- include multi-disciplinary perspectives
- promote and provide spaces for intersexan umbrella term for the spectrum of variations of sex characteristics that naturally occur within the human species. Intersex people are born with variations of sex characteristics (such as genitals, reproductive organs, hormonal and chromosomal patterns) that are more diverse than stereotypical definitions of male or female bodies. Up to 1.7% of the global population are born with such traits; yet, because their bodies are seen as different, intersex children and adults are often stigmatised and subject to harmful practices – including in medical settings - and discriminated against. people, transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. people, bi+ people, LBTIQ women, young people and people from the Global South (amongst others)
- be aligned with the conference theme – Kwa umoja we rise!