The Idea of Education - 2008 Conference Further Details

Outline Timetable of Dates
Friday 18th January 2008	300 word abstract to be submitted
Friday 15th February 2008	Booking Form to be submitted
Monday 24th March 2008	Payment of Invoices - last possible date Hotel releases discounted rooms and rates
Friday 18th April 2008	Submission of 8 page draft paper
Thursday 8th May 2008	Conference Commences

The conference will commence at 10.00am on Thursday 8th May 2008 and finish at 17.00 on Saturday 10th May 2008. Registration will be from 09.00 on the opening day of the conference.

Important - Please Note: The ethos of the 'Idea of Education ' 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.

Papers should be of no more than 20 minutes duration (circa 8 pages). 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.

Abstracts are to be submitted by Friday 18th January 2008. These should be emailed either as an attachment or in the body of an email to all of the Organising Chairs: Tom Claes and Rob Fisher and David Preston. Attachments may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats. You will be notified within 21 days of submission as to whether your proposal has been accepted for presentation.

Both the 300 word abstract and the draft paper will be available on this web site before the conference commences. Papers will initially be available in downloadable .pdf format; if time permits, they will also be available in Word format as well.

All conference papers will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook with the Inter-Disciplinary Press.

Selected papers will go forward for inclusion in a hard copy ISBN themed volume(s) in the 'At The Interface/Probing the Boundaries' series.

The conference will be staged at the Danubius Hotel Gellert. The location of the venue can be found on the map provided in the accommodation section.

A limited number of both single and twin bedded rooms have been reserved at the hotel at a specially discounted rate. Delegates should book directly with the hotel using the special conference hotel form which we will supply to access these rates on completion of a booking form.

Please do not contact the hotel with questions about the conference. All inquiries about the content of the conference should be directed to Tom and David. All inquiries about arrangements for the conference should be directed to Rob Fisher.

The details of the registration fee are as follows;

The cost for attending the conference is £205. This includes;

conference registration fee
a copy of the eBook
an edition of the hard copy themed volume
access to the conference project initiative support materials
Thursday 3 course lunch with drinks
Thursday afternoon coffee/tea break with sweet & salted cookies
Thursday Wine Reception
Friday morning coffee break with sweet & salted cookies
Friday 3 course lunch with drinks
Friday pm coffee/tea break with sweet & salted cookies
Saturday morning coffee/tea break with sweet & salted cookies
Saturday 3 course lunch with drinks
Saturday afternoon coffee/tea break with sweet & salted cookies

All registration and accommodation costs are to be paid by Wednesday 21st March 2007.

Delegates must complete, sign and return the conference booking form by Friday 15th February 2008 at the latest. On receipt of a booking form, an invoice will be drawn up and sent to you; the invoice must be settled by Friday 24th March 2008. 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.

Alternatively, you may send payment with your signed and completed forms. This is the easiest and quickest method for ensuring a confirmed place at the conference.

There are a number of ways payment can be made.

Cheque
Payment can be made by cheque, in pounds sterling (gbp). Cheque's must be drawn against a bank with headquarters in the United Kingdom. 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.

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 and/or your institution. It is your responsibility to ensure that the invoice is paid prior to the start of the conference.

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

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