2025 IASWG VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Group Work Now: Renewal and Change through Solidarity

The International Association for Social Work with Groups invites group work practitioners, researchers, faculty, administrators, students, community workers, activists, and group organizers to submit presentation proposals for the IASWG 2025 Virtual Symposium.

Proposals are welcomed in all areas of group work, especially related to populations in a variety of settings, multicultural practice, developing countries or underserved communities, community development, activist group work practice, and/or group work research and training.

Proposals may be submitted in English, French, German, Lithuanian, or Spanish, and sessions at the Symposium may be conducted in these languages as well.

  • 60-minute Workshops: Highly interactive with experiential components
  • 30-minute Workshops: Presentations with a question-and-answer component
  • Posters: Presented live online and available to view on the IASWG website

2025 SYMPOSIUM THEME

Group work now inspires us to find ways to become inclusive, to celebrate differences and generate a powerful sense of building strength through connection. During challenging times, social group work can foster mutual respect and inspire a sense of belonging with individuals, groups, and communities. Join us virtually from June 11-13, 2025 to share your knowledge, innovations, research and experiences, and to feel our own sense of solidarity. Let us grow together through group work!


For more information, please visit www.iaswg.org/2025symposium or email symposium@iaswg.org. We encourage presenters to be current IASWG members. All presenters must register for the symposium.

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Questions about Submitting Your Presentation

Once you have submitted the title of your presentation you will automatically receive an email that includes a password-protected hyperlink. If you must interrupt the submission process before finishing it you can resume at any time by clicking on the hyperlink in that email.

You can view and modify your submissions up until the submission deadline. (All deadlines are enforced at 11:59 PM Eastern USA time). After the deadline you can still view your abstract. Just find the confirming email mentioned above (from aaswgreg@confex.com) which will contain a direct link to your submission. If you remember the abstract ID# and password, please enter those codes to the right. If you can't find that email and don't remember the ID# of an abstract that you wish to modify, contact Technical Support

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