call for abstracts

OPEN

20 October 2021

CLOSE

21 November 2021

REVIEW

22 November 2021

NOTIFICATION

23 December 2021

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OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS: Time for Change

Congress 2022 will be a celebration.

It will be the largest gathering to bring planners back together again under the same roof for three long years. And whilst virtually conversations have continued, this will be the time to look at our challenges and how as a profession we are creating positive change.

With issues of COVID, Climate Change and Housing monopolising media headlines, the feeling of being in crisis is almost inevitable. As city shapers and community makes, we create vibrant cities and thriving communities through our solutions in these areas and more.

Let’s carry on the conversation started by Brent Toderian at our 2021 Planning Festival and ‘fight hard for more successful cities’.
Congress 2022 will provide the opportunity to come together to work on and share our experiences across:

Climate Crisis

Housing Crisis

Inequality and Cultural Crisis

Public Health Crisis

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PRESENTATION TYPES

CONCURRENT SESSION: 20min presentation slots to give you ample time to inspire your peers and showcase your project, work or concept. Dazzling visual presentation mixed with an engaging presenting attitude required – inspiration needs to be delivered with pizzazz.

WORKSHOP: These workshops are outcome focused and must have a strong learning objective. If you can help planners learn a valuable skill crucial to creating change in one of our areas of crisis, we want to hear from you. Workshops will be limited to 80 people and run for 1.5 hours. We will supply a room in any configuration you need, and work with you on any other materials needed for your facilitation.

Some real rock stars with impressive abstracts may be asked to present during the plenary session, or be invited to participate in panel discussions. Timing and format for this will be discussed on a case by case basis.

GET PREPARED FOR SUBMISSION

CONTACT DETAILS: Name, position, organisation, address and email address needed for the main presenter
CO-PRESENTER INFORMATION: Name, position, organisation needed for your co-presenters
YOUR HEADSHOT: Head and shoulders photograph
YOUR BIOGRAPHY: Maximum 100 words
PRESENTATION TYPE: Select which presentation type you prefer to submit your abstract for
ABSTRACT: Copy and paste your abstract into the portal field (Max 300 words)
A VIDEO LINK: To continue to provide a high quality and engaging program for attendees, we require all authors to submit a video to showcase their presentation ability. Ideally this video should be of you presenting at another conference, and/or you talking about your submission and what you plan to present. As video files cannot be submitted due to size, you will need to submit a link to the video hosted on a file sharing platform, e.g. YouTube, Dropbox etc.

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

All submissions must be submitted in English. Please ensure you thoroughly check your submission for spelling and grammatical errors as accepted abstracts will be printed as per your submission.
Abstracts are to be no more than 300 words.
References, author and affiliation information and abstract titles are not included in the word count.
Abstracts must not contain bullet points, pictures, charts, diagrams or tables. Please ensure any acronyms are spelt out in the first instance.
Ensure that all author information (names, affiliations and presenting author biography) is included and entered correctly.

ADDITIONAL CRITERIA

Below criteria will be taken into consideration when reviewing the abstracts.

Case studies of projects, policy and development in practice, including the lessons learned, both good and bad
New information, evidence and tools to support better planning
Innovative approaches that generate new ways thinking and challenge to the status quo
Perspectives and experiences from the end users and stakeholders of planning
The inclusion of credible demonstration of the importance of the subject matter to the preferred theme
The introduction of new and innovative concepts not previously canvassed or fully explored
The inclusion of intercultural, cross-cultural and/ or multicultural considerations
The potential appeal of the proposal to a broad spectrum of delegates; the proposal should include appropriate comments if it would appeal to the career stage (e.g. Young Planners or DA Planners)
The demonstrated capacity of the proposal to allocate appropriate time for coverage of the topic, and, if for a panel, to include all presenters
The title of the proposal conveying to delegates what they can expect from the session

HOW TO SUBMIT - ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PORTAL

Click the “SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE” button below
If you are a new user, "CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT" to allow you to return to portal to edit your draft, or to submit more

If you are an existing user, sign into the portal using your email and password
If you are submitting an abstract on behalf of the main presenter but not part of the authors, please create an account with the main presenter's name, organisation and email address.

Go to "CONTACT INFORMATION" tab and update your details and photo
Go to "ABSTRACT SUBMISSION" tab
Follow the MENU on the left hand side for each process

Title and Presentation type
Theme and keyword
Authors and affiliations
Abstract
Review your abstract
Submit

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

If the abstract is accepted, speakers must register for the congress to attend to present. Whilst no funding is provided to presenters, all accepted authors will be entitled to a discounted speaker registration fee.
To ensure the integrity of the program, guarantee the program will be as advertised once released, we will require all presenters to register and commit to attend the congress. Any presenters not registered by the deadline will not have their abstracted included in the program.
If abstract is accepted, speakers will be accepting that the abstract will be published online by the Planning Congress 2022.
Only abstracts from authors (or co-authors) who will be attending the congress will be published.
If abstract is successful, speakers are providing consent for my presentation slides and photos taken during my presentation to be used and published by PIA, including being provided to delegates of the congress.
Presentation may be recorded during the congress which may be published online post congress.