How do I reference conference proceedings, sessions, and presentations?
Answer
The presentations made at a conference are often published as proceedings, papers, keynotes, or posters.
Conference presentation published on a webpage
Create a reference
Template
Presenter(s) last name, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of the contribution [Description]. Name of conference, City, State/Province, Country. https://www.link.com/...
Example
Damoff, P., Gladu, M., Blaikie, D., & May, E. (2019, June 12). Federal election 2019: Political party commitments in focus [Plenary session]. Community Health Connections 2019, Ottawa, ON, Canada. https://www.cachc.ca/2019conference/
Note: Describe the presentation in square brackets after the title, e.g. [Conference session], [Paper presentation], [Poster session], or [Keynote address]
Create a citation
Template
(Author(s) last name, Year)
(Author(s) last name, Year, para. #)
Example
(Damoff et al., 2019)
(Damoff et al., 2019, para. 2)
See the APA style blog for more examples of conference presentation references and conference proceeding references.