CRIEI 2026 THEME: Innovative Research to Create and Sustain Equitable Futures: Challenging Systems and Building Communities
Proposal Due Date: June 15, 2025 @ 8PM PDT
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS:
- CRIEI has three types of presentation formats: (1) two-hour panel sessions; (2) poster sessions; (3) Pre-conference methodology session.
- All submissions should relate to the conference theme, and the relationship should be made clear in the proposal.
- All CRIEI panel and poster sessions must be research-oriented and clearly state the research issues to be addressed and/or explicitly describe an innovation that extends research, policy, or practice in early intervention.
- All CRIEI panel sessions and poster proposals should include a description of qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods results (preliminary, but will be complete by the time of the conference)
- All CRIEI panels and posters must showcase an innovation, defined as either a research project with theoretical, conceptual, or methodological originality or a project that introduces a novel approach to policy or practice.
- The research or innovation presented in panels or posters should have a primary focus on children from birth through 8 years of age and the individuals who support them including individuals from marginalized racial, ethnic, linguistic identities, children experiencing poverty, and/or children with disabilities .
- All CRIEI panels and posters that present literature review findings must utilize a systematic, rigorous review approach, such as systematic literature review or meta-analysis/meta-synthesis.
- All CRIEI panels and posters must promote audience engagement and include specific strategies for encouraging inclusive and productive engagement during the panel discussion or poster session.
DESCRIPTION OF CRIEI PANEL AND POSTER SESSIONS:
Panel Sessions: CRIEI panel sessions are two hours in length and focus on an in-depth discussion of research issues, challenges, and systemic problems in the field, and provide novel solutions, rather than the traditional dissemination of research findings. Panel sessions unite researchers at diverse ranks from multiple (3 or fewer) institutions or studies and often consist of presentations based on a single theme or different facets of a collaborative research project. Themes may be content-related, methodological, or substantive (i.e., differing perspectives on a topic), and may reflect published research or research in progress. Multiple concurrent panel sessions will be held twice each day.
A member of the planning committee will serve as a Host for each panel session. The host ensures that the session begins and ends on time and no presentation lasts more than 20 minutes during a panel.
The panel proposal must include a Discussant (different than the host) whose role is to highlight connections across panelists, raise deeper issues, and facilitate audience engagement.
The discussant plays the critical role of fostering equal participation and open communication for all participants while also ensuring that the work of presenters is respected. We encourage Discussants to describe the framework they will use to moderate discussions to create an inclusive, nonjudgmental, and inquisitive conversation driven by curiosity and respect. Successful submissions must describe how the two hours will be allocated and how the presenters will adhere to the time requirements described below.
The CRIEI executive committee strongly encourages authors from different levels in their career (e.g., associate professor and doctoral students) to work together to submit interdisciplinary, multi-university, innovative, and equity-focused panel proposals for CRIEI 2026. The lead presenter of the panel must have attended CRIEI in previous years.
Poster Sessions: CRIEI posters combine the graphic display of ongoing or completed research or innovations with the opportunity for discussion in an informal setting. There are three types of CRIEI poster sessions:
1. Opening night theme poster session on “Innovative Research to Create and Sustain Equitable Futures: Challenging Systems and Building Communities”
2. Student methodology poster session, and
3. General poster session.
Note: Students are encouraged to submit to the student methodology poster session if their poster focuses on methodology. If their poster does not focus on methodology, students may submit a proposal to the other types of poster sessions.
Pre-conference Methodology Session: New this year at CRIEI, we will be hosting two pre-conference methodology sessions. Submissions are encouraged that both highlight an innovative methodology and relate to the theme of the conference. Methodology sessions should focus on teaching participants how to incorporate the new methodology into their research. The pre-conference sessions will be held on February 19th from 1:00-4:00 PST.
Questions about the proposal guideline? Email lduran@uoregon.edu
Questions about the submission portal? Email afettig@uw.edu