Submission to Investment and Citizenship: Towards a Transdisciplinary Dialogue on Child and Youth Rights is unrestricted and open to all interested parties. Unless otherwise instructed, all presenters should use the electronic submission form. If difficulties are experienced with the form, presenters should contact childsrights@brocku.ca.

The conference includes plenary sessions, organized symposium sessions, paper sessions, workshops, and poster sessions. The submission of an abstract for consideration by the conference is considered to be a commitment to attend the conference. All persons with accepted presentations must participate in the conference as scheduled. If individuals have religious or other constraints that would affect the scheduling of their contribution, these constraints must be identified by the submitting individual at the time of submission. Should an unavoidable constraint occur after the scheduling of the session, the submitting participant is responsible for arranging to have the presentation delivered by an appropriate alternate presenter.

All submissions will be subject to a blind peer review process. Each submission will be reviewed by two to three independent reviewers. The peer review process will be facilitated by the organizing committee. Individuals who are interested in being peer reviewers should contact one of the conference executive via e-mail (Tom O'Neill, Dawn Zinga, or Richard C. Mitchell). The first author of each submission will be notified of the status of his/her submission by January 31, 2006. It is the responsibility of each submitting author to notify all other authors on the submission.

TYPES OF SESSIONS

Plenary Sessions
A plenary session will be held each day. Each plenary session will feature a two keynote speakers. Plenary speakers are by invitation only.

Organized Symposia Sessions
Organized symposia sessions are those sessions that are submitted as a complete proposal by the organizing chair. Proposals for these sessions should focus on a common issue, theme, or question. There may be no more than five participants in a symposia. Individuals who are interested in submitting a symposia should submit one electronic form per participant. The symposia organizer should include an abstract of his/her talk along with an overall abstract for the symposia. All abstracts submitted as part of a symposia should include the symposia title and name of the organizer as well as the title of the individual’s talk.  Each individual should have 15-20 minutes to present his/her paper and a minimum of twenty minutes should be reserved for discussion at the end of the session. All sessions will be able to support power point presentations and other forms of electronic media. Slide presentations can be requested but are discouraged.

Paper Sessions
Paper submissions will be organized into symposiums based on identified themes. Individuals should submit their paper abstract with clearly defined themes and the organizing committee will group papers together into organized symposiums. Each individual should have 15-20 minutes to present his/her paper and a minimum of twenty minutes should be reserved for discussion at the end of the session. All sessions will be able to support power point presentations and other forms of electronic media. Slide presentations can be requested but are discouraged.

Poster Sessions
There are two 90-minute poster sessions scheduled during the conference. Poster submissions in all areas are encouraged. The posters will be thematically organized by the organizing committee based on identified themes. Individuals should submit their poster abstract with clearly defined themes. Each presenter should be prepared to discuss his/her research and be present at his/her poster during the session.  Handouts are recommended. Detailed instructions regarding the poster preparation will be provided. No electronic media is available for the poster sessions.

Workshop Sessions
Workshop sessions are 90 minute to 120 minute sessions organized by an individual or a group to teach direct skills including but not limited to the application of theory or specific techniques. All sessions will be able to support power point presentations and other forms of electronic media. Slide presentations can be requested but are discouraged.