Fifty States, Fifty Systems: State Policy Variations and Impacts
November 5 - 7 | Marriott Copley Place | Boston, MA
The US federalist system of government assigns substantial authority to states to create and implement policies. At this time, as the federal government's role is shrinking, the role of state policy is even more important. Ideally, states make laws based on the unique needs and conditions of their state; however, throughout history and continuing today, state policies vary considerably in their reach and generosity, and not always in ways consistent with the economic, environmental, or social needs of states, but rather in the ideology of state leaders. Measuring state-level variation and its impact on well-being is more important now than ever, and policy scholars bear responsibility for it.
Reserve a Meeting Space or Interview Room
APPAM is pleased to offer complimentary private meeting and interview space to our Institutional Members this November! A room may be reserved in one-hour increments throughout Thursday, November 5 – Saturday, November 7, between 8 AM and 4 PM Eastern. Once you reserve the space, you have access to the room for the entire day of your reservation.
Conference rooms will be set up as boardrooms and will have access to the standard conference Wi-Fi. Room sets may not be altered, and no additional AV may be added due to frequent room turnover. At the end of each day's reservation times, the room will be refreshed for use by the next organization. All participants, both hiring representatives and job seekers, must be registered conference participants.
Please note that this opportunity is exclusively for current APPAM institutional members. If your membership has expired, you must renew to participate. The current member list can be found here.
Space will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis until all rooms are filled or until Monday, October 26, whichever comes first.
To submit a meeting space or affiliation reception request, please log into All Academic via the links above & select “Submit a Proposal” to find the appropriate request form.
Host an Affiliate Reception
APPAM Institutional Members are welcome to host an Affiliate Reception on Thursday, November 5, or Friday, November 6. APPAM will assign meeting space based on expected attendance and order of request. The meeting space is complimentary, but institutions will arrange room setup, catering, and AV orders directly with the hotel once space has been assigned by APPAM. The hotel will bill institutions directly.
Please note that this opportunity is exclusively for current APPAM institutional members. If your membership has expired, you must renew to participate. The current member list can be found here.
Reservations for Affiliate Receptions must be completed no later than Tuesday, October 1, by 11:59 PM US Pacific Time.
To submit a meeting space or affiliation reception request, please log into All Academic via the links above & select “Submit a Proposal” to find the appropriate request form.
Host a Community Gathering
We know how important it is to network with others in the policy field: to share similar experiences, collaborate on research, or simply chat with people who share similar interests. To make these connections easier, APPAM is pleased to continue the APPAM Communities program.
APPAM Communities provides opportunities for any group to meet at the Annual Fall Research Conference and discuss the topics most important to them. APPAM members and conference attendees are invited to submit a proposal for an APPAM Communities gathering on any priority they consider. These one-hour events focus on shared affinities, identities, and interests, and are open to all conference attendees.
Applications for Affiliate Receptions must be completed no later than Wednesday, June 24 by 11:59 PM US Pacific Time or until all spaces are booked.
APPAM is using All Academic as our conference submission platform. All conference participants (presenting authors, co-authors, panel chairs, discussants, moderators, speakers, and session organizers) will access the All Academic system using an APPAM MemberClicks login. Before you begin your submission, please ensure that everyone involved has an APPAM MemberClicks account. You will not be able to add them to your paper or session if they don’t have an existing account. MemberClicks account information:
- Please check whether you have a MemberClicks account here.
- You can request your username or reset your password if you do not remember them.
- Please check any emails that you have had professionally/academically in the past few years, as well as any personal emails.
- If you think you may have an account under an email address you no longer have access to, please contact [email protected] to update your email/username. Please do not create a new/duplicate account. If you have never attended an APPAM event or do not have an APPAM profile, you can create one here.
- APPAM membership is optional and is not required to submit or attend the conference. If you wish to proceed as a complimentary non-member profile, please select “No, thank you” from the dropdown menu on the form.
- The APPAM MemberClicks form requires confidential personal information. Please do not create a profile for someone else.
- New MemberClicks accounts are synced with All Academic every hour. As such, we encourage submitters who create new accounts to do so well in advance of the submission deadline.
Questions?
Questions about the conference should continue to be directed to [email protected].