Please note email notifications have been sent to all authors who have submitted abstracts for the From Margins to Mainstream Conference advising them of their outcome. Please contact the Conference Office on info@margins2mainstream.com if you have not received notification including the name under which the abstract was submitted and the abstract title.
Further information regarding presentations including the length of your presentation will be forwarded shortly. Note not all requests for full sessions have been able to be fulfilled, some may be offered a single presentation and will have to adapt the presentation to fit within the allocated time.
Presentation types offered were;
Oral Presentation – consisting of an allocated time to present your paper including time for questions alongside other accepted authors. Note not all requests for full sessions have been able to be fulfilled, some may be offered a single presentation and will have to adapt the presentation to fit within the allocated time.
Oral Poster Presentation – You will be required to produce a static poster for display in the Marketplace along with 2 PowerPoint slides to which you will have an allocated time to talk about your paper.
Poster presentation – You will be required to produce a static poster for display in the Marketplace
Presentation guidelines for all presentation types will be sent out shortly and display on the website.
Important Dates
- 17 March 2008 Abstract submission closing date
- 24 April 2008 Notification of acceptances for speakers
- 16 June 2008 Early Bird registration closing date
Note: All speakers must have registered to be included in the program by this date
- 15 July 2008 Full registration closing date
- 16 July – 9 September 2008 Late registration
- 10 – 12 September 2008 Conference dates
Submission of Late Abstracts
We have had a large response to our call for papers for the conference and thank you to all who have submitted. Abstracts are now going through a review process and speakers will be notified of the outcome on Friday 9th May 2008. Please don’t ask for notification prior to this date as it won’t be available. Your patience is appreciated.
If you have missed the closing date for abstract submission and would like to be considered for a static poster presentation which will be located in the Marketplace please download this form and email it to info@margins2mainstream.com. Incomplete forms will not be accepted. Reviewing of abstracts and placement in the Marketplace cannot be guaranteed due to the high number of abstracts already received.
Potential presenters at the conference are invited to submit abstracts of their proposed paper for consideration by the International Scientific Committee. Papers must address at least one of the Conference methodologies and at least one of the determinants as the above matrix diagram suggests. Additionally, abstracts which focus on one of the methodologies only will also be accepted.
The following sessions will require abstracts:
- Seminar sessions will be 15 minutes long and seminars will feature four presenters. These sessions
will be themed to ensure consistency of determinant and methodology so please identify which determinant
and methodology your presentation will address. A discussion/question and answer time allocation of five
minutes may also be included. Presenters wanting to construct a whole session around the same themes
and determinants will be strongly encouraged.
If you wish to submit for an entire session, your four abstracts need to be submitted as one abstract by one person. If you submit four separate abstracts they will not be considered as part of an entire session. The reviewers reserve the right to accept only individual papers, or to place them with other papers in different sessions.
- Workshops will be interactive and participatory sessions of 40 minute duration. They will involve a small
group of specialists providing brief interactive presentations with equally balanced audience participation
through a discussion to assist learning. These can take a practical, hands-on approach.
- Oral Posters - These are visual and talking point presentations of five minute duration which should also
address one methodology and one determinant. Whilst your key poster will be on display, your presentation
can comprise two PowerPoint slides and handouts.
Abstract guidelines
- All abstracts must be submitted in electronic format using the template provided, in any version of Microsoft Word or a program that Word can import from. They should reflect at least one of the Conference methodologies and at least one of the determinants. Additionally, abstracts which focus on one of the methodologies only will also be accepted.
- Abstracts must include recommendations at the end of their abstract for inclusion in the Charter.
- The length should be no more than 400 words and the abstracts must arrive by Monday 17 March 2008.
Early submission is encouraged.
- Abstracts submission can only be done via this link: Submit Abstracts Submission Form - now closed
- Abstracts must be double spaced and use 12 point Times New Roman font.
- Abstracts must include the title of the paper on one line and the author(s) on a separate line before the body of the abstract, all in 12 point Times New Roman.
- All presenters must register for the Conference by 28 May 2008.
- Authors accepted for presentation will be notified as soon as possible and not later than 24 April 2008. Please refrain from contacting the Conference Office prior to this date enquiring about the status of your abstract.
Amending a submitted abstract
Did you know that you can update or edit your submitted abstract up until the closing date of 17 March 2008?
To do so:
- Go to the abstract submission page - now closed
- Log in using your email address and the password you chose when you first logged in
- You will see a list of the abstracts that you have submitted. Click on the abstract that you wish to change
- To change your answers on the submission form, simply amend the current answers for those you want altered
- To change your abstract file, click the “Browse” button to locate the revised file on your computer, then click “Next” to send it to the abstract system
- When you reach the final step and click “Finish”, you will be sent an email confirming that your abstract has been amended
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