1. All proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 14, 2025.  At 12:00 a.m. on April 15, 2025, the content 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 proposal, 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 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 2026.
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, level of audience interaction and engagement, 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 2026 Planning Committee.

Questions? Contact Tawnee Brydebell at tbrydebell@asbe.org

1.  All content submissions will require the following in order to be considered and reviewed by the Planning 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 (Breakout Presentation, Breakout Panel Discussion, Podcast, BAKE Talk, General Session, Ideation lab)
• Topic of proposal
• Title (maximum 10 words) should convey without excessive detail the content subject matter.
• Content (should be between 200 to 250 words).  Provide enough details so that the Planning Committee can evaluate the potential quality and interest of your presentation at BakingTECH 2026. Click here to see samples.
• What three questions your content idea will answer?
• Identify the skill and knowledge level of your audience – beginner, intermediate or advanced
• What’s the key message you want to share with the audience?  And how will it benefit them?  (Try limiting to 25 words)
• Identify how you’re going to make your presentation interactive and engage the audience (ie. opening icebreakers, audience movement, etc)
• What would you like to achieve by speaking at BakingTECH 2026?
• Breakout panel discussions and podcasts given by suppliers are required to incorporate a Baker’s Perspective.  The individual must be a representative of a baking company.  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 Planning Committee.  Additional materials will be a draft PowerPoint (due in November 13) and final PowerPoint (due January 16, 2026).  Complete instructions for speaker and presentations will be provided upon notification of proposal’s acceptance.

Questions? Contact Tawnee Brydebell at tbrydebell@asbe.org

1. The deadline to submit a proposal is Monday, April 14.
2. Upon submitting a proposal, you will receive a confirmation for your records.
3. The BakingTECH 2026 Planning 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 early June 2025.
4. Acceptance of your submission by the Planning Committee obligates the author to present and pay the meeting registration fee and all other related meeting and travel expenses.  BakingTECH 2026 registration will open in August 2025 with early registration discounts ending in November.
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