2021 Treasury Management Training Symposium
Call for Proposals
NAST invites members and supporters to submit session proposals through this online portal. We encourage Treasury offices, members of NAST Networks and Committees, Corporate Members, and other supporters to submit topics and speakers. To ensure a wide-ranging selection of sessions, we request proposals include lecture or panel presentations and peer-to-peer discussions that will reach varying skill levels and interests of the attendees.
For additional information about the tracks/themes, audience, benefits of presenting, requirements & specifications and the evaluation process, see below. The decision whether TMTS will be held in-person or virtually will be based on travel restrictions and other circumstances as we approach the conference start date, which will be the week of May 17 regardless of format. Either way, NAST will continue to provide valuable education and networking for our members. Please refer to the NAST Daily News Brief for future announcements.
The PDF is for planning purposes only. Only online submissions will be accepted.
Key Dates and Tracks
Key Dates
Deadline for submissions:
January 27, 2021
Evaluated by Committees & Networks:
February 1-24, 2021
Acceptance (along with regrets) Notifications Sent:
Week of March 8, 2021
Registration opens:
Week of March 22, 2021
TMTS Kick off:
Week of May 17, 2021
Conference Tracks
We are seeking proposals for the following themes:
ABLE Savings Plans
College Savings Plans
Financial Education & Empowerment
Innovations & Trends in the Treasury
Investments & Cash Management
State Debt Issuance
Unclaimed Property
The Audience
TMTS attendees are public and private finance sector employees including State Treasurers and staff including directors and managers who oversee investing and debt, college savings and ABLE plans, unclaimed property, operations, and financial education. Other treasury staff include Chiefs of Staff, communications, government relations, and technology directors. Also welcome are private sector, non-governmental, and other nonprofit employees. Members of the press may attend this event.
Session speakers should provide attendees with cutting edge information on research, effective practices, case studies, and policy initiatives that support sound financial policies and programs. Sessions should reflect workplace innovations through a higher level of engagement between colleagues and promote idea-sharing in an interactive format.
Benefits of Presenting
If selected you will have the opportunity to gain recognition as an expert among your peers, colleagues, and other thought leaders. Attendees will take your information back to their agencies for high-level discussions and/or immediate implementation. As a presenter, you will enhance your credibility and stature among an influential audience, refresh your personal knowledge as you prepare materials and visuals for presentation, and challenge yourself and your colleagues with thought provoking discussions and interactions during the session.
Requirements and Specifications
- NAST seeks panels that include perspectives of Treasurers and staff, members of the NAST Networks and Committees, corporate affiliates and other supporters, including our partners in governmental and non-governmental agencies. Precedence will be given to multi-person panels of experts for well-rounded perspectives.
- To help you pre-plan for your submissions for TMTS NAST members identified a list of topics as high need areas where specific training is needed. See Plan your Proposal above for details. Multiple submissions are permissible.
- Each session should include an introduction of speakers and topic, then presentation and discussion, followed by a question and answer period. Presenters must be available on any day for which NAST assigns the session. NAST reserves the right to edit content for brevity, clarity and grammar.
- Once accepted, speakers are expected to meet all the posted deadlines, including registering for the event. You may submit multiple proposals, although this does not guarantee participation at TMTS.
- Using the conference webinar platform (with camera) and mobile app is required. This includes polling the attendees during the session and to manage audience questions. NAST encourages presenters to add additional materials, besides PowerPoint slides, such as links to supporting documents.
- As a not-for-profit association, NAST does not pay an honorarium for session or workshop presenters. Speakers will be notified prior to the early bird registration period to receive a discount.
- TMTS is a non-commercial forum. Under no circumstances may a session or workshop be used as a place for direct promotion of presenter’s product, service, or monetary self-interest. Any indication of this in the submission will result in disqualification.-
- Speakers at TMTS are expected to use material and language that does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, physical ability, or sexual orientation, and does not violate copyright laws.
Evaluation Process
Members of the NAST Program & Learning Committee, CSPN, NAUPA, SDMN and other relevant Committees will evaluate the proposals. Any program member who submits a proposal (or is on a panel) will recuse him/herself from evaluating his/her own proposal.
Corporate Affiliate Members are invited to submit proposals that highlight relationships with NAST public finance members. Likewise, Treasurers and agency staff are encouraged to submit proposals showcasing where they excel. Sessions with diverse panelists (from public and private sectors) will be given preferential rating.
Sessions will be evaluated on the quality of the proposal, relevance to Track/Theme, application to the profession, and qualifications of speakers. Panels of practitioners are preferred over single presenters for a wider range of participation.