Call for Abstracts for CCIH 2023 is Open!
Share your ideas to present at the conference by December 14, 2022
The CCIH 2023 Conference will be held in person June 5-7 at Catholic University in Washington, DC.

Our theme is Hope in Health: Our Labor is Not in Vain, and our guiding verse is 1 Corinthians 15:58.

Who can submit an abstract? We seek participants who bring information, ideas, and views that are global, practical, and will stimulate discussion. We want to hear from program managers, evaluation experts, faith leaders, students, faculty, and researchers: all who have a story to share, a lesson learned, findings to disseminate from their evidence-based practice.

What can I contribute to a CCIH Conference? We want to hear from a broad spectrum of voices on the ways that hope has been a guiding force in our goal of greater health and wholeness. Presentations can be interview style, panel discussion or a PowerPoint presentation and discussion.

Why should I present? The CCIH Conference is an excellent way to share your story, make new resources available, and learn from one another. It also provides opportunities to network and build new connections and collaborations.

How do I apply to present? Read below for subthemes and things to consider as you draft your abstract, then complete the abstract form by December 14, 2022 and our reviewers will contact you by the end of January or early February 2023 to let you know whether your abstract was accepted. 

We expect all our presenters to give their talk in person.
Inspiration behind the Conference Theme

For the last few years, healthcare workers often lost hope as they tirelessly worked to ensure the health of their patients, communities, friends and family. The pandemic, conflict, climate change, and unexpected disasters made health care more challenging than ever.

Thoughts to Consider Before You Start An Abstract

Before you begin filling out the abstract form, please consider how you will address the following ideas, which are subthemes and suggested topics for the conference. These are possible questions to answer, but you are not limited to these in submitting your abstract:

1. Stand Together: Your Labor is Not in Vain 

Where and how are we stronger working in effective partnership, in local or global communities? 

2. Humility: Lessons from Failure and Conflict

  • What are some strategies you have used to recover from conflict or disagreements to ensure partnerships or working relationships are positive and effective?
  • How have we had to change course or start over when things haven't gone the way we planned? 
  • Why is it difficult to talk about those times things don't go well?

3. Perseverance: Hope in Jesus 

  • When staff, volunteers, and/or program participants have become discouraged, what are some strategies you use in your programs or services to encourage them?
  • How can we renew our focus and stay the course to attain justice, fair access, equitable distribution of resources and to meet the changing needs of our global population? 
  • How do we translate our compelling reason for hope into action? 
Our Guiding Verse

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Cor 15:58, NIV)

We hope you will join us! Watch for notices about registration.
Christian Connections for International Health