Key Dates and Deadlines

• Online Submission Begins: Mid September, 2007
• Deadline for Conference Proposal Submissions: November 15, 2007, 11:59 p.m. EST
• Deadline for Notification of Acceptance or Rejection of Proposals: Jan 15, 2008
• Online Conference Registration begins: Mid February 2008.
  

Rules for Submission

• Any student faculty graduate student or or active developmental researcher in any area of human development may submit a proposal for presentation at the conference.
• No individual may submit or be the presenting author on more that TWO program submissions. The purpose of this rule is primarily to help with program scheduling and to diversify the program. This limitation must be
  observed at the time of submission. It is the responsibility of the individual submitting the
  session to ensure that all individuals listed have not agreed to be a presenter in more than two
  proposed sessions. Being a presenter refers, for this purpose, to: First author presentation of a paper in a Poster Session, First author presentation of a paper in a Symposium/forum,or Participation as a Symposia chair, discussant or moderator
• Your submission to the program indicates your agreement to attend the conference and, where possible, stay at the conference hotel. Individuals are expected to participate at the time scheduled by the Program Committee. The Program Committee will try to consider special requests for when proposals are scheduled but may not be able to accommodate all of them. Please note, there can be NO SUBSTITUTIONS of presenters or papers after the submission deadline.
• Except by special invitation from the Program Committee, previously published works (e.g., journal articles, book chapters, books) or presented at another conference available to the primary target audience (with the exception of student conferences), are not eligible for presentation.
• Submissions that exceed the word limits listed below (see Proposal Format Requirements) will NOT BE REVIEWED.
• Papers submitted for presentation at a poster session will be blind reviewed. Submitting authors must be careful in preparing their submissions to omit any individually identifying information including names or references that specifically identify the author.
• Submitting authors must specified their preferred presentation format (Paper or Poster Session) when making their submission, however, the program committee may change the preferred assignment to best accommodate session and conference scheduling. The submitting author consents to any required presentation format change.

Requirements for Submission

The requirements for submission differ only slightly across session format types. The submission requirements must be carefully followed in order to be assured consideration by the Program Committee.

Symposia Sessions

• 200 word maximum plain text general abstract of the entire proposed session
• 1500 word maximum (excluding references) summary of the entire session including summaries of each of the presentations in the symposia. This summary document must be saved electronically as a Public Document File (pdf) for uploading to the online submission system.
• Symposia sessions must have a chairperson who submits the required materials and who is responsible for preparing the abstract and the general summary.
• A symposia may include a discussant but it 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.
• For submission, the chairperson must have the names, institutional affiliations and email addresses for members of the panel including the discussant (if any).
• Only the symposia chairperson submits materials for the proposed session. The chairperson will serve as the primary contact person and notification of acceptance / rejection will be sent to the chairperson and the panel members.
• The session chair person must make certain that all members of the panel have agreed to participate and that their participation in the symposia does not allow them to exceed the two submission per person limit.

Paper / Poster Sessions

• 100 word maximum plain text abstract of the proposed presentation
• 800 word maximum (excluding references) summary of the presentation. Up to two tables or figures may be included in the document. This summary document must be saved electronically as a Public Document File (pdf) for uploading to the online submission system.
• For submission, the chairperson must have the names, institutional affiliations and email addresses for authors on the presentation
• Only the presenting author submits materials for the proposed presentation. The presenting author will serve as the primary contact person and notification of acceptance / rejection will be sent to the chairperson and the panel members.
• The submitting author must make certain that all authors of the work have agreed to the inclusion of their name on the work and the the submission does not extent them beyond the two presentation limit. There is no limit to the number of submissions an individual may appear as co-author on as long as they are they are not the presenting author on any more than two submissions.

Online Submission

Please be certain you have carefully followed all rules and guidelines above before submitting your materials for review. Be sure you have all author contact information available, including accurate email addresses, at the time of submission. Once your work is submitted, it may not be revised. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT THE SAME PROPOSAL MORE THAN ONCE. Carefully proofread your abstract after typing it in to the appropriate online form as it will be available to all conference participants exactly as you typed it. The proposed summary document MUST be saved as a pdf type file. Several shareware and freeware pdf creator programs are available for Windows computers. Macintosh computers include a built-in pdf file creator. The submitted summary file format must be pdf when you submit it to our system. Other file formats (e.g., Microsoft Word documents) will be rejected and discarded by system. Please remember that submitting a proposal indicates your agreement to present it at the conference if it is accepted.

All Deadlines have past. You can no longer submit a proposal