General Guidelines for Submitting Your Proposal
1. All proposals must be electronically prepared
(typewritten) and uploaded to the ICF Australasia
website at: http://www.icfaustralasia.com/Conference2007/Submission/ . If you require assistance
with this process, please contact the ICF Australasia
Conference Secretariat, however, please do not
send submissions via e-mail. Early submissions
are encouraged and much appreciated. Please
allow extra time for international submissions.
Faxed and/or emailed submissions will NOT be
accepted. NO LATE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED
2. Deadline submission date is 17 January 2006.
Proposals selected will be notified by 16 March 2007.
3. Up to two (2) proposals per person will be
accepted but they must be for different topics
and for different tracks. Please indicate on
the submission form the specific track(s) to
which you are submitting your proposal.
4. Concurrent breakout sessions for each track will be
either 60 or 90 minutes in length. Please indicate
on the submission form if your presentation would
best be given in only 60 minutes, only 90 minutes
or if you are able to adapt to either time frame.
5. Presenters need to be prepared to speak
to between 60 and 200 participants.
6. You are required to register for the conference
and, should your proposal be accepted, will
automatically receive the early bird member
rate. In the spirit of professional sharing among
peers, we do not pay registration costs or
make payment to presenters who are selected
to speak through this Call for Proposals.
In acknowledgement of the contribution made
by session presenters, ICF Australasia will:
a. provide a unique professional opportunity to
participate as our guest at the Open Space Forum
on the preconference day, 2 October 2006.
b. Have each concurrent presenter photograph,
biography and website link displayed
on the ICF Australasia Website
7. You must provide references for 2 people
who have heard you speak and 2 references
who have hired you to speak.
8. An audio or audiovisual recording is desired as part
of your proposal but not mandatory. If you include a
tape it does not need to be on the proposed subject
matter but does need to be of an actual presentation
not a description of the presenters speaking skills.
If your proposal is for a Coaching Demonstration
or includes a coaching demonstration, then
the proposal ideally should contain an audio or
audiovisual recording of an actual coaching session.
Please note supplied recordings will not be returned.
9. Selling products, services or training is not acceptable
in your session. Persons submitting proposals
perceived as selling services, products or training
are invited to participate as an exhibitor or sponsor,
and sell their products or services in the specially
marked areas or in the conference bookstore.
10. Proposals from non-ICF members are welcomed.
Individuals are invited to join the ICF in order to
take advantage of member rates and benefits.
In the event that a member and a non-member
submit proposals for sessions that appear similar,
preference will be given to the ICF member.
11. We reiterate that our intention is to provide new,
innovative and challenging ideas to the participants
and so, we ask that you identify whether your
material has been delivered at any other conference
or event in the Australasian Region, within the last
year or may be presented prior to the 2007 ICF
Australasia Conference. Peer-reviewed research
presentations are exempted from this requirement.