Key Elements:
When citing a conference presentation in APA style, 7th edition, ensure you include the following key elements:
- Author(s): Last name, First name initial(s).
- Year/Date of Publication/Presentation: Enclosed in parentheses.
- Title of the Presentation: In sentence case (only the first word and proper nouns capitalized).
- Conference Information: Name of the conference, location, and optionally the URL or DOI.
1. Conference Presentation:
Format:
Author, N. (Year, Date). Title [Conference presentation]. Title of the conference, Location. https://doi.org/xxx
Example:
Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video
Parenthetical In-text Citation: (Evans et al., 2019)
Narrative In-text Citation: Evans et al. (2019) discussed…
Notes:
- Use italics for the title of the conference presentation.
- Capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle, as well as any proper nouns.
2. Published Conference Proceedings:
Format:
Author, N. (Year, Date). Title of the presentation. In Title of the conference (pp. #-#). Database. https://doi.org/xxx
Example:
Nakamura, M., Nakamura, J., Shuzo, M., Warisawa, S., & Yamada, I. (2010). Collaborative processing of wearable and ambient sensor system for health monitoring application. In G. B. Teh & S. C. Choy (Eds.), 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL 2010) (pp. 1–5). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISABEL.2010.5802762
Parenthetical In-text Citation: (Nakamura et al., 2019)
Narrative In-text Citation: Nakamura et al. (2019) discussed…
Notes:
- Use italics for the title of the conference.
- Capitalize only the first word of the title of the paper, but capitalize all the words in the name of the conference.