27.632, FYI: Hosting Bids for International Symposium on Bilingualism

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Subject: 27.632, FYI: Hosting Bids for International Symposium on Bilingualism

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:39:08
From: Ad Backus [a.m.backus at uvt.nl]
Subject: Hosting Bids for International Symposium on Bilingualism

We invite bids for hosting the 12th International Symposium on Bilingualism in
June 2019. Please refer to the details below:
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BILINGUALISM – ISB12 in 2019

Section 1: About the Host Institution:

Please tell us about the institution which will organize the symposium
1.Name
2.Contact person 
3.Contact information: address, telephone, fax, email, web site
4.Short description of the institution, including some basic statistics
5.Short description of the institution’s activities in the field of
bilingualism/multilingualism
Note: if a group of institutions proposes to collaborate to host ISB, please
provide details of all collaborating institutions while nominating one as the
lead

Section 2: Conference Planning:

Please tell us your plans for the 2019 conference.
1. Proposed dates (and how these were determined, for example avoidance of
holidays, weather, local events). The conference should be between mid-May and
mid-July. 
2. Proposed location (both city and the specific venue – if possible include
some photographs of the venue). 
3. Planned number of participants
4. Structure of the organizing committee
5. Estimated registration fee and what it will include. The conference host is
responsible for conference advertising, obtaining sponsors and donors. They
need to determine the registration fee structure and balance other costs so
that the conference will be affordable and self-sufficient.
6. Estimated budget, including projected expenses and projected revenue. The
local organizing committee is responsible for raising all funds necessary to
host the conference, as ISB is not an organization or a legal entity. The
function of the steering committee is to provide advice based on previous
experience. 
7. Number and nature of scholarships to be offered (please specify the type of
scholarship, for example, waived registration fees, travel and/or
accommodation grants). The ISB is committed to providing support for the
participation of graduate and postgraduate students at ISB meetings.
8. Support possibilities for the participation of academics from economically
disadvantaged countries. Conference organizers should commit to do their best
to support participants whose abstracts have been accepted.
9. Language policy: presentations at ISB conferences should be in English or
in any other language(s) declared acceptable by the local organizing
committee.
10. Preliminary ideas about the nature of the program, plenary speakers,
invited panels, etc.
The ISB steering committee works in conjunction with the local organizing
committee in the final selection of the plenary speakers. Criteria to consider
are area of specialization, coverage of the field, gender balance, division
across continents, quality as a speaker, impact of publications, not having
been a plenary at ISB before, and other aspects. ISB has a tradition of being
inclusive and the goal is to reach out to all researchers in the field.
11. Why will this be an important meeting for your institution and your city
at this time?
Which benefits do you expect to gain from hosting the symposium?
12. Please list any experience your institution has hosting conferences and
other international events.
13. Are there any factors which would restrict participants from attending the
conference in your country (transportation difficulties, visa restrictions,
lack of facilities for people with disabilities)?
14. Planning the program, abstract review and distribution of abstracts to
participants. 
15. The selected applicant will be announced and invited to present
pre-planning details during the ISB business meeting at the immediately
preceding ISB.

A note about the location:
The conference venue needs to have facilities that allow all participants to
be in one plenary room or to video-stream plenary lectures to an additional
room. It is preferred to have a venue that is relatively compact and
convenient. Furthermore, the venue must support some conference rooms capable
of holding 200 people each (for colloquia and invited panels) and about a
dozen conference rooms capable of holding 30-50 people (for parallel
sessions). Furthermore, these rooms should be relatively close to each other.
Finally, there should be a suitable location for posters. Some basic
guidelines are:
- Lunch and coffee breaks for 650+ people should be organized, either at the
conference venue itself, or very close to it.
- It should provide a list of 5-7 options of accommodation near the venue
(preferably within walking distance), including inexpensive accommodation for
students such as guest houses or dormitories.
- There should be no burdensome visa requirements or other political
considerations that might limit the opportunities for participants or
exhibitors to attend the conference.
- The venue should be reachable in less than a hour from a major airport, with
good connectivity to major international hubs.

Section 3: Format of the application:
Applications may take the form of your choosing but must include all of the
information requested above, in numbered order AND must include a formal
commitment from the authorities at the host institution.
Your bid may be submitted via email to the address below Prof. Mila Schwartz,
Secretary ISB Committee to reach her no later than 15 March 2016.

Section 4: Timing of the decision:
The ISB Committee takes the bid into consideration and is the deciding body.
It is expected that a decision on the winning bid will be made by the ISB
steering committee in March-April 2016 and communicated to bidding
organizations as soon as possible, but no later than 30 April.

Following the submission of bids, but prior to the decision of the ISB
committee, it is possible that representatives from bidding institutions will
be asked to respond to emails should the ISB committee require any further
information or clarification.

Address for submitting proposals:

Email address: milasch at bgu.ac.il

Address:
Prof. Mila Schwartz, Secretary ISB committee,
Department of Research and Evaluation Authority
Oranim Academic College of Education
Kiryat Tivon, 36006, Israel

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Applied Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Pragmatics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

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