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Oral Paper Presentation

The oral paper presentation may be authored by an individual or by a group. The abstract should be in line with the main theme of the conference and linked to the conference's sub-themes. The oral presentations will be grouped in parallel sessions based on the sub-themes. The abstract submitted should be 250 words or less.

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Poster Presentation

The poster presentation may be created by an individual or by a group and is to be displayed on a portable wall. At times, the author(s) of the poster will accompany it, to answer questions that people have. To apply for a poster presentation, the author(s) must submit an abstract of a maximum of 250 words. More information about the abstract is provided below.

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Guidelines

The following guidelines for the presentation and/or poster presentations are advisory.

If your abstract is for a presentation based on one or more empirical research projects, it could include the following:

Background and purpose: description of the problem, study objectives, research question(s) and/or hypotheses.
Methods: study design, including a description of participants and selection strategies, data collection procedures, measures, and approaches to analysis.
Findings: specific results in summary form.
Conclusions and implications: description of the main outcome(s) of the study and implications for practice, policy or further research.

If your abstract is for a presentation which is not based on primary empirical research, it could include the following:

Background and purpose of the presentation.
A summary of the main points of the presentation.
How the presentation will address one or more of the conference's aims and themes.
Conclusions from and implications of your presentation for practice, policy or further research.
Please indicate if this is an oral or poster presentation

All abstracts should be submitted in English, be no more than 250 words in length and they should have a clear connection to the overarching theme of the Conference.

All abstracts will be peer reviewed, based on originality, significance, quality and clarity.

All contributions should be original.

The closing date for submissions is 17:00 on Friday 29 April 2022.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by Friday 6 May 2022.

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