Guidelines and Proposal Forms
Participation
Anyone is welcome to submit an individual paper or full panel proposal on the Finance in question/finance in crisis conference. It is the aim of CRESC to form a balance of speakers, with both young and established scholars from all disciplines, and with a fully international representation. To avoid scheduling problems we only accept one paper per participant. As well as offering a paper you may act as a moderator for panels, and be involved in workshops or other kind of discussion panels.
Proposals for Individual Papers
Proposals for individual papers, between 15/20-minutes long, are invited for open panels in response to the Finance in Question/finance in crisis conference. The convening committee will assess all individual proposals using the abstract provided, and place the selected papers into groups of three or four, forming various open panels.
Scholars interested in submitting an individual paper should read the Call for Papers and then complete the Individual Paper Proposal Form, providing an abstract of not more than 250 words.
The deadline for submission of individual proposals is 11 December 2009.
Proposals for Panels
Completed panels, including three 15/20-minute papers are encouraged and enthusiastically received. Scholars interested in submitting a full panel should read the Call for Papers and then complete the Panel Proposal Form, and ensure that all details for each of the panel participants are included.
The deadline for submissions of panels is 11 December 2009.
What is involved in organising a completed panel?
- Invite three individuals to present a 15/20-minute paper on a related topic for your panel. Ensure that you assemble all the details of each speakers and an abstract of each paper.
- Invite, if you are not chairing the panel yourself, a moderator who introduces the speakers, keeps the time and invites questions from the audience during the discussion time.
- Ensure that the speakers and moderator invited are informed that they are required to pay a conference fee.
- Invite at least one substitute speaker in case of an unexpected withdrawal by any of your speakers at a later stage.
- Ensure that the speakers invited have not already submitted an individual paper or a paper in another panel.
- Panel organisers are welcome to propose any number of completed panels.
Equipment Requirements
All rooms will be equipped with a data projector and a laptop/PC. Any other equipment will only be provided for presentations if specially requested in advance. Please note any non-standard equipment requirements on your Proposal Form, and specify clearly if more than one of a particular item is required. Please note that all requests for non-standard equipment need to reach the Conference Administration before 28 February 2010. After this date we cannot guarantee that any equipment requested will be available.
Conference Fees
he Finance in question/finance in crisis conference is funded through self-finance. We therefore need to charge a conference fee to all participating in this conference, including speakers, chairs and panel convenors. However, conference speakers will receive a £25 discount on the conference fee. Conference fee covers the administration and production of the conference, hire of rooms & a/v equipment, catering etc. The estimated conference fees are: Full fee between £225-£300, Concessions between £150-£200 (all fees include lunch).
More Information
If you want keep updated about Finance in Question/finance in crisis Conference 2010 you may visit our regularly updated web-site http://www.cresc.ac.uk/ or contact the Conference Administration at CRESC, 178 Waterloo Place, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL. Tel: +44 (0)161-275-8985. Fax +44 (0)161-275-8986.
E-mail:
CRESC.AnnualConference@manchester.ac.uk