This conference is not only for social impact specialists, it is for scientists in all domains. The best specialists in social impact of the world will be taking part but also many of the best specialists in the world from all sciences. This conference delves into the current research of all sciences as one of the pre-requisites to be able to go deeper into their social impact. Researchers of any of the scientific disciplines are invited to present the work they are doing. We are receiving proposals dealing specifically about social impact, but also many others about particular scientific research of many different fields of knowledge which do not need to make any explicit reference to social impact.
Deadlines
| November 30th, 2015 | Early bird registration |
| May 2nd, 2016 | Deadline to submit abstracts |
| Ongoing | Notice of acceptance/rejection of abstracts |
| July 15th, 2016 | Late bird registration |
| July 15th, 2016 | Registration deadline to appear in the conference programme |
General Information
To submit an abstract you first need to Register to the ConfTool system: #SIS2016 Registration
Deadline for submission is May 2nd, 2016
Note: If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail (after user registration and after contribution submission) and you remember your user name and password, please log into the ConfTool system and revise your details by clicking on ‘Edit User Account Details’. Otherwise please contact the organizers at info@socialimpactscience.org
Call for papers
There are 3 types of contributions to the conference:
Your paper must be linked to a scientific field or a societal challenge of the conference, and correspond to one of the following options:
- Methodology paper. What is being done to achieve social impact?
- Research paper. Evidences of social impact from a research project
- Reflection paper: Discussion about the relevance to do research with the aim of social impact
The submission should include:
- Title
- Abstract (300 words max.).
- Key words (4/5 max.)
- Scientific field and/or societal challenge
- Optional: brief description of the social impact (200 words max)
The proposal should include a Chair and at least two speakers, a brief rationale for the session and one abstract for each speaker.
Your symposium must be linked to a scientific field or a societal challenge of the conference, and correspond to one of the following options:
- Presentations on research contributions targeting one societal challenge
- Presentations on a Success story of interdisciplinary research with social impact
- Presentations on methodology and/or relevance of achieving impact
The submission should include:
- Session title.
- Rationale for the session (500 words max).
- Speakers and their institutional affiliations
- Abstracts (200 words max)
- Scientific field and/or societal challenge.Key words (4/5 max)
- Optional: brief description of the social impact (200 words max)
Brown bag seminars are one hour sessions in which presenters propose debates about social impact of sciences in a more informal environment over lunch. The proposal should describe the envisioned format of the session (i.e. visioning of a short film, presentation of key facts for debate, display of statements from history of science, or any other possibility).
The submissions should include:
- Title
- Abstract, including format of session (300 words max.).
- Key words (4/5 max.)
- Scientific field and/or societal challenge
Notes for Authors
- Authors of accepted proposals must be registered and present them during the conference. In case of any inconvenience or emergency that affects attendance to the conference, authors must immediately notify the conference coordination
- The number of submissions is limited to 2 per person. Authors with 2 contributions can be co-authors of another contribution(s).
- Abstracts must be submitted online through the submission platform (ConfTool system). Papers sent by email cannot be accepted.
- Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and selected for presentation by the Scientific Committee. A letter of notification will be sent to authors through the ConfTool system.
- Submission of full papers will not be required.
- Conference papers will not be published.
Review Criteria
Abstracts and proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Originality. Every contribution must be an original work not presented or published before.
- Theme related. Proposals should be related in some way to the general theme of this conference: social impact of science.
- Words limit. Proposals that exceed word limit will be rejected.
- Peer review. All proposals will be peer reviewed anonymously (double blind). Therefore, abstracts should not contain self-references.
Languages for presentation
Abstracts should be submitted in English language, but papers can be presented in any language, if previously notified in order to publish this information in the programme.
Call Certificates
Once the registration and payment of the congress has been completed, certificates may be downloaded from the ConfTool platform where submissions are uploaded. They will be accessible with the username and password chosen to enter the platform. Those who want to get their certificates sealed by the organization will have to attend the appropriate table during the conference. We will only seal the certificate that belongs to this person, not those belonging to other persons. It will be necessary to bring a printed copy of the certificate in order to get it sealed.
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