Call for Presentations
March 26 & 27, 2026
Hilton Garden Inn
4351 17th Avenue South
Fargo, North Dakota
Presentations for the Mind Matters Conference should feature topics of interest to the community that highlight new innovative research, trends, practice strategies, and collaborative models of care for individuals living with a brain injury. Priority will be given to topics with an emphasis on educating and enhancing the lives of people dealing with brain injury.
Deadline to submit: December 2, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Central
Topic Suggestions
- Accessing services
- Aging and brain injury
- Attending college
- Brain injuries from sports or sports concussions
- Competency
- Continuing issues
- Diet and brain injury
- Domestic violence and brain injury
- Guardianship/shared decision-making
- Moving from childhood brain injury into adulthood
- Quality of life after brain injury
- Rehabilitation and recovery from stroke and secondary stroke prevention
- Sensory impairments following brain injury
- Veterans and brain injury
- Yoga and brain injury
Presenter Information
Presenters will receive complimentary conference registration. Travel, lodging, meals and any other expenses incurred by the presenter(s) are the presenters responsibility. No honorarium or travel expense reimbursement will be provided for presenters submitting through the "Call for Presentations" process. Submission of a presentation proposal indicates understanding that presenters volunteer their participation in the Annual Mind Matters Conference. This is a competitive process and not all abstracts are accepted for oral presentations.
All correspondence, including acknowledgment of receipt of submission, will be conducted electronically. Letters of acceptance will be sent electronically no later than December 19, 2025.
Continuing education is sought for all presentations, so presenter agreements and accessible PowerPoint presentations must be completed and received by Noon Central on January 16, 2026 to carly.endres@und.edu in order to allow time for credit approval. Learn more about creating accessible Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.
Presentation Details
- Most sessions are 45 minutes long and you should allow for discussion time
- Lead presenter's biography (maximum of 1,000 characters) – Write it EXACTLY as you would want it read when you are introduced for your presentation
- Presentation abstract (maximum of 2,000 characters) – For reviewers to use when selecting presentations for the conference
- Description for conference program (maximum 400 characters)
- Include links to sources that demonstrate a need for your session
- Provide three learning objectives (view Measurable Performance Verbs for Writing Objectives for some tips)
Questions?
Carly Endres, Senior Project Coordinator
(701) 777-4008 • carly.endres@und.edu