Submit a Proposal

Calling all Respectful Disruptors in Higher Education—we’re accepting proposals!

PROPOSALS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR 2025

Priority Proposal Deadline: Monday, October 14, 2024 

Final Proposal Deadline: Monday, November 18, 2024

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About the Global Respectful Disruption Summit

COMPEAR.org and GoAbroad.com have joined forces to amplify the voices and experiences of those often marginalized globally. Our mission is to proactively challenge and reshape practices and policies that perpetuate inequality and bias in international education and beyond. The Global Respectful Disruption Summit is our collective endeavor to unite individuals who share this vision for candid dialogue. This will be real talk. This will be uncensored. This will highlight underrepresented voices.

We recognize that conferences can be costly and competitive, and these barriers sometimes make valuable insights and resources inaccessible for everyone. In alignment with our core beliefs, we aim to change this narrative. The Global Respectful Disruption Summit is designed to be affordable and accessible because we want to ensure that participants leave with actionable insights for both their personal and professional spheres.

We invite proposals that center on global and multicultural justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’re particularly interested in topics that address communities or issues often sidelined or omitted in discussions about international education, research, and career opportunities. Potential themes might encompass Ethnocentrism, Racism, Sexism, Classism, Ableism, Ageism, Heterosexism, and other educational disparities. 

Monday, October 14, 2024 – Priority Proposal Deadline

Monday, November 18, 2024 – Final Proposal Deadline

Monday, December 16, 2024 (tentative) – Final Sessions Chosen / Speakers/ Volunteers Informed

Monday, March 31, 2025 – Session Materials Submission Deadline for April Summit

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (EASTERN TIME) – Pre-Summit (LIVE)

Friday, April 25, 2025 – (EASTERN TIME) Main Summit (LIVE)

Friday, December 12, 2025 (EASTERN TIME) Mini Summit (LIVE)*

*More information about timelines will be shared with mini summit participants after May 2025

We invite international educators, service providers, and professionals specializing in intercultural communication, diversity, equity, and inclusion to submit a proposal. Regardless of whether you’re a student, experienced professional, lecturer, or just starting out, we aim to elevate and showcase voices that have been underrepresented in multicultural and global education.

  1. Complete the ‘Call for Proposals’ Google Form by the specified deadline.
  2. Ensure all mandatory questions are answered.
  3. Provide both an email and phone number for potential follow-up regarding your proposal.
  1. Panel Discussion – The panel format should include 1 moderator and at least 2 confirmed panelists. We suggest proposing no more than 4 panelists to ensure each panelist has time to speak and the audience has time to engage. Panels are 50 minutes in length.
  2. Session – This presentation format should include 2 presenters who cover the subject proposed, with or without a visual accompaniment. Session should be 50 minutes in length with time for question and answer.
  3. J.E.D.I (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Lab – The J.E.D.I Lab format should include 1-4 facilitators (2-4 is preferable) who present and oversee a workshop-style session that’s 90 minutes in which attendees will problematize and investigate an area, break it down, and reconstruct this area with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in mind. Topics may be related to global learning and (J.E.D.I) Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
  1. Relevance and timeliness of the topic to the field.
  2. Clearly defined purpose, expected outcomes for participants, and session format.
  3. Basis in theory, practice, or research (unpublished works welcome).
  4. Evidence supporting practices, conclusions, or recommendations.
  5. Proposal clarity, reflecting potential presentation quality.

The planning committee has identified several topics that are either underrepresented or not frequently discussed. You’re encouraged to draw inspiration from these or propose a unique topic:

Global Awareness and White Supremacy

  • Disrupting the Indoctrination of white supremacy globally
  • Centering Blackness
  • Problematizing Human Rights
  • Disrupting the Status Quo/Systems

 

Study Abroad & International Education

  • The toll of Global Travel/Education on the Global Majority
  • Economic implications in study abroad – what institutions gain
  • Intersections of Higher Education & K-12 Global Education
  • Anti-capitalism and disrupting traditional pricing in education
  • Mental and Physical Health Equity in Global Education

 

Intersecting Challenges & Equity in Global Education

  • Intersectionality in Education
  • Intersections of Reproductive justice & Global challenges
  • Equity considerations for Trans and Non-Binary individuals
  • Addressing linguistic imperialism
  • Neurodiversity inclusion

 

Sustainability & Environmental Consciousness

  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Climate Justice
  • Centering Indigenous knowledge, wisdom, and science
  • Nature Based Learning
  • The Psychological and Health Benefits of Nature in Education

 

Futures, Visions, & Paradigm Shifts

  • Decolonial Futurism
  • Afrofuturism
  • Visionary contemplation
  • Life beyond capitalism
  • Disrupting the traditional workforce

 

Virtual Learning & Technology

  • Inclusive Virtual Education
  • Ethical considerations in AI development and deployment
  • Bias and representation in AI datasets and algorithms
  • intersection of AI and global equity
  • AI’s impact on the future of intercultural learning

 

Community, Care, & Well-being

  • Understanding and Supporting Multicultural Expressions of Loss and Healing
  • Belonging and the consequences of its absence
  • Culture of Care and Community Sustainability
  • Uplifting Community Through Disruption and Love
  • A survivor’s perspective on reframing narratives

 

Language, Representation & Systems

  • Inclusive language and its implications in daily living
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Crisis on a broad scale
  • The lack of representation in language learning