SUBMIT PROPOSAL
Call for Papers
You can submit a proposal to the conference review committee for an In-Person Presentation, or a Virtual participation at the Management Conference. If your conference proposal is accepted you can submit a written paper to The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management.
Submission Deadline
As the conference has now passed, you can no longer submit a proposal to present in-person but can still submit proposals for non-attending 'virtual presentations' until 22 August, 2007.
Please see proposal types on the conference website for further details about the virtual option.
Presentations accepted so far can be viewed in the Session Description area of this site.
Presentation Formats
The conference organising committee is currently inviting proposals to present 30-minute papers, 60-minute workshops and jointly presented 90-minute colloquium sessions. These might describe 'real world' initiatives or they might be academic research papers.
Only one proposal of any format can be accepted per registered presenter. This means that two proposals may be accepted in the case of two registered presenters in a joint presentation, so long as both presenters are registered to attend in person or as a Virtual participant.
Presenters may choose to submit their papers to the International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management at any time before the conference, and up until one month after the conference. Participants requiring full refereeing before the conference must submit their papers at least three months before the conference.
Plenary speakers may also submit their session details via the Online Submission Process on this page for inclusion in the conference program.
For further information, contact the conference secretariat.
Description of Presentation Formats
30 minute Presentation:
A conference session involving a 15 minute speaker presentation, followed by questions and answers.
Allow 5 minutes within the 30 minute timeslot for people to move between rooms. If you would like
a chair or facilitator for your session, the conference organisers suggest that you find a person
to fulfil this role from amongst other conference participants. The chair's role is to introduce
the presenter/performer, keep the presentation within the 15 minute time limit and manage the
question and answer session. Presenters may also chair their own sessions, but are requested to
keep to this format. We recommend against reading whole papers, and suggest that handouts
(20 or 30 copies-please bring these with you, as there are no photocopying facilities at the
conference) and visual supports (data slides or overhead transparencies) to assist delivery.
Multiple-authored presentations are welcome, though only one article can be submitted to the
journal based on each presentation.
60 minute Presentation:
A workshop, crafted panel, staged conversation, dialogue or debate. This is a conference session
involving substantial interaction with the audience. It must not simply be a long paper-papers
are for 30 minute sessions only. If you wish to submit an article to the journal
based on a workshop session, it should be a single, jointly authored piece.
90 minute Colloquium:
A conference session involving at least five registered participants (for instance, a chair or
facilitator plus four or more presenters who present for no more than 15 minutes each).
At least 15 minutes must be left for audience interaction.
The conference committee does not organise these sessions.
Presenters need to conceive and design the session and submit a proposal through the call for
papers area on the conference website. Either a single article or multiple articles can be submitted
to the journal based on the content of a colloquium session.
Virtual Participation:
A paper submitted without the participant attending the conference in person, but eligible to be refereed and
published (if accepted) in the journal. A virtual registration allows you to join the conference community in the
following ways:
Your conference proposal will be listed in the Session Descriptions of the conference. Acceptance of a conference proposal for a virtual participant is based on the same criteria as that for an attending participant.
You can submit a paper to the The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management.
Your journal paper submission will be refereed by conference participants and you will in turn referee paper submissions of other conference participants.
If accepted, your paper will be published in the same volume as conference participants from the same year. You will also have online access to all papers published in the journal from the time of registration until one year after the conference end date.
You will receive the community newsletter.
Presentation/Paper Focus: Practice, Research, Theory
Presentations and published papers may have a theory, research or practice focus:
Practice Focus:
A presentation or publication which describes innovative or exemplary practices or
programs in the community, in workplaces, in education institutions and the like.
This may take the form of case studies, narratives, demonstrations or technical reports.
The outcomes of practice may be improved frameworks, concepts, understandings or structures,
such as enhanced capacity through the development of skills, knowledge and operational
effectiveness. This kind of work may involve putting theory and research into practice.
Research Focus:
A presentation or publication reporting upon original research, based on the
systematic collection and analysis of data or facts.
This kind of work may involve the application or testing of theory.
Theory Focus:
A presentation or publication which is broad and generalising in its emphasis,
reflecting upon and systematically referenced against one or more bodies of literature
or systems of thought. Referees for presentation proposals and of submitted papers will
base their assessment upon the kind of focus of a particular presentation or paper.