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Submit Your Proposal to CPTSC 2026 Annual Conference

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On behalf of the conference planning committee and Boise State University, we look forward to welcoming you to Boise, Idaho for the annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) on October 9-10, 2026. Proposals are due Monday, April 27, 2026. Visit the conference website for more details: https://conference.cptsc.org/

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2025 CPTSC Conference in Pictures

We are back from a successful conference this year! Thank you to the conference organizing team and the CPTSC executive committee for creating a productive space for members to present their research, network with each other, and exchange ideas at Texas Tech University, alongside our co-location partner, the ACM-SIGDOC. We have pulled some pictures from…

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2025 CPTSC Virtual Editors’ Roundtable

We are pleased to share a recorded roundtable with editors from respected journals in the field. The video is viewable below, and available via this link (opens in Google Drive). Access transcript | Access chat records Participating editors and journals: Timothy Amidon, Communication Design Quarterly Craig Baehr, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Lucia Dura, Technical…

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CPTSC Conference Resources

Dear CPTSC 2025 conference attendees, we look forward to seeing you in Lubbock, TX this October. Here are some useful resources to help you prepare for your trip. Program schedule View the preliminary program with panel assignments: https://bit.ly/cptsc25program Note: Sheet 1 contains the conference schedule. Sheet 2 contains panel and workshop details. Membership (required; join…

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CPTSC Conference Updates and Invited Presenters

We are pleased to announce that proposal reviews have concluded for this year’s CPTSC Annual Conference, October 23-25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas, at Texas Tech University. Invited presenters who have had their presentation proposals accepted should have received an automated email from our conference website. (Please check your Spam folders to confirm your accepted proposal).…

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Book Your Hotel Early for CPTSC 2025

As you begin making travel plans for this year’s CPTSC conference at Texas Tech University (co-located with SIGDOC), we want to share an important heads-up about lodging in Lubbock. Our conference weekend in October coincides with a Texas Tech football home game — which means hotels in the area will book up quickly and rates…

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Serve as a Conference Reviewer

The 2025 CPTSC Conference team invites you to volunteer as a conference proposal reviewer. Reviews ideally will be completed between June 2 and June 20. If this timing works for you, please fill out this brief contact form, and we will be in touch with assignments: https://forms.gle/2Hjo9CFwpcRcU7nR6  If you have reviewed for us before, we…

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2025 CPTSC Conference––Call for Proposals

On behalf of the conference planning committee and Texas Tech University, we look forward to welcoming you to Lubbock, Texas for the annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) on October 23-24, 2025. We are excited to announce that the 2025 CPTSC Annual Meeting will be co-located with SIGDOC.…

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Save the Date: CPTSC 2025 @ Texas Tech University

  Plan to attend the 2025 CPTSC Annual Conference, scheduled for October 23 to 24, to be held on the beautiful Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, TX. We will be releasing the call for proposals soon. In the meantime, please mark your calendars and budget for this trip! We look forward to seeing everyone…

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2024 Virtual Editors’ Roundtable

We thank the following journal and press editors for attending our (now annual) editors’ roundtable online this week! Recording of the session can be accessed here. Jason Tham, Computers and Composition & Computers and Composition Online Tracy Bridgeford, Technical Communication Quarterly Jordan Frith & Amber Lancaster, Communication Design Quarterly Jo Mackiewicz, Journal of Business and…

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