2025 APS Festival of Psychology Presentation Format Descriptions
1. Workshop/ masterclass (60, 120, or 180 minutes)
A workshop is where you intend to use equipment or conduct activities that would require attendees to move around and/or be physically engaged in an activity. This may also include simulated activities such as mock consultations with actors or support personnel portraying patients. Examples may include:
• Small group learning
• Supervisor workshops
• Skills building workshop
• Technical masterclass
• Advanced therapeutic techniques
2. Interactive/ immersive learning experiences (60+ minutes)
Post-pandemic research indicates that 64% of conference attendees identified immersive and interactive learning as their number one reason for attending a conference.
In this session, we are seeking presentations that engage the audience in more ways than via questions and answers. Attendees will be participating in the learning for at least 60% of the time. This could be done in a multitude of ways including:
• Live demonstrations and experiments
• Socratic seminars and group discussions
• Physical games and activities
• Collaborative learning
• Lived experience interactions
• Immersive role play
• Simulation exercises
• Outdoor education
3. Interactions with experts (30 minutes)
Delivering engaging education at an in-person conference, especially with opportunities for interaction with experts, can create a dynamic learning environment that leverages the unique benefits of face-to-face communication. Some examples of how this can be delivered include:
• Case study analysis
• Simulation exercises
• Panel discussions with Q&A
• Roundtable discussions
• Speed education
• Ask me anything
• Small group coaching sessions
4. Peer to peer learning (30 minutes)
Peer-to-peer learning is an educational approach where individuals learn from each other's experiences and insights, rather than from a traditional instructor-led environment. This collaborative learning method leverages the diverse backgrounds, skills, and knowledge of each participant, fostering an environment of mutual teaching and learning.
5. Structured sessions classroom style with a speaker (20, or 30 minutes)
This presentation format may be most suitable for researchers wishing to share the results of two or three thematic studies, or present a conceptual piece, or to practitioners wishing to share ideas with an audience in a lecture plus Q & A format. i.e. 15-minute presentation with 5 minutes allocated for Q&A
6. Symposium (3 presentations, 60 minutes total)
This format will suit groups of researchers, practitioners, or a combination of researchers and practitioners who each wish to share the results of single studies or key insights, across three presentations, where all content is centred on a theme. Presentations should aim for 15 minutes each leaving 15 minutes Q&A at the end of the symposium. The submission should identify all speakers.