1. Conference Proposal Workshop Michelle Pidgeon & Pierre Walter EDST October 26, 2005

2. General Guidelines Find a conference that is relevant to your area (e.g., CSSE) Know the audience of your presentation Follow the application guidelines and outline provided (word count/length matters) Read successful proposals (Peer Advisor office)

3. Proposal Guidelines Contextualize your work within the literature (e.g., what gap is your work addressing?) Outline your thoughts and arguments Theoretical framework Peer review Edit, edit, edit…

4. Types of conference presentations Single authored paper Multiple author paper Poster Roundtable Performance

5. CSSE Submission Primer Web based submission only Recommended to apply prior to NOV 1- since server gets busy by then (Oct 25 th is suggested) CSSE Submission Primer available online!

6. CSSE (http://www.csse/ca) Membership is required! In order to attend the CSSE conference, all delegates are required to pay two fees: Congress Registration Fee: $40 students, retired and unwaged delegates registering by 31 March; ($60 after this date) CSSE (Society #15) Registration Fee (including all its Associations and SIGs): $30 students, retired and unwaged CSSE members