Format for BAM2012 Submissions 

Deadline to submit: 29th February

Also see submission guidelines

All submissions must be made online by Wednesday 29th February 2012. Papers must not have been previously presented, or scheduled for presentation, at any other conference. When making a submission, please can you ensure that the guidelines below are adhered to, and that requested information is included in the order given.

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General

Please note that the maximum number of submissions per person is THREE. If you choose to submit more than one full paper/developmental paper or symposium/workshop proposal please note that the onus is on AUTHORS to liaise with the appropriate Track Chairs regarding scheduling to avoid clashes between track sessions.

Please also note that you cannot make changes to your submission TITLE after it has been submitted.

• Papers can be submitted primarily to ONE track only. You will have the option to suggest alternative tracks that the paper may be relevant to during the submissions process.
• Please note that authors will be required to upload two copies of each paper
  1. Upload 1: The first upload should be uploaded in MS Word format and include author identification on the first page only. This file will be used for conference proceedings.
  2. Upload 2: The second upload should be uploaded in PDF format / MS Word format and exclude all authors identifying information. This file will be used in the reviewing process and any paper with author information will be automatically deleted.

• Use Times New Roman 12pt and single spacing
• In the case of both uploads, the entire paper must be submitted in ONE document.
• Do not use the MS Word Header and Footer function for anything other than the title of the paper
• No inclusion of any institutional graphics or logos
• References must be Harvard style
• Documents must be tidy, and not show any history of track changes
• If your paper includes graphics, please ensure these are of a high quality and please consider your final file size
• No changes in the paper title, abstract, authorship, and actual paper can be made after the submission deadline
• Check that the PDF File of your paper prints correctly (i.e. all imported figures and tables are there), and ensure that the file is virus-free.
• If you have read the format and guidelines and are ready to submit a paper then please click here to submit now
   

Upload 1 (MS Word file):

The MS Word version of the paper (upload 1) should include a title page on the page 1 with the following:

• Title ( no changes can be made to the title and authorship after Wednesday 29th February 2012 submission)
• List of authors/contributors & affiliations
• Contact address and email
• Track/s - choose which track you wish to submit to. NB full and developmental papers are submitted to a SINGLE track. Only on occasion will papers be suitable for cross-track presentation. If you feel your paper is equally suited to more than one track, please contact the BAM office. When completing your submission form you will only be presented with the option to submit to ONE TRACK. When making a workshop/symposium submission you will be able to choose an ALTERNATIVE TRACK.
• Word count (excluding tables and references).

(Please ensure there is no author identification after page 1)

Page 2 of the MS Word version of the paper (upload 1) should include:

• Title & Summary (maximum of 150 words)

Page 3 onwards should include:

• Body of paper/abstract:

  If submitting a developmental paper, please include some comments on how you plan to develop the paper prior to discussion/presentation at the conference.

  For a symposium/workshop proposal please indicate likely format/ design, plus ideal length, room configuration and audience size.
   

Upload 2 (PDF/MS Word file):

Page 1 of the PDF/MS Word version of the paper (upload 2) should include:

• Title & Summary (maximum of 150 words)

Page 2 onwards should include:

• Body of paper/abstract:

  If submitting a developmental paper, please include some comments on how you plan to develop the paper prior to discussion/presentation at the conference.

  For a symposium/workshop proposal please indicate likely format/ design, plus ideal length, room configuration and audience size.
   

Decision Process

All submissions will be refereed anonymously and decisions on acceptance will be communicated by the Track Chair. Referees will be asked to consider the quality of ideas, methodology, (potential) theoretical contribution, clarity of presentation, and potential interest to other participants. They will be judged against the norms of the category in which they are submitted.

The authors of both full and developmental submissions will have until Friday 29th June to make final amendments resulting from the refereeing process and to upload the final version.

Submissions will ONLY be accepted into the category to which they are submitted. There will be NO swapping of papers between categories during the refereeing stage.
 

Design of Conference and Presentations

Full papers will be allocated 30 mins (20 mins presentation, 10 mins discussion). Developmental papers will also have 30 minutes allocated, but will be presented in 'round table' format where a number of round tables will be scheduled in parallel and hence the audience is likely to be smaller. In all cases it is intended that presenters and the chair/discussant for each session will have read each other's papers in advance (access to papers will be online to those registered to attend, approximately one month prior to the event).

Full paper presentations will be made using a laptop and data projector. You will be asked to bring your presentation to the event on a memory stick, for use on the day, along with sufficient copies of a slide handout for your audience.

Developmental (round table) presentations will not be provided with any audio visual equipment and authors are strongly advised to bring a handout of their paper for use on the day.

The design of symposium/workshop sessions will be through agreement with Track and Conference Chairs.
 

Dates and Deadlines for 2012

• 29th February - Deadline for ALL submissions
• 1st March - Booking opens
• 16th April - Deadline by which authors receive decisions
• 1st June -  Deadline by which at least ONE AUTHOR per paper has to register for the conference to avoid the paper being withdrawn. Please note: withdrawn papers will not be included in the conference proceedings and will not be presented at the BAM2012 conference
• 2nd June -  Papers withdrawn (with no registered authors)
• 29 June - Deadline for revisions to all accepted papers
• 1st July - Details of presentation times released
• 1st Sept - Official BAM2012 programme published
• 11th-13th Sept - BAM2012 Conference
   

Deadline to submit: 29th February

Also see submission guidelines

Contact

For any queries, please contact:

Monika Narvydaite
Events Manager/ Key Conference Liaison
BAM
137 Euston Road
London NW1 2AA
+44 (0)20 7383 7770
mnarvydaite@bam.ac.uk