Paper presentation

A paper presents ongoing or completed research. The organizing committee will group papers into sessions, each comprising a maximum of three papers, with oral presentations and discussions of papers. The time allotted for each paper will be 30 minutes:  

20 minutes for a presentation by the author(s) and 10 minutes for discussion.

Symposia

We invite proposals for symposium sessions. A symposium session presents papers focused on a common theme and is proposed and planned by a symposium organizer. A symposium has a chair (often the organizer) and one or more discussants who have read the papers in advance. Some symposia will overlap more than one session. The symposium organizer will decide how the symposium is to be organized and the time to be allotted for each presentation. It is recommended that at least two different countries/national perspectives be represented in the symposium.   

The organizer of the symposium should submit a symposium proposal with a plan for the symposium that includes all the following elements in a single document:   

1. The title of the symposium  
2. An abstract outlining the theme for the symposium as a whole (400 words or less)
3. The names of the contributors, titles of their presentations, which should follow the format, outlined in the above guidelines.  
4. The paper presentations will be individually entered into the abstract portal and linked to the symposium.
5. A Chairperson and a Discussant, who can offer a critique of the symposium, needs to be named on the proposal.
6. The organizer of the symposium is responsible for communicating with the contributors and the conference organizer.   

Papers for the symposium should be entered into the portal individually and linked to the symposium. 

Roundtable discussions / Workshops

 We also welcome proposals for roundtable sessions. A roundtable session is a forum for the presentation and discussion of developmental work and research plans. Roundtable sessions are intended for focused, small-group discussions of research in progress, practitioner experiences, educational development initiatives, and issues concerning institutional effectiveness and improvement. It is recommended that at least two different countries/national perspectives be represented in the roundtable session.   

The organizer of the roundtable session should submit a proposal with a plan for the discussion that includes all the following elements in a single document:   

1. The title of the roundtable  / workshop.
2. An abstract describing the focus and purpose of the session and ways in which participants will be engaged (400 words or less).
3. The names of the contributors and titles or short descriptions of their individual contribution (400 words or less in total)