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7-9 июня 2001 года в Хельсинки (Финляндия) состоится Европейская демографическая конференция, организуемая Европейской Ассоциацией демографических исследований.
EAPS POPULATION CONFERENCE 2001
HELSINKI (FINLAND) 7-9 JUNE 2001
call for suggestions
This international conference is organized by the European Association of Population Studies (EAPS) in collaboration with the Family Federation of Finland (Vaestoliitto) and the Finnish Demographic Society. The conference aims at providing insights into the variations in European population trends and patterns, the various contexts which do shape this variety, and its consequences. A full range of population issues will be covered by this general conference, and although its main focus is on European population, the conference will also address global population issues.
In drafting the scientific programme, the Council of EAPS likes to benefit from suggestions by the members in order to cater to the needs and interests of the membership to the fullest extent possible.
Suggestions are cordially invited on:
topics for a limited number of Plenaries, especially in the field of family and fertility;
topics for Simultaneous Sessions and potential authors;
potential Organizers;
any other business.
Brief texts (half page) indicating substance and relevance to the subject matter would facilitate the preparatory work and should be available by March 2000 at the latest.
Direct your suggestions to:
EAPS
P.O. Box 11676
2502 AR, The Hague
Netherlands
eaps@nidi.nl
EAPS Population Conference 2001 (EPC2001)
Procedure for Abstracts
Presentations at EPC2001 will be based on Abstracts; full papers are optional!
To join EPC 2001, all participants are required to provide an ABSTRACT of their proposed presentation. Note that there will be TWO types of Abstracts: a Provisional Abstract (to be used for organizational purposes, notably to plan the Sessions of the Conference) and a Final Abstract (to be printed in the Book of Abstracts) and for conference website).
The following rules apply:
- Abstracts should be in English
, since this will be the working language of the conference.- Abstracts should reflect the essentials of the proposed contribution
.Provisional Abstracts may indicate the type of contribution; Final Abstracts should clearly describe its contacts.
- A: Provisional Abstracts
should include:
- Conference Theme for which the presentation is proposed
- (Provisional) title of the presentation.
- Name and affiliation of the author(s), with full address, phone/fax/email.
- Research issue to be addressed
- Methodology and data to be used
- Indication of envisaged outcomes.
B: Final Abstracts (cf. attached format) should include:
- Session in which presentation is scheduled
- Title of the presentation
- Name and affiliation of the author(s), with full address, phone/fax/email.
- Background and Purpose of the research.
- Data and methods which were used
- Main results
- Conclusions
- 1. Provisional Abstracts
may be longer than Final Abstracts (authors may also send in full papers if they so wish).
2. Final Abstracts should be approximately 600 words in length (one page A4) and should be forwarded both on paper (one-sided, double line spacing) and in electronic format by email or on 3.5 ", 1.44 Mb DOS formatted disc. Acceptable are textiles in Word (6.0 or higher), Word Perfect (5.x or 6.x) or ASCII.In case of acceptance of the provisional Abstract by the organizers, authors will be required to forward a Final Abstract, to be included in the Book of Abstracts, by .......... at the latest. Final Abstracts, which are received after this date, will not be included in the Book of Abstracts.
- Deadlines
1 November 2000 - Provisional Abstracts to National Organizing Committee, with a copy to the convenor.
January 2001 - Convenor informs author about acceptance of Provisional Abstract, the session in which it is placed are this also the type of presentation (or oral or poster)
Authors are the required to prepare a Final Abstract.1 May 2001 - Deadline for Final Abstracts, to be published in Book of Abstracts and/or Conference Website
7-9 June 2001 - Conference.
EAPS Population Conference 2001 (EPC2001)
Rules of Play for Convenors
- Convenors are asked to develop the Theme, which is allotted to them into sets of Simultaneous Sessions. Since the Themes are rather broadly defined, Convenors should try to develop Sessions, which are more, focused. Their main function therefore is to help structure the conference, which- in an open and largely bottom-up approach- will grow out of the contributions of its participants.
- Convenors will work on the basis of Abstracts, which are requested from the participants. Using these Abstracts they will determine the number, scope and substance of Sessions. Sessions will last 90 minutes, allowing the presentation of some 4-5 Abstracts of 10-15 minutes each, also depending on the supply of Abstracts. If the supply is abundant, Convenors may suggest to the NOC to add Sessions to the programme!
- It is important to NOTE that there will be TWO types of Abstracts at EPC2001. A Provisional Abstract will be invited with the First Information Bulletin. This Abstract will be sent to the Finnish Organizers, with a copy to the Convenor. This Provisional Abstract will indicate the topic and substance of the proposed presentation at EPC2001. At a later stage a Final Abstract will be requested (see below).
- Convenors should review the Abstract to decide whether a) the topic fits their Theme, and b) whether its approach is scientific. NOTE that Convenors are not required to judge the scientific quality of the proposal, as this will usually be difficult with Provisional Abstracts, which may only indicate "work in progress". EAPS would like to stress that the test of quality will be made at the conference by the participants: bad presentations will receive negative comments (so presentations are at the author's own risk!).
- If these general "criteria" are met, the Provisional Abstract should be accepted for presentation at the conference and included in the Session proposal, which needs to be drafted by the Convenor. Also, authors should be informed about acceptance by the Convenor, at which occasion the Convenor may of course make suggestions to the author regarding substance. Convenors should inform EAPS about their decisions in this respect.
- Note that acceptance of an Abstract implies that the author will be allowed to present it at the conference. There are TWO ways of presentation: orally, at a Simultaneous Session, or visually at a Poster Session. NOTE that either presentation will and should be treated at an equal footing.
- Convenors should decide which type of presentation is most appropriate. Coherence of Simultaneous Sessions may be the best criteria for this. Abstracts, which are more or less "out of focus" of the planned Simultaneous Sessions, could qualify for the Poster Session, irrespective of their quality, or to the Open Forum. NOTE that authors may also request to be included in the Poster Session themselves.
- Since the Poster Session is rather novel to EAPS (although it was experimented with at EPC99), the Council will closely monitor that it will be treated at an equal footing with other Sessions, and asks from the Convenors to help make this new approach a success. NOTE that Convenors should inform the author in which Session the Abstract may be presented, once they have made a final selection of Sessions. Copies of these letters should be sent to EAPS.
- Upon acceptance of the Provisional Abstract and the allocation of this Abstract to a particular Session, authors will be required to prepare a Final Abstract, following specific Guidelines (see Annex for draft). This Final Abstract will be printed in the Book of Abstracts, to be distributed upon registration at the conference site to all participants. Possibilities to publish these Abstracts on the special Conference Website are being investigated; the latter would allow participants to have prior knowledge of the conference materials, before coming to Helsinki. Note that if the deadline for the Final Abstract is missed, this will not be printed in the Book of Abstracts. Also NOTE that if this deadline for Final Abstracts is missed, Session Organizers may still allow presentation in their Session.
- Once the number, scope and contents of the Sessions have been determined, the main responsibility for the organization of the Sessions will be with the Session Organizer. All authors should, from then on, communicate with their Session Organizer, who will keep the National Organizing Committee informed about progress. At the conference the Session Organizer will act as chair of the Session, briefly introduce its topic and (using a discussant or not) guide the discussion from the floor. NOTE that if a discussant is involved to boost the discussion, he/she should NOT summarise the presentations. It is essential that authors will be given the fullest opportunity as possible to present their materials themselves! Convenors are invited to organize one or more sessions themselves, if they so wish, and/or to suggest candidates for this important post.
The 10 Rules of Play are meant to harmonise the organization of our conference and to make life a bit easier for the Convenors. Needless to say that a sound degree of flexibility will be crucial to the success of the conference!
Источник: NIDI, Nico van Nimwegen