Dear Colleagues,

The Best Practices Exchange (BPE) 2025 Program Committee is now accepting session proposals for our next unconference, Behind the Scenes: People and Practice, which will be held June 9-11, 2025, at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. View the full Call for Proposals<https://bpexchange.wordpress.com/2025-conference/call-for-proposals/>.

Submit your proposal via this short form (https://forms.gle/jTTWh5tTzph5rY5V8) by Friday, February 28, 2025. Acceptance notifications will be sent in April of 2025.

Find more information about the 2025 unconference here: https://bpexchange.wordpress.com/2025-conference/. View programs from past conferences here<https://bpexchange.wordpress.com/previous-conferences/> for examples of topics and session formats.

Interested in collaborating with others on a particular topic? Connect with others about potential proposals: BPE Proposals Brainstorming Spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b1k7foawSxPfOKUyk-XXNPyc5H1cffoBH_qAImz2HLM/edit?usp=sharing>

Sent on behalf of the BPE Program Committee

Best,
Tracy Popp
Digital Curation Services lead
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign