Online proposal submission

31st Annual Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice

(Re)Negotiating Nostalgia: Building Curriculum Communities Without Consensus

Deadline: August 1, 2010

The following guide provides step-by-step instructions for submitting your paper or panel proposal through Open Conference Systems.

Getting Started

NOTE: The information you submit for each author’s affiliation and biographical statement as well as the presentation’s abstract will be made public in the online archive of the conference site. Please be attentive to entering all requested information for each participant in panel sessions. Failure to do so may result in your paper being rejected as an incomplete submission.

Step 1. Logging In

New Users: If you have not previously registered as an author, you need to create a new account.
Returning Users: If you have, you can login to your existing account.

Step 2. Account Setup

New Users: During account setup, on the Account Profile page near the bottom of the form, be sure to check the box for Author in order to enable the ability for you to upload proposals. If you would also like to volunteer for peer review, check the Review box as well. Someone will follow-up with you later.
Returning Users: After logging in, on the “User Home” page, check to see you have an “Author” link below the current conference. If you do not see an Author link, click on the “Edit My Profile” link underneath My Account and enable the role, “Author,” by checking the appropriate box near the bottom of the form. If you would also like to volunteer for peer review, check the Review box as well. Someone will follow-up with you later.

Step 3. Submit Proposal

All Users: From the “User Home” page, click on the “Author” link below the current conference.
Click on “Step One of the Submission Process” and follow the instructions to complete your submission.
SINGLE PRESENTATION SUBMISSION
- Before moving to “Step 2 of the Submission Process”, please prepare the following:
  1. author name
  2. affiliation
  3. email address
  4. biographical statement
  5. presentation title
  6. program description (75 words or less, suitable for inclusion in the conference program)
  7. abstract (2-3 paragraphs)
  8. brief reference list
- In Step 2 of the Submission process, in the Author section, be sure to include items 1-4.
- In the second section, include the presentation title where indicated.
- In the Abstract area, include items 6-8.
PANEL PRESENTATION SUBMISSION
- Before moving to “Step 2 of the Submission Process”, please collect the following information about each panel participant:
  1. author name
  2. affiliation
  3. email address
  4. biographical statement
  5. panel presentation title
  6. brief overall panel description (75 words or less, suitable for inclusion in the conference program)
  7. abstract with a summary statement describing the panel overall
  8. each participant’s paper title
  9. 1 paragraph describing each participant’s paper
  10. brief reference list
- In Step 2 of the Submission process, in the Author section, be sure to include items 1-4 for each panel participant.
  - Click the ‘ADD AUTHOR’ button for each additional participant. Be sure to indicate who is the primary contact for the panel.
  - NOTE: Panel participants will appear in the program in the order they are entered in this section.
- In the second section, include the panel title where indicated.
- In the Abstract area, include items 6-10.
There are no additional guidelines or requirements for abstracts/proposals. You are welcome to upload files containing supplemental information through the system, but these are not required for submission.
Complete the submission process by following the instructions on the screen.

Step 4. Don’t Forget to Register for the Conference

All authors and reviews must also register for the conference itself.
If you have not already done so, register for the conference here.