Please email your updated session description to jaime@giarts.org by Tuesday, September 30th.

Speakers are not permitted to rearrange the setup of their session without permission from the GIA team member assigned to their room. Room arrangements have been designed to ensure accessibility for attendees, and we cannot accommodate requests that limit access in the space. If a GIA team member permits you to rearrange the space, we kindly ask that you return it to its original form at the end of your session.

No, you may remove your badge for your presentation. When you are not presenting, it is required to wear your badge at any conference activities. This ensures that the GIA team can identify you as a participant in the convening. Please plan to arrive early for your session so that you can pick up your badge at the registration desk at the hotel. You may not pick up badges for your colleagues. The only exception is off-site session organizers whose speakers will not be at the hotel — Jaime will make a note that you may pick up your speakers' badges and bring them to the off-site venue.

Please email gia2025access@gmail.com.

Yes, any video or audio files that are a part of your presentation should include captioning.

 No, you may create your own slides, but we strongly recommend referencing that format. Slides are optional for your presentation.

No, GIA only offers speakers and attendees to convene in person.

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GIA's conference is intended for private, public, and intermediary funders of arts and culture. Our attendees are a mix of philanthropists and grantees. As GIA offers a wide variety of content, it is safest not to assume that attendees have expertise in the subject matter.

There will be around 600 attendees at the conference. Attendance at sessions can range—once the app is live, attendees can add your session to their schedule, and this will provide an estimate of how many people will be in attendance.

If your session is on-site, with the exception of From Grantmaking to Collective Action, advanced registration is not required to attend. If your session is off-site, advanced registration is required as there is limited space on the buses. Registration for off-site sessions will open in October.

No, the deadline to add speakers has passed. If you have a speaker who can no longer attend the conference, you may swap them with another speaker.

Regular sessions will have AI-generated captioning upon request. Contact gia2025access@gmail.com for more information.

No, GIA does not provide laptops for sessions. You should plan to connect with your fellow presenters and ensure that someone is bringing a device with your presentation. GIA will provide adapters to connect to the projector.

Yes, you may present unmasked. To ensure the safety of your colleagues, we ask that you get COVID tested if you plan to unmask.

Yes, every session will have a dedicated GIA team member and A/V person to assist. They will be in the space prior to your session and have a badge to identify them. For off-site sessions, you will have a dedicated GIA team member; you will only have an A/V person upon request.

The schedule will be released in early October. If I am missing materials from you, this slows our ability to publish the full schedule.

No, non-member speakers receive a one-day complimentary ticket for the day they are speaking. If you would like to attend the other days of the conference, you must purchase a non-member three-day pass.

No, preconference registration is only available to those who register for the full conference.

No, registration for this session is only available to those who register for the full conference.