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Call for Proposal & Doctoral Workshop: RAILS 2017

Posted April 22, 2017

Theme: Playing and learning together: Interdisciplinary research and teaching
Location: City West Campus, University of South Australia, Adelaide
Conference Dates: 28-30 November, 2017
Submission deadline: Monday, 31 July 2017
Acceptance notification: Friday, 1 September 2017

The 2017 RAILS conference will be hosted by the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, and held at UniSA’s City West Campus, Adelaide, South Australia, from 28-30 November 2017.

The conference will include:

  • the Australasian Information Educators’ Symposium 2017 (AIES 2017) on the morning of Tuesday, 28 November;
  • a Doctoral Workshop on the afternoon of Tuesday, 28 November; and 
  • the formal RAILS conference on Wednesday, 29 November and Thursday, 30 November 2017. 

Educators, research students and practitioners are encouraged to submit papers on the conference theme, “Playing and learning together: interdisciplinary teaching and research”, which focuses on building partnerships between researchers, practitioners, and educators to ensure that a culture of interdisciplinary research and teaching is nurtured in the information studies field. Papers focusing on strengthening research practices in the field will also be considered. Proposals with a focus on professional or continuing education and teaching will be allocated to the AIES 2017 component of the conference.

Proposals for full papers (20 minutes with 10 minutes for Q&A) are invited, as well as panel discussions (30 minutes including Q &A) as well as posters showcasing works in progress or completed research projects. Abstracts for AIES and RAILS should include implications for practice, and research-focused papers should identify key learnings for practice. The closing date for all submissions is extended to Monday, 31 July 2017 Acceptance notifications will be Friday, 1 September 2017.

All proposals as are to be submitted through the EasyChair system. If you have any questions about the submission process, please contact Dr Diane Velasquez  ([email protected]).

Full Papers

  1. Paper submissions must include:
  2. Names and contact information for all contributors
  3. Title of paper
  4. Enter 3 to 5 keywords
  5. Choose Full paper as the Paper type
  6. Do not complete the abstract box available in the EasyChair template, instead please upload your extended abstract of up to 500 words in PDF format. References may be included, beyond the allowed 500 words
  7. As all extended abstracts will be blind peer reviewed, please ensure that author names and affiliations do not appear on the submitted document

Panel discussions

Panel discussion submissions must include:

  1. Names and contact information for all contributors
  2. Title of panel discussion
  3. Enter 3 to 5 keywords
  4. Choose Panel discussion as the Paper type
  5. An abstract or brief description of up to 250 words, entered in the text box available in the template for abstracts

Posters

Poster submissions must include:

  1. Names and contact information for all contributors
  2. Title of poster presentation
  3. Enter 3 to 5 keywords
  4. Choose Poster as the Paper type
  5. An abstract or brief description of up to 250 words, entered in the text box available in the template for abstracts