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Note: Doctoral Colloquium Submissions
We wish to advise that problems have occured with the Doctoral Colloquium email address: anzmac2006.doccolloq@qut.edu.au.
Emails have failed to reach this address as of Friday 28 July. The new email for all communication in relation to the Colloquium is: anzmac2006.dc@qut.edu.au. If you have not received confirmation of your submission, please re-send to anzmac2006.dc@qut.edu.au. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience.
Those research candidates wishing to give a presentation or participate in the roundtable discussions at the Colloquium must first make a submission. The deadline has been extended to Friday 11 August 2006.
Submission and formatting instructions are the same for presentations and roundtable discussions. These are provided below.
Colloquium Format
The Colloquium will use two formats this year for students to present their work, offering two alternative forums that are intended to engage students at different stages of doctoral studies--pre-confirmation and post-confirmation.
Students in the early stages of the PhD (usually in the first 12-18 months of candidature and prior to data collection) are encouraged to participate in the roundtable discussions. These discussions will not involve a formal presentation of the student’s work. Rather the students will present the concept of their research in a relaxed informal setting and they will gain feedback from participating Academic Faculty. Students may pose particular questions or concerns about their research to the Faculty to gain specific feedback.
Students in the later stages of the PhD (or who are about to or who have collected some data) and those who are close to submission are encouraged to participate in the Doctoral Colloquium with a more formal presentation. These presentation sessions will be conducted in streams according to topic areas or methodologies. Each presentation will run for 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of questions and general discussion. Presenters will be encouraged to concentrate on developing the specific issues for which they seek advice and guidance.
In addition to the presentations of research, there will be plenary sessions that will address practical issues relating to doctoral research and methodology workshops to help inform students of the various methodologies available to them. The Colloquium Program will be posted on the Conference website once available.
Details for Authors
The submissions will be assessed by the Colloquium Committee to determine whether they are of an appropriate standard for a formal presentation or better suited to the roundtable discussion format.
Those candidates making submissions will be advised prior to the Colloquium that their submission has been accepted for a presentation. It is anticipated that most, if not all, submissions will be accepted. All students who are accepted for participation in the Colloquium will be contacted in October and will be requested to send an updated submission or confirm that the original submission will be used as the basis of their participation at the Colloquium. This is to ensure that students receive feedback on the most current version of their research.
The titles of the submissions will be included in the Colloquium Program. Submissions and Proceedings of the Colloquium will not be published.
Presentation by Candidates
Not all candidates attending the Colloquium will make a presentation. If presenting appeals to you, then you are encouraged to do so, but it is not necessary. Ask your supervisor if making a presentation is advisable. Presenting can be valuable. It helps formulate ideas. There is no better way to develop ideas than to explain them to someone else.
These presentations will be in smaller rooms and will be attended by some of the other research candidates attending the Colloquium and experienced academics, who will provide feedback to students.
Presenter's Guidelines for the Submission of Papers
Students who wish to present their work or participate in the roundtable discussions should submit a summary of no more than 2000 words of their research, plus references, for review no later than Friday 11 August 2006.
Submissions should be sent as an email attachment in Word to: anzmac2006.dc@qut.edu.au.
The first page should contain:
- Name of candidate
- Institution
- Address, phone, fax and email
- Name of supervisor(s)
- Working title of the research
- Date of enrolment and whether part-time or full-time
- Class of submission (presentation or roundtable discusssion)
- Whether you are also presenting a poster at the main ANZMAC Conference
The content of your summary should address the following themes as appropriate according to stage of development:
- The marketing issue being researched
- Why the issue is important - academically and managerially
- Which concepts, theories and frameworks are being used
- Your methodology and why this is appropriate
- What you anticipate will be the contribution to knowledge
- Progress so far and next steps - including preliminary results/findings
- One or two specific issues where you would like feedback from the panel
Formatting Instructions
- Clearly labelled
- Indicate the class of submission:
- Synopsis, or
- Literature Review, or
- Research Proposal, or
- Results
- Microsoft Word document (or RTF)
- A4 page or US Letter
- Times New Roman 12 point font
- Single spaced
- 2.5 cm (1 inch) margins on all four sides of the text
- Without footnotes
- With figures and tables integrated into the text
- Harvard style referencing
- Citations in text as author's last name and year of publication enclosed in parenthesis without punctuation; e.g. (Kennedy 1998)
- Submissions should be sent in a single file (using the file name: surname_colloquium)
All summaries will be circulated to the members of the panel prior to the Colloquium. Students who are presenting their work are asked to bring 20 copies of their presentation slides or their 2000-word summary. Those students who are participating in the roundtable discussions are not required to give a formal presentation and are therefore not required to have presentation slides. Please just bring copies of your 2000-summary.
Students who are presenting may use overhead transparencies or PowerPoint. If using PowerPoint, students should bring their presentation on CD or memory stick. PC compatible laptops will be available in the venues.
