Proposal Format Requirements and
Session Types
The
SEPA program has nine different session types:
Papers, Posters, Conversation Hours, Interest Groups, Workshops, Panel
Discussions, Symposia, CEPO Student Research Awards
for Research on Minorities and Women, and Graduate Student Research Awards.
To
submit a proposal for one of these nine session types, you must adhere to the
proposal format requirements for that session type. That is, each of the nine
session types has a specific proposal format associated with it.
PROPOSAL FORMAT REQUIREMENTS
(How to prepare the proposal)
It
is recommended that this material be prepared in electronic form (as a Word
document) and then copied and pasted into the submission system where
appropriate.
1.
Open Format Requirements for:
Papers
Posters
CEPO Student Research Awards for Research on Minorities and Women
Graduate Student Research Awards
Conversation Hours
Interest Groups
·
50-word abstract.
·
A minimum of 300
words to a maximum of 500 words (excluding
references) that describe the submission in enough detail so reviewers can
evaluate it effectively.
·
For
a poster and paper submission, indication of whether it can
be scheduled as a paper or poster if needed to accommodate scheduling
constraints. This is important for scheduling and for
those highly-rated posters which may become eligible
for the Outstanding Professional Paper Award (which applies only to papers
or posters-to-papers).
2.
Multiple Presenter Format Requirements for:
Panel Discussions
Symposia
·
50-word
abstract.
·
400-500-word
(excluding references) overall summary showing how each individual’s presentation
contributes.
·
Summary of each
individual’s contribution (maximum 500 words each excluding
references).
·
May include one or
more discussants, but this is not required (Note: Discussants cannot discuss
their own papers).
·
If a discussant is
included, a summary of the discussant’s comments is not needed.
·
Submitter must agree
with statement: “I certify that all those whose names are listed as
participants in this session have agreed, barring an emergency situation, to participate
in this presentation at the upcoming SEPA convention, and I will forward
information about this proposal to all listed participants.”
3.
Workshops
Download the Workshop Proposal
form and fill it out. UPLOAD this form as your
document in the online submission process.
**Please do not
submit workshop proposals directly to the SEPA office
or to the CE
Director.**
Click
here for the Workshop Proposal Form. (a MS Word document).
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