Call for Proposals | Deadline: May 1
Seeking Submissions in Science, Arts, & Humanities
The Longleaf Alliance invites you to join the 16th Biennial Longleaf Conference on October 27-30, 2026. Set in Colonial Williamsburg, The Longleaf Alliance is excited to welcome attendees to southeast Virginia, the most northern extent of longleaf pine, where longleaf played a critical role in colonial American industry and where its first great losses were felt. Today, this landscape’s restoration efforts reflect the powerful resurgence underway across the Southeast. The 2026 Longleaf Conference will illuminate how longleaf forests remain vital to our modern economies, communities, and natural world – and why their future depends on the choices we make now.
WHO SHOULD SUBMIT?
The Alliance encourages individuals, students, and professionals passionate about the longleaf pine ecosystem to use the Biennial Longleaf Conference as a forum for information exchange, project feedback, and networking. Submitting your work for inclusion in the Conference program provides a platform to do just that!
We welcome contributions from private landowners, longleaf enthusiasts, land managers, wildlife biologists, students, researchers, consultants, forestry, business, industry, and technology professionals, agency and outreach personnel, artists, and content creators.
WHAT TOPICS WILL THE LONGLEAF CONFERENCE FOCUS ON?
The 16th Biennial Longleaf Conference will explore The Future of Our Founding Forests, weaving together longleaf pine’s historic legacy, modern conservation efforts, and innovations shaping its future.
We invite you to submit proposals connecting the values longleaf landscapes provide today and the emerging opportunities for the future, including topics related to management, fire, ecological services, groundcover restoration, economics, wildlife conservation, education, policy, history, art, and culture.
WHAT TYPES OF PROPOSALS ARE ACCEPTED?
WHO SHOULD SUBMIT?
The Alliance encourages individuals, students, and professionals passionate about the longleaf pine ecosystem to use the Biennial Longleaf Conference as a forum for information exchange, project feedback, and networking. Submitting your work for inclusion in the Conference program provides a platform to do just that!
We welcome contributions from private landowners, longleaf enthusiasts, land managers, wildlife biologists, students, researchers, consultants, forestry, business, industry, and technology professionals, agency and outreach personnel, artists, and content creators.
WHAT TOPICS WILL THE LONGLEAF CONFERENCE FOCUS ON?
The 16th Biennial Longleaf Conference will explore The Future of Our Founding Forests, weaving together longleaf pine’s historic legacy, modern conservation efforts, and innovations shaping its future.
We invite you to submit proposals connecting the values longleaf landscapes provide today and the emerging opportunities for the future, including topics related to management, fire, ecological services, groundcover restoration, economics, wildlife conservation, education, policy, history, art, and culture.
WHAT TYPES OF PROPOSALS ARE ACCEPTED?
- Oral Presentations - 20 minutes
- Organized Sessions
- Panel Discussions
- Workshops, Working Groups, & Meetings
- Sponsored Social Activities
- Posters
QUESTIONS?
Questions about the conference program may be directed to Program Committee Chair, Lisa Lord at [email protected]. For all other conference questions, please email Sarah Crate, Conference Coordinator, at [email protected].