Policy that Matters
November 9 – 11, 2023 | Hyatt Regency | Atlanta, GA
Thanks for attending #2023APPAM! We hope to see you in National Harbor, Maryland November 21 – 23, 2024!
As our 45th annual meeting, the 2023 APPAM Fall Research Conference will be a multi-disciplinary research conference attracting the highest quality research on a wide variety of important current and emerging policy and management issues. The conference is comprised of panels, roundtables, posters, student research and resource sessions, workshops, community gatherings, and special events and is designed to encourage substantive interaction among participants.
Conference Theme
Policy that Matters: Making Public Services Work for All
Good policy improves lives. Specialization and professional incentives may sometimes make it easy to miss these connections. The 2023 APPAM Fall Research Conference centers our focus on the impact of policy on the daily, lived experience of the public. The theme, Policy that Matters: Making Public Services Work for All, encourages us to consciously and explicitly consider how social science theories and empirical research about policy design and implementation has a direct and practical effect on the lives of people.
Our capacity to make a meaningful difference requires an ongoing willingness to examine how we perform and communicate research. In a time of disinformation and distrust it demands both rigor and relevance, and a willingness to explain to policymakers and the public how credible research matters. But it also requires a questioning of the normative assumptions that guide our research. Who do those assumptions help, and who do they exclude? How do we incrementally adjust or remake our conceptual models to be more inclusive and reflective of people’s actual experience of policy? The #2023APPAM conference provides the space to discuss these questions in Atlanta, Georgia this November 9 – 11.
Hotel and Travel Information
Important Dates
| Submissions Open | February 1 – April 12, 2023 |
| Program Committee Review | Mid-April – Mid-July 2023 |
| Accept/Reject Notices & Program Live | July 19, 2023 |
| Registration & Room Block Open | July 19, 2023 |
| #2024APPAM Conference | July 19, 2023 |
| Registration Rates Increase | September 1, 2023 |
| Participation Confirmation Deadline | September 13 |
| Participation Registration Deadline | September 27 |
| Paper Upload & Session Edit Deadline | October 27 |
| #2023APPAM Conference | November 9-11, 2023 |
Schedule at a Glance
Wednesday, November 20
| 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Registration |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | First-Timer Session |
Thursday, November 21
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Fun Run/Walk *RSVP required |
| 7:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration |
| 8:00 am – 5:00 pm | Exhibit Hall & Headshot Lounge |
| 8:30 am – 5:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions & Communities Gatherings |
| 12:00 am – 1:30 am | Membership & Awards Lunch *RSVP required |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Presidential Happy Hour |
| 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm | Presidential Address & Awards |
| 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm | Equity & Inclusion Fellowship Meet-Up *Invite only |
| 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm | Mentor Meet-Up *invite only |
| 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Affiliate Receptions |
Friday, November 14
| 7:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration |
| 7:30 am – 8:00 am | HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) Workout *RSVP required |
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Institutional Representatives Meeting *Invite only |
| 8:00 am – 5:00 pm | Exhibit Hall & Headshot Lounge |
| 8:30 am – 4:30 pm | APPAM Communities |
| 8:30 am – 5:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Equity & Inclusion Fellowship Luncheon *Invite only |
| 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Career & PhD Program Fair *RSVP required |
| 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Undergraduate & Master’s Student Seminar |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Meet the JPAM Editor |
| 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Poster Reception |
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | APPAM Communities Happy Hour |
| 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Student Mixer |
Saturday, November 15
| 8:00 am – 12:00 pm | Registration |
| 8:00 am – 1:30 pm | Exhibit Hall & Headshot Lounge |
| 7:00 am – 4:30 pm | APPAM Communities |
| 8:30 am – 5:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Poster Luncheon |
APPAM Code of Conduct
Participation in APPAM’s Fall Conference is dictated by adherence to the APPAM Code of Conduct. All attendees are given the opportunity to read the code and agree to abide by it as a condition for registration.The full code can be found here.
Sponsorships
#2023APPAM sponsors are closed and 2024 sponsorship opportunities will open in spring 2024.
If you have sponsorship questions in the meantime, please email [email protected].