Please see the attached “Call for Proposals” for IAFIE’s 13th Annual Conference to be held in Charles Town, WV from May 21-24, 2017. The deadline for papers, panels, and posters has been extended to March 31. We would enjoy receiving proposals from all individuals dedicated to the IAFIE mission including educators and trainers, intelligence professionals, and students.

1. 13th
Annual International Association for Intelligence Education Conference
New Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Intelligence Education
Call for Proposals
From May 21-24, 2017, American Military University will host the annual IAFIE conference in
Charles Town, WV. The goal of the conference is to further promote intelligence education and
provide an opportunity for networking among scholars and practitioners from academia, the
private sector, and government. We seek papers from those who support and are aligned with
the Mission of the Association: to advance research, knowledge, and professional development
in intelligence education. We are particularly interested in panel, paper, and poster proposals
that speak to the conference theme of new challenges and opportunities for enhancing
intelligence education.
Specifically we are interested in complete panel proposals, individual paper proposals, and
graduate/undergraduate poster presentations in the following areas:
 Intelligence Theory
 Emerging Intelligence Issues
 Competitive Intelligence
 Law Enforcement Intelligence/Protective Intelligence
 Critical Thinking and Information Synthesis
 Career Transitions
 Intelligence Pedagogy
 Intelligence Applications from other Fields (STEM, Environment, Health, etc.)
Please submit your 250-300 word paper/panel/poster proposals (abstracts) to
IAFIE2017@apus.edu by March 31 (EXTENDED DEADLINE).
If submitting a complete conference panel:
Panel proposals are recommended to be capped at 4 presentations with the addition of a panel
discussant. Panel proposals should include a single 250-300 word abstract and panel title, in
addition to:
 All presenter names, affiliations, and presentation titles.
 Panel discussant name and affiliation.
 Panel chair name and affiliation.
We will also be introducing a poster session to the program. An award will be given to the best
graduate student poster and best undergraduate student poster.
The conference welcomes paper and poster proposals from students. All student proposals must
be accompanied by a letter of endorsement from a faculty member.
For more information on presenting, attending, or sponsoring the conference, please visit the
IAFIE website: http://www.iafie.org/.