1. All proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard time, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.  At 12:00 a.m. on May 10, 2023, the paper submission form will be closed.
2. Proposals must be submitted online through the submission form.  No fax copies, disks or email submissions will be accepted.
3. Each presenter may submit multiple submissions.
4. Duplicate proposals (reporting the same data) that are submitted under a different title or author will be vetted and will not be considered.
5. Please note that during the submission process, you will not have an opportunity to save and edit your work.  We recommend you complete your information in Word (or another text format) so that you can edit, spell check and save for your records.  Once you have all the information compiled, you can simply cut and paste to the online form to submit your completed proposal.
6. Proof your submission carefully for spelling and grammatical errors.  Double-check all sections of your submission.  Your submission will be used in promotional materials and will be printed as is and will not be edited by ASB staff.
7. All submissions are final. Once you’ve submitted your paper, you will not have the opportunity to make changes or edits to the submission.
8. Do not include industry, trade, or product names in your paper title or content.  Generic terms should be used instead of trade names.  Any trade names will be changed to their generic or component name.  The use of company or product names as a means for promotion/advertising is strictly prohibited.  Please review ASB’s commercialism policy by clicking here.
9. Submitting a proposal does not guarantee acceptance for a presentation at BakingTECH 2024.
10.  Due to the size and time demands of BakingTECH, it is not possible to guarantee time for all submissions.  Priority will be given to work which is original, presentations that will offer a baker’s perspective (for those submissions by suppliers), and has not been presented or submitted elsewhere.  Final disposition of your submission, should it be accepted, is at the discretion of the ASB BakingTECH 2024 PlanningCommittee.

Questions? Contact Tawnee Brydebell at tbrydebell@asbe.org

1.  All paper submissions will require the following in order to be considered and reviewed by the Program Committee.

• Contact information for author/presenter (ie. address, phone, email, social media handles, etc).
• Professional Biography (under 150 words or 750 characters)
  • Sample Biography
• Format of Presentation (Technical Presentation, BREAD Talk, Podcast, General Session Speaker)
• Topic of proposal
• Title (maximum 10 words) should convey without excessive detail the paper subject matter.
• What three questions your content idea will answer?
• What would you like to achieve by speaking at BakingTECH 2024?
• What’s the key message you want to share with the audience?  And how will it benefit them?  (Try limiting to 25 words)
• Content (should be between 150 to 200 words OR 750 to 1000 characters).  Provide enough details so that the Planning Committee can evaluate the potential quality and interest of your presentation at BakingTECH 2024. Click here to see samples.
• All presentations given by suppliers are encouraged to offer a Baker’s Perspective.  The Baker Perspective is to balance the conversation with highlighting why the information presented is useful or important, and speaking to the key take-aways from the presentation. The Baker perspective is more like a ‘wrap up’ or transition into the Q&A or it could be folded into the presentation as an example or narrative, to convey how the company and the baker worked together on a specific use case.
• References (if appropriate)

2.  Submissions cannot contain illustrations, images or graphs.  If the submission is accepted, presenter can include these items in their final presentations.

3.  Author/Presenter will be required to acknowledge that they have reviewed and understand ASB’s commercialism policy.  The submission process is not complete until this has been done.  Paper submissions received without the acknowledgement of ASB’s commercialism policy will not be considered.

4.  Author/Presenter will be required to acknowledge that they have reviewed and agree with the terms on the ASB’s speaker agreement.  The submission is not complete until this has been done.

5.  Author/Presenter will be required to acknowledge they have reviewed and agree with the Society’s Code of Conduct.  This submission is not complete until this has been done.

6.  Authors selected for a presentation will be required to submit additional materials for review by the Program Committee.  Additional materials will be a draft PowerPoint (due in December 8) and final PowerPoint (due January 19, 2024).  Complete instructions for speaker and paper presentations will be provided upon notification paper’s acceptance.

Questions? Contact Tawnee Brydebell at tbrydebell@asbe.org

1. The deadline to submit a proposal is Tuesday, May 9.
2. Upon submitting a proposal, you will receive a confirmation for your records.
3. The BakingTECH 2024 Program Committee and staff will review each submission and make presentation selections, and you will be notified via email of the disposition of your proposal by late July 2023.
4. Acceptance of your submission by the Program Committee obligates the author to present and pay the meeting registration fee and all other related meeting expenses.  BakingTECH 2024 registration will open in September 2023.
5. If you wish to withdraw your submission after having confirmed your acceptance, inform ASB in writing immediately to tbrydebell@asbe.org

Questions? Contact Tawnee Brydebell at tbrydebell@asbe.org