Roundtable Discussion

Roundtable Discussions are gatherings of individuals with similar interests and needs for sharing ideas and/or resources or to initiate or continue collaborative work (new or established groups are welcome). Roundtable Discussions provide opportunities for open discussion and creativity in an informal, unstructured setting. Roundtable Discussions should be facilitated by the abstract author/s.

The review criteria includes:

• The importance of the topic: Try to describe why you think your proposed topic is important.
• The interactivity of the session with the likelihood that the group will generate discussion and elicit contributions from different perspectives. Describe how you will generate engagement among the participants using your selected format.
• The likelihood that new projects, collections of ideas, collaborations or gathering of resources will result.

Fields for completion within the electronic form:
The electronic form will contain 5 areas:

Title: A title of 100 characters (including spaces) or less
Author(s)details: For all authors-title, first and last names, email address, department and institution. Indication of who will be the presenting author.
Presentation Type:  Roundtable Discussion
Topic: You will be asked to select 1 from a list of submission topics, that best describe your work.
Body: The body of the structured abstract should be limited to 300 words (submissions exceeding this word limit will not be processed) and should follow the categories, directions, and word limits detailed in the instructions based on category of abstract. Please ensure you have read and follow these instructions as they vary based on the category type of each abstract.