March 19th - 21st, 2009
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.

Celebrating 50 years, 3/19-3/21, 2009. Man Standing near mountains

Call for Submissions

Deadline for submission: November 3, 2008 -- EXTENDED until November 10, 2008, 5 PM Eastern U.S. Time

For more than 50 years the Title VI programs have served our national interests in foreign language and international education. We now issue this open call submissions for the Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference for individual, panel, or interactive presentations that reflect the following conference goals:

  • 1. To highlight the significant impacts of Title VI programs in the United States over the past 50 years;
  • 2. To demonstrate the pressing need for Title VI programs in light of current and future needs; and,
  • 3. To address future directions of Title VI programs.

Submissions for the conference should be proposed for one of the eight thematic tracks. Please select the thematic track that matches your proposal from http://titlevi50th.msu.edu/thematic-tracks/. We are particularly interested in receiving submissions that address one or more of the following cross-cutting threads: issues of diversity, innovative approaches, leveraging of funding, and uses of technology.

Submission Information

1. General Submission Process

All proposed group panel presentation, individual presentation, and interactive presentation abstracts will be submitted via the Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference Submission System. The submission system will be open from September 16, 2008 to November 3, 2008 -- EXTENDED until November 10, 2008, 5 PM Eastern U.S. Time. We suggest submitting your abstract as soon as possible to avoid connectivity problems as the submission system could be extremely busy towards the deadline.

All submissions will be subject to a review process and will be evaluated using the following criteria: fit with conference goals, alignment with one of the conference thematic tracks, interest to stakeholders in the international education community.

Note that individuals may present only once during the conference.

2. Selection of Thematic Track and Presentation Format

You will be asked to select the appropriate presentation type for your submission: Group Panel Presentation, Individual Presentation, or Interactive Presentation.

Group panel presentation - Panels are complete sessions of four presentations organized as a single submission by the panel chair around a common theme. Panels may have a variety of formats including: roundtables, traditional presentations of papers, and innovative presentations utilizing software or film.

Individual presentation - Individual submissions will be assigned to a panel of four presentations around a common theme.

Interactive presentation - Interactive sessions are primarily designed for the exhibition of best practices, including posters, product demonstrations, curricular materials, and outreach activities.

You will then be asked to choose the most appropriate thematic track for your submission (listed below). Please refer to http://titlevi50th.msu.edu/thematic-tracks/ for descriptions of each thematic track.

  • A. Title VI and National and Global Security
  • B. Language Competence: Performance, Proficiency and Certification
  • C. Area Studies and the Disciplines
    • D. Crossing Boundaries
  • E. Global Competitiveness
  • F. Internationalizing Higher Education
  • G. Benchmarking and Assessment
  • H. Future Directions for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs

For reviewing purposes, you will finally be asked to select the world area that best describes your submission. If your submission is not specific to a region, please select "Non-Region Specific."

Africa
East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Inner Asia
Pacific Islands
Canada
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Russia
International (more than one region)
Non-Region Specific
Other (specify)

3. Specific Instructions for Submissions

To submit an abstract, please visit http://titlevi50th.abstractcentral.com and create an account. Once an account is created, you will be able to submit an abstract. Each submission must indicate the presentation format (group panel presentation, individual presentation or interactive presentation) and thematic track. All submissions must be made on or before November 3, 2008 -- EXTENDED until November 10, 2008, 5 PM Eastern U.S. Time

Group panel presentation:

Proposed group panel presentations must be submitted by the panel chair and include the following:

  • » A brief summary statement (150 words) of the issues to be addressed by the panel that includes a description of the panel format (e.g., roundtable, paper presentations).
  • » An abstract of 250 words or less for each panelist's role/contribution.

Individual presentations:

Proposed individual presentations must be submitted by the presenting author and will require a 250 word or less abstract.

Interactive presentations:

Proposed interactive presentations must be submitted by the presenting author and will require a 250 word or less abstract that includes a description of the preferred presentation format (e.g. poster, video, computer).

4. Following your Submission

After you submit your abstract to the system you will be sent an e-mail confirmation message to acknowledge receipt of your submission. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 24 hours of submitting your abstract, please send an e-mail to the conference coordinators at: titlevi50th@msu.edu for assistance.

If you need additional information or have further questions, please contact the conference organizers at: titlevi50th@msu.edu.

Once you are ready to submit, please visit http://titlevi50th.abstractcentral.com/.



Call for Reviewers

We are asking you to contribute to the success of the Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference by serving as a reviewer. The conference will be held in Washington, D.C. from March 19-21, 2009. If you agree, please expect to receive no more than ten 250 word abstracts for review by November 14, 2008 and to score them by November 25, 2008.

As with the submission of abstracts, signing up to serve as a reviewer will be managed on the web. Serving as a reviewer is a very important and critical role to play and we invite you to actively participate in this Title VI celebratory conference. We are hopeful and certain you will, and we invite your colleagues to join. Also, please circulate this message to whomever you think would be able and willing to contribute in this crucial role for the conference.

To signup as a reviewer, please visit http://titlevi50th.abstractcentral.com/ and create an account. Select the reviewer role and please remember that you will have to choose a thematic track and world area in which you would like to review abstracts.