Academic Conferences
Notre Dame enjoys a unique reputation among its peer institutions in hosting academic conferences and other scholarly meetings. Why have we been so successful in this area? This is largely because of the excellent programs assembled by our faculty. In an effort to encourage more of this activity, an experienced professional is available to provide assistance in all phases of planning and implementing your event. Whether this is your first effort at organizing a meeting, or you have hosted dozens of these events, our goal is to ease the burden of planning a conference so that you can relax and focus on the content of your program.
While McKenna Hall is a natural site for most conferences, there are increasingly other campus venues available for academic conferences. Opportunities are also available for faculty to host meetings at Notre Dame's London Centre and other overseas sites. So, as soon as you consider hosting a conference or scholarly meeting, please contact the Academic Conferences Administrator. The following questions may be helpful as you make that first contact:
- What will your meeting look like?
- What is the envisioned size and shape of your meeting?
- What are the optimal spaces needed?
- Will your group be meeting entirely in plenary or general sessions?
- Or, will there be concurrent sessions or break-out groups?
- How many speakers and participants are international visitors?
- What is unique about your conference? (e.g., simultaneous translation, technical needs, scientific needs, book exhibits, poster sessions)
- What calendar pattern do you need?
- Are there special events within your discipline that need to be avoided? Or keyed from?
- Where and when did this group meet last?
- What kind of budgetary demands will there be and how is the meeting to be funded?
- Will it be entirely supported by registration fees?
- Is there outside funding available?
- Does your scholarly association have policies in place that will impact your needs?
- Are there University funds already in place?
- What kind of assistance will you need in identifying budgetary resources for your meeting?
Contact Information:
Harriet E. Baldwin
Academic Conferences Administrator
246 O’Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-7864
hbaldwin@nd.edu