Description
Organizer-Refereed Panels are approved by the Program Committee for presentation at a future Annual Meeting at least 18 months before that meeting takes place. For example, a member wishing to hold an Organizer-Refereed Panel at the January 2015 meeting must submit his or her proposal in April 2013 for review by the Committee in June 2013. After approval, the Program Committee delegates all discretionary responsibility for selection of abstracts and discussants to the panel organizer(s). However, in order to ensure anonymity, all abstracts are submitted to the Executive Director's office and are then forwarded anonymously to the panel organizer(s).
Submission Requirements for a report on an Organizer-Refereed Panel already chartered for the 2014 Annual Meeting
- Please see the eligibility requirements and related policies for submitting a proposal or abstract to the Program Committee.
- Link to the submission system and select “Reports” from the menu at the top of the page with the tan background. Follow the system prompts to complete your submission. You will be required to provide:
- A title for your session
- The name, academic institution, and contact information of the organizer(s)
- The number of abstracts you received and the number you accepted for presentation (Note that the panel must be cancelled if the organizers deem fewer than 3 abstracts acceptable for presentation.)
- The name and academic institution of every reviewer of these abstracts
- The name, academic institution, and length of presentation (in minutes) for anyone giving an introduction to the session.
- The name, academic institution, paper title, and length of presentation (in minutes) for each speaker
- The name, academic institution, and length of presentation (in minutes) for any discussant or respondent
- An abstract (maximum of 650 words excluding bibliography) for every paper to be presented in your session (each to be typed or pasted into a text box).
- Speakers' audio-visual needs (if any). The Program Committee reserves the right to limit the audio/visual equipment requested.
You will also be asked to indicate whether you have submitted this proposal to the AIA.
Submission Requirements for a new Organizer-Refereed Panel
- Please see the eligibility requirements and related policies for submitting a proposal or abstract to the Program Committee.
- Link to the submission system and select “Applications” from the menu at the top of the page with the tan background. Follow the system prompts to complete your submission. You will be required to provide:
- A title for your session
- The name, academic institution, and contact information of the organizer(s)
- A 650-word Organizer's Statement (to be typed or pasted into a text box) that preserves the anonymity of the organizer(s) and provides a scholarly rationale for the panel, including some indication of the timeliness of the topic. The proposal should outline the major questions or issues that the organizer hopes to see addressed in the abstracts that are ultimately submitted.
The Program Committee will consider these proposals at its June 2013 meeting and will notify in July the organizers of the panels selected for presentation at the 2015 meeting. This notice will include a list of deadlines and procedural guidelines. It will also request a shortened version of the panel description to be used as a call for abstracts in fall 2013. [The deadline for the receipt of the text for the Call for Papers in the Executive Director's Office is September 13, 2013.]