Webinar Details
Preparing and submitting a session proposal for IAIA’s annual conference can be both daunting and rewarding. While many current (and prospective) IAIA members and conference participants may be familiar with the principles for drafting a paper or presentation abstract, they may be less comfortable with the concept of proposing and chairing a session.
The target audience for the webinar is those considering submitting a session proposal for the first time, or perhaps have had a session proposal for a previous conference rejected. In particular, the webinar will assist those from developing countries and those for whom English is not their first language.
There are basic questions anyone considering submitting a session proposal must resolve for themselves:
- Does your idea work best as a session or as a presentation?
- Do you have a clear idea of how you would like the session to work?
- Do you understand the opportunities, requirements and limitations associated with each of the session type options?
- Do you have a co-proposer or do you intend to submit as a sole chair?
- Are you open to accepting unsolicited abstracts/presentations?
- Do you wish to invite specific presenters to submit abstracts?
- Do you want to conduct a session without formal presentations, for example as a game or a solution room?
- Do you want to engage the audience to address an identified problem or challenge?
The webinar is intended to help prospective submitters better understand the opportunities and constraints associated with the various session format options, and the principles around Open, Closed and By invitation sessions.
Following the webinar, participants should feel empowered to submit a sound and competitive proposal for IAIA27.
Presented by Jack Krohn
