The Annual Conference Advisory Committee will evaluate submissions using the following criteria:
1. Opportunity for learning
Sessions should address the most pressing challenges within a given Technical Track. Content should center on key learning questions that are potentially applicable to broad audiences,
especially practitioners. Learning objectives should represent important and unique contributions to the existing base of knowledge. Proposals should provide convincing insight into specific
problems and their respective solutions, drawing lessons that can influence practice and - when possible - policy making, donor strategies, investors and research agendas.
2. Promising practice
Sessions should feature experiences that are highly replicable and transferable to a variety of contexts, identifying essential skills, capacities and conditions for successful
implementation. Lessons may be drawn from innovative pilot experiences as well as successes and failures from longer term strategies. Proposals should describe how many people are affected by
the interventions, directly and indirectly, and detail proven or potential pathways to replication, scaling up, and sustainable market system change. Preference will be given to experiences
that have reached scale or present evidence to support that they are on track to expand.
3. Collection and use of evidence
Sessions must demonstrate evidence-based findings about how interventions affect beneficiary well-being, the institutions and/or systems that they intend to influence. In case of early stage
innovations, session proposals should include description of monitoring and evaluation systems in use. Preference will go to sessions that show evidence as obtained through robust M&E
and/or the application of appropriate qualitative, quantitative or mixed method research methodologies. The methods used to collect and analyze evidence should be detailed.
4. Diversity of perspectives
Session participants should offer a rich variety of perspectives. Generally, this requires drawing from the experience of more than one organization. Preference will be given to proposals
that incorporate individuals involved in direct implementation of programs or field-based research protocols. Participants may include representatives from non-SEEP members, such as
individuals based at research organizations, local and national partner organizations, universities, businesses, government agencies, donors or investors.
5. Contribution to conference and track themes
Proposals must demonstrate how they advance a strong and coherent learning agenda around several principle themes and questions identified in the track description, and for the conference
overall.
