[lukevanoort]

I'm going to join Jane and strongly urge everybody going to Atlanta to submit a proposal. It doesn't matter if you aren't an expert on control theory, there is something you can present about. Even if you don't think you're the most knowledgeable person out there on a topic, you doing a presentation is better than nobody presenting at all. Students, you should be submitting proposals too, it's not like there is an age requirement to be a presenter. A student may or may not understand some of the really deep little complexities of a topic, but in 45 minutes, you're not going to reach that point anyway.

If you're worried about time, don't be. 45 minutes is really not that long, and there is plenty of time to prepare between now and then. Also, if you really think you can't fill 45 minutes, you can always cut it a bit short (a short presentation is better than none at all).