VALA2020 Call for Abstracts

VALA2020 CALL FOR LATE BREAKING CONTENT

The Call for Abstracts Portal for Late Breaking Content is NOW CLOSED.

• Concurrent Sessions*
• Eposters
• Critical Conversations
• Speakers’ Corner

Abstracts will be accepted up to and including Monday 11 November, for consideration by the Program Committee. All authors will be advised of the outcome of their submission on Tuesday 19 November.

*Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Sessions offer the opportunity for authors to prepare a full paper, which will undergo review by members of the VALA2020 Organising Committee. Papers will be reviewed for relevance to VALA2020’s Core Concepts, alignment with VALA’s vision and values and to ensure that they reflect academic publishing standards.

Papers that meet VALA’s requirements may be awarded the Peer Review logo; where this is not achieved, authors will retain their place as presenters on the VALA2020 Program, but without the peer review logo. In this case, authors may be asked to provide a copy of their presentation for review prior to conference.

KEY DATES

2019

2020

In submitting an abstract you indicate your intention to register for the Conference. All abstracts accepted to the program, in any format, will have access to 1 full conference registration at Speaker Rate.

Please read on for other important information relevant to this abstract submission process. Note that the Key Dates for Late Breaking Content (above) replace those contained in the earlier Call for Abstracts process.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSED

VALA2020 Call for Abstracts Closed 9.00am Tuesday 7 May 2019.

FINAL EXTENSION – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS PORTAL MUST CLOSE 9.00AM TUESDAY 7 MAY 2019.

The Call for Abstracts is now open for the 20th Biennial Conference, VALA2020 – Focus on the Future.

VALA welcomes the online submission of abstracts for consideration by the Program Committee; abstracts will be accepted up to and including Tuesday 7 May 2019.  (NB. Date extended from 30 April 2019.)

KEY DATES

ABSTRACT ACCEPTANCE

Acceptance or otherwise is at the discretion of the Program Committee. Notification will be sent to the contact author by 11 June 2019.

Please note that in submitting an abstract you indicate your intention to register for the Conference. (NOTE: All abstracts accepted to the program, in any format, will have access to 1 full conference registration at Speaker Rate.)

CORE CONCEPTS

VALA2020 has a focus on the future of technology in the information community. Abstracts with a strong technology, R&D or future focus will be favourably considered. Nine Core Concepts further inform the program – read about them HERE.

PRESENTATION FORMATS

VALA2020 offers opportunities for both traditional and innovative approaches to the development and delivery of conference content. Original research, case studies, literature review, emerging projects and “what went wrong” presentations are equally welcome.

New formats are on offer at VALA2020 and authors are invited to indicate their preferred presentation format when submitting an abstract, as follows:

1. Concurrent Session Presentation
2. Critical Conversation, café style (NEW to VALA2020)
3. E-Poster and informal presentation
4. Speaker’s Corner (NEW to VALA2020)
5. Vendor Session Presentation (NEW to VALA2020)

All sessions will be of 30 minutes duration.

Find the Presentation Format right for you HERE.

SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT

For detailed instructions on the preparation of your abstract please read the Abstract Preparation page.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Authors and co-presenters will be able to register their full or day conference attendance via the Registration Portal from 2 September 2019. One (1) Speaker rate registration is available per abstract accepted for presentation at VALA2020.

The invitation to submit an abstract does not constitute an offer to pay travel, accommodation or registration costs associated with the Conference. Similarly, no presenter fee is paid to successful participants.

All presenters must register and pay for the Conference by 29 November 2019 in order for the presentation to be included in the Conference Program.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• All abstracts must be prepared according to the guidelines provided.
• Incomplete or incorrect abstracts will be returned to the author and must be re-submitted immediately in the correct format to be considered for inclusion in the program.
• All fields on the online abstract submission form must be completed.

You will be able to access your Abstract Presentation Portal account to review your abstract until 7 May 2019. Abstracts must be submitted by the presenting author who should complete all fields on the online submission form.

Submission of your abstract/s implies you have read, understood and comply with the Terms and Conditions as outlined in the Abstract Presentation Portal.

CONFIRMING YOUR SUBMISSIONS

You are required to double check your abstract has uploaded correctly during the upload process. If you have any concerns, please contact the Conference Office via T +61 3 9907 8634 or E sophie@wsm.com.au

FURTHER ENQUIRIES

For any enquiries regarding abstract submission please contact the Conference Office:

VALA2020 Conference Office

Sophie Warner
Program Coordinator

119 Buckhurst Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205
D +61 3 9907 8634
T +61 3 9645 6311
E sophie@wsm.com.au
www.waldronsmith.com.au