2025 Aspire Convention |  April 29 – May 2, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV

Be a Star

The purpose of ANPD's annual Star Search competition is to encourage aspiring speakers to compete for an opportunity to present a concurrent session at the next annual Aspire convention. Star Search is a great opportunity for novice speakers to develop their presentation skills!

The call for participants in ANPD's Star Search competition is now open! Aspiring speakers, this is your chance to shine and compete for an opportunity to present at the next Aspire convention.

Here's how the competition works:

• Four submitted abstracts from the call for Star Search participants will be selected by ANPD’s Convention Content Planning Committee (CPC) to participate in Star Search during the 2025 Aspire Convention.
• Each participant has 15 minutes total to give a brief presentation that is judged by members of the CPC and the audience.
• The CPC score constitutes 75% of the total score and the audience score constitutes 25% of the total.
• The participant who receives the highest score is invited to present a 60-minute concurrent session at the 2026 Aspire Convention in Louisville, KY and receives one complimentary convention registration.