Details

1st Global Conference

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Sunday 18th March – Tuesday 20th March 2012
Prague, Czech Republic


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Outline Timetable of Dates
Friday 30th September 2011 300 word abstract to be submitted
Friday 21st October 2011 Latest notification of Acceptance
Friday 2nd December 2011 Booking Form to be submitted
Friday 13th January 2012 Payment of Invoices – last possible date Hotel releases discounted rooms and rates
Friday 27th January 2012 Submission of 3000 word draft paper
Sunday 18th March 2012 Conference Commences


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The conference will commence at 13.30 on Sunday 18th March 2012 and finish at 18.00 on Tuesday 20th March 2012. Registration will be from 12.30 on the opening day of the conference.

Important – Please Note: The ethos of the Sins, Vices and Virtues project emphasises dialogue with the issues raised by the conference as a whole and engagement with the people attending the conference. These two elements are essential to the inter- and multi-disciplinary nature of the event. Over the past few years the success of our projects has rested on the continual interaction between delegates for the duration of the conference and beyond. The Steering Group feel it is essential that delegates should be present for the duration of the conference so as to facilitate the exchange of perspectives for which the conference strives, and which any publication should clearly demonstrate. Failure to attend for the duration of the meeting will automatically exclude eligibility for inclusion in any of the project publications.

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Papers should be of no more than 20 minutes duration. Responses to Papers should be of no more than 10 minutes duration. Work-in-Progress presentations should be of no more than 15 minutes duration. The time allotted to workshops will be considered on an individual basis. Other forms of presentation will be considered on request.

Please note: Power point presentations are neither encouraged nor desired. Power point has been banned from all the projects we organise. You are advised to take note of this as you prepare your submission. Presenters are also strongly encouraged not to read their papers verbatim: draft papers will be available on the web site prior to the conference beginning. We hope that presenters will instead speak to the significant points raised in their papers.

300 abstracts are to be submitted by Friday 30th September 2011. These should be emailed either as an attachment or in the body of an email to the Organising Chairs: Kasia Bronk (Project Leader) and Rob Fisher. Attachments may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats. Papers will be minimally double blind peer reviewed (where appropriate); in practice our procedures usually entail that by the time an abstract is accepted, it will have been triple and quadruple blind peer reviewed.

Both the 300 word abstract and the draft paper will be available on this web site before the conference commences. Papers will be available in downloadable .pdf format.

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All conference papers will be eligible (subject to conditions) for publication in an ISBN eBook with the Inter-Disciplinary Press.

Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into 20-25 page chapters for publication in a themed ISBN hard copy volume. Our standard model is for such volumes to be strongly dialogical, with chapters showing awareness of and interacting with each other. The decision whether to proceed to hard copy publication will be taken by the Organising Chairs and Steering Group within three weeks of the conference close. All conference abstracts will be published in the annual Book of Abstracts.

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The conference venue is the Michna Palace, Ujezd, Prague, Czech Republic. The Palace was built in 1640 and is situated in Mala Strana, below the Castle.

Discounted rates have been negotiated at a selection of 3, 4 and 5 star hotels in close proximity to the conference venue. Delegates should book directly with the hotel using the special conference code which we will supply on submission of booking form to access these rates.

Delegates are, of course, free to find alternative accommodation.

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The cost for attending the conference is £275 /€385. This includes:

  • conference registration fee
  • a copy of the eBook
  • discounted rate for an edition of the hard copy themed volume or volumes (should one emerge)
  • discounted rate for any Inter-Disciplinary Press or Fisher Imprints publications
  • access to the email discussion group and conference project initiative support materials
  • Sunday coffee on registration
  • Sunday afternoon tea and biscuits
  • Sunday evening wine reception
  • Monday morning coffee and biscuits
  • Monday buffet lunch
  • Monday afternoon tea and biscuits
  • 2 drinks int he conference room
  • Tuesday morning coffee and biscuits
  • Tuesday buffet lunch
  • Tuesday afternoon tea and biscuits
  • 2 drinks in the conference room

All registration costs are to be paid by Friday 13th January 2012.

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Delegates must complete the online booking form by Friday 2nd December 2011 at the latest. After the deadline has expired, an invoice will be drawn up and sent to you; the invoice will contain all the necessary information for you to pay by bank transfer, cheque, Paypal or credit card. The invoice must be settled by Friday 13th January 2012.  It is the responsibility of delegates to ensure that payment is made by this date. Failure to receive payment will result in your booking being cancelled.

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There are a number of ways payment can be made:Cheque
Payment can be made by cheque, in pounds sterling (gbp) or in Euro. The Euro rate will be fixed at the bank buy-back rate current at the point of issuing the invoice. However,  Inter-Disciplinary.Net do retain the right to amend Euro prices should there be ’significant’ movement in exchange rates. Cheque’s in pound sterling must be drawn against a bank with headquarters in the United Kingdom; cheque’s may also be in Euro currency. Cheque’s should be made payable to ‘Inter-Disciplinary.Net’ and sent, with the booking form, to:

Dr Rob Fisher
Inter-Disciplinary.Net
Priory House
149b Wroslyn Road
Freeland
Oxfordshire. OX29 8HR
United Kingdom

We cannot and will not accept cheques made payable in currencies other than GBP Sterling or Euros.

Bank Transfer
Payment may be made using bank transfer. Full details to enable a bank transfer are made available on your conference invoice. If paying by this method, you must agree to pay all charges at the sending and receiving banks.

By Invoice
You may request that an invoice be sent to you which you may forward to your institution. It is your responsibility to ensure that the invoice is paid before the payment deadline.

Credit Card
Payment may also be made using credit card. Please note: a 3.5% charge applies to all items and services paid for in this way: this is the amount we are charged by the credit card company.

Paypal
Payment may also be made using Paypal. Please note: a 4% charge applies to all items and services paid for in this way: this is the amount we are charged by Paypal.

All fees are payable in advance. No delegate will be permitted entry to the conference if an invoice is still unpaid.

Payment can be made by cheque, in pounds sterling (gbp) or in Euro. The Euro rate will be fixed at the bank buy-back rate current at the point of issuing the invoice. Cheques in pounds sterling must be drawn against a bank with headquarters in the United Kingdom; cheques may also be in Euro currency. Cheques should be made payable to ‘Inter-Disciplinary.Net’ and sent, with a copy of the invoice, to:

Dr Rob Fisher

Inter-Disciplinary.Net

Priory House

149b Wroslyn Road

Freeland

Oxfordshire. OX29 8HR

United Kingdom

We cannot and will not accept cheques made payable in currencies other than GBP Sterling or Euros.

Bank Transfer

Payment may be made using bank transfer. Full details to enable a bank transfer are made available on your conference invoice. If paying by this method, you must agree to pay all charges at the sending and receiving banks.

By Invoice

You may request that an invoice be sent to you which you may forward to your institution. It is your responsibility to ensure that the invoice is paid before the payment deadline.

Credit Card

Payment may also be made using credit card. Please note: a 3.5% charge applies to all items and services paid for in this way: this is the amount we are charged by the credit card company.

Paypal

Payment may also be made using Paypal. Please note: a 4% charge applies to all items and services paid for in this way: this is the amount we are charged by Paypal.

All fees are payable in advance. No delegate will be permitted entry to the conference if an invoice is still unpaid.

Contact Info
Priory House
149B Wroslyn Road
Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1993 882087
Fax: +44 (0)870 4601132
E-mail: office@inter-disciplinary.net

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