Proposal Guidelines - Congress Formats
 
The congress offers 6 different formats, proposals can be made for either of these formats: Proposals will be selected according to specific criteria as outlined in
the Abstract Forms.

For an overview please got to Selection Criteria.

All details on the submission of your contribution are available under Call for proposals.

Please note, that the same person/group of presenters can submit only one proposal for either Congress Paper or Workshop Session or Discussion Session. However, in addition to those formats, the same person/group of presenters may submit as well proposals for Poster Session, Communities of Interest, Pre- and Post-Congress Workshops.
 
Poster Session
Posters should be related to the overall congress topic, yet not necessarily to the specific tracks. Posters are a visual documentation which might present projects as well as findings in research or practical work. Posters with a commercial focus are equally welcome. Specially, we would like to invite the project groups founded at the SIETAR Budapest congress 2003 to present progress and outcomes of their project work in the poster session. The production of the visual material is the responsibility of the presenter.

Format and space for each poster consists of one pin board (size: 100 cm x 140 cm).

Request for poster space, i.e. pin boards should be addressed to the Congress Office by 1 February 2004. The number of posters to be admitted is limited due to space limitations.
 
Communities of Interest
A COI is a self-organized and self-facilitated open forum format which connects people with interdependent knowledge (or the intention to create that knowledge) in a specific domain or practice area of intercultural work. We have introduced a Community of Interest (COI) format into the congress to promote dialogue and active exchange. For specific time slots see the schedule overview.

The topics for Communities of Interest should be related to the overall congress topic, yet not necessarily to specific tracks. COIs might deal with projects as well as findings in research or practical work.

COIs can be created on the initiative of congress participants around a self-selected topic or domain. The Organizing Committee’s commitment to the communities is to provide web space (before, during and after congress) and work space at the congress. In addition it will provide guidelines for good practices for building, growing and sustaining COI. These guidelines will be published on the congress web site. There will also be an introductory session about COI at the beginning of the congress.

The formal process of suggesting topics and finding likeminded colleagues can be started December 2003, when an interactive web space will be available. It is suggested to do informal networking for topic definition among interested colleagues earlier. Ad hoc COIs also can be created during the congress through announcement boards. As long as space is available, community members can decide the duration of the COI during the congress (from a few hours to two days) and extend beyond the congress.

The topics of the COI will not be passed through the proposal committee, but the Organising Committee reserves itself the right to observe that the intention of this format is being kept.
 
Selection Criteria for Proposals
These Selection Criteria for Proposals are relevant for Papers sessions, Workshops Sessions, Discussion Sessions.

The criteria will be applied by the Proposal Committee to select proposals in order to ensure, that proposals are suited to the congress regarding topic, methodology and professionalism. The committee consists of 10 members, who have been nominated by the responsible organisations for the congress (SIETAR Deutschland and SIETAR Europa, Humboldt University at Berlin).

Selection criteria:
  1. The proposal has clear and realistic objectives
  2. The proposal relates well to the congress theme
  3. The Proposal extends knowledge and competence in the field beyond known approaches, theories and models
  4. The proposal clearly describes, which didactical approach will be used, especially how participants will be stimulated to learn and participate
  5. The proposal clearly states, the amount of presentation, activity, discussion, group work to be used in the session.
  6. The proposal clearly states, what the presenter wants to learn and clarify for her-/himself with regard to the topic.
  7. The target audience is explicitly stated and plausible with regard to the topic: Social group(s) to which the proposal is addressed, e.g. researchers, business, social services, development agencies.
  8. The level of the proposal is explicitly stated and plausible with regard to the topic:
    1. Experimental: the proposal is still in a preliminary stage of thinking and elaboration, but the basic ideas are already laid out and ready for exploration
    2. In Process: The proposal has already clear foundations and/or has been tried out already
    3. Consolidated: The proposal is well elaborated, has been used considerably and is already accepted in the field (e.g. by researchers, clients, customers etc.)