IASCL 2011: Call for Symposium and Poster Abstracts

[IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor]

IASCL - July 19-23, 2011 - Montreal, Canada (http://iascl2011.org/)
Call for Symposium and Poster Abstracts

Deadline for Symposium abstracts: August 1, 2010
Deadline for Individual poster abstracts: October 1, 2010
Inquiries: sanja.obradovic at uqam.ca, henri.cohen at parisdescartes.fr

I. Who is responsible for an abstract (symposium and poster
presentations)?
There is one responsible person per abstract. Although co-authors and
their affiliations may be listed in an abstract, a contributor may
only be responsible for one oral (symposium) or poster presentation.
Responsible authors appear as first author in the abstract that they
are presenting. Thus, a contributor may appear as first author only
once (and deliver not more than one oral presentation). The number of
times a contributor may be listed as a co-author is not limited.

II. How to Submit Abstracts
An abstract must be submitted on the official abstract web form
(http://iascl2011.org/). Abstracts are submitted in English. Abstracts
are required for all symposia speakers, for all poster presentations
and for the student competitions.

III. Preparation of Symposium Proposals
Symposium organizers are invited to submit a summary (250 words)
describing the content and purpose of the symposium. A symposium
includes four (4) oral presentations and is two (2) hours in duration.
Deadline for complete symposium proposals is August 1, 2010.

IV. Preparation of Abstracts (Symposium and Poster presentations)
The abstract should contain a concise statement of (i) the problem
under investigation, (ii) the empirical methods used, (iii) the
essential results obtained, and (iv) a conclusion. Do not state, for
example that "the results will be discussed". An abstract is not a
formal publication and therefore should not include literature
references or grant acknowledgements, etc.  Deadline for Individual
poster abstracts is October 1, 2010.

Program and Abstracts of this meeting will be prepared electronically.
Abstracts will not be edited in any way. Thus, every error that
appears in the submitted abstract will appear in the printed abstract.
Abstract text (without title) should be no longer than 250 words.

V. Subject Categories
For the purpose of review and programming only, abstracts will be
divided into categories. Please, indicate on the web form the category
you have chosen.

List of categories on language acquisition and development:
Bilingual first language acquisition
Child second language acquisition
Cognition and language development
Cultural and social factors
First language acquisition
Genetic and biological determinants
Language evolution and language acquisition
Language development in atypical populations
Literacy and language
Music and language
Neurocognitive correlates
New methods in Child Language Research
Numeracy and language
Quantitative and qualitative input factors
Speech
Other (please, specify)

VI. Student Award - Symposium Competition
Attention Students: Benefits of participating in the Student Award
competition. If you are 1 of the 5 students selected for the Student
Symposium (participants will be declared after the competition
deadline), you will:

- participate in the travel bursary
- have a certificate of participation
- have the opportunity to win a cash prize and a plaque

Two awards will be presented to the 2 best student oral presentations
and extended abstracts. Each award consists of CA$ 200.00 cash and a
plaque.

Procedure
A maximum of five (5) oral presentations (student as first author)
will be made in a Student Award Symposium. The selection of students
for this symposium will be made on the basis of a previously submitted
written extended abstract. If more than five students apply for the
awards, extended abstracts will be pre-judged by three judges from the
IASCL Scientific Committee, and the five best selected for the
symposium. The other abstracts will be scheduled in the poster
sessions. Extended abstracts are due on or before October 1, 2010.

A. To enter
To enter the competition, students must do the following:

1.  All abstracts must first be submitted using the appropriate
regular web form for individual (poster) abstracts on the official
abstract web form (http://iascl2011.org).  Complete all sections of
the web form as indicated.

2.  Submit this abstract form by October 1, 2010. At this time, the
student should also indicate in the Section “Comments to the Review
Committee” his/her intention to enter the competition. A student
cannot submit more than one (1) abstract as the presenting author in
this competition.

3.  In addition, submit an extended abstract (pdf) of up to 600 words,
including a maximum of 2 figures or tables that will be included. The
extended abstract must be submitted no later than October 1, 2010 to
Prof. Henri Cohen (henri.cohen at uqam.ca /
henri.cohen at parisdescartes.fr).

4.  The extended abstract.  The extended abstract must have its own
abstract consisting of no more than 50 words. Do not use section
headings in the body of the paper. Include a brief introduction,
methods, results and discussion in a single section.  The text
(including abstract) should not exceed 600 words. A maximum of 2
figures or tables is allowed. Materials and methods should be
described in the text, not in figure legends or table footnotes. The
literature cited section should conform to the format used by the APA
(publication style manual, American Psychological Association).

5.  The submitted material will be adjudicated as follows:
- Abstracts submitted for the Students Award by the October 1, 2010
deadline will be reviewed along with all other abstracts submitted for
the annual meeting.

- Extended abstracts received by the Chair of the Scientific Committee
will be distributed to members of the committee for judging. The
extended abstracts will be judged according to their scientific merit
(see Competition guidelines below). The students will be notified as
to whether or not their paper has been chosen for the Student Award
Symposium.)

- For evaluation of the oral presentations, the Chair of the
Scientific Committee will select a panel of at least three (3) members
from the Scientific Committee or the membership at large to grade the
oral presentations. This panel will not include members of the
Scientific Committee involved in the pre-judging (see Competition
guidelines below) or the symposium chair.

- The two winners will be selected from the combined assessment of
their extended abstract and oral presentation. The awards will be
presented by the Chair of the Scientific Committee at the surprise
cultural event.

B. Competition Guidelines
A student is defined as being registered at a University for a Masters
or PhD program.

1.  Written Submission
Members of the Scientific Committee will review each extended abstract
submitted for the competition and award a mark out of 20, as follows:

- Scientific merit (12 marks): Is the work scientifically sound? Does
the work significantly advance knowledge in the discipline? Are the
methods and results reliable? Do the results support the conclusions?
- Clearly defined objectives of the research (4 marks).
- Strict adherence of the abstract in length and format guidelines.
(For example, is the bibliography presented in APA style?) (2 marks)
- Suitability of Figures and Tables for presentation (2 marks).

2.  The Presentation
Each presentation will last a maximum of 12 minutes followed by 3
minutes for questions from the audience. The panel of judges will
evaluate the presentations (65 marks). The judges have no knowledge of
the written evaluation and rate each presentation using the following
criteria:

- A brief and lucid introduction to the research (5 marks). A person
unfamiliar with the subject should be able to ascertain what the
research is about and what knowledge currently exists on the subject.
- A clear definition of the objectives of the work (5 marks).
- A clear, audible speaking style and speed at all times (5 marks).
- The student addresses the audience rather than the notes,
blackboard, slides, or feet (5 marks).
- Distinctly visible, understandable, and properly labeled graphics
(Figures, Tables, etc.) (10 marks).
- The student specifically indicates to the audience the significant
information contained in the graphics (10 marks).
- The scientific content of the paper is of good quality and the
message is clearly imparted to the audience (10 marks).
- A summary or a list of conclusions is presented at the end of the
talk (5 marks).
- Ending within the allotted time (5 marks).
- Ability to respond to questions (5 marks).

IASCL will be providing some assistance to students competing in the
Student Award Competition. A total of CA$800 will be available to help
defray the travel costs of students who have been selected to compete
in the competition. This is a bursary, not a prize, and those who have
the greatest travel expenses will benefit the most.

The 5 students selected to compete in the IASCL Student Award
Competition are eligible to receive reimbursement for travel costs (or
portion thereof) incurred in attending the IASCL 2011 meeting. This
travel bursary can be obtained by submitting official receipts (or
legible copies thereof) from the commercial carrier (gasoline receipts
may be acceptable, if applicable). That portion of travel expense to
be supported by IASCL will be determined by dividing the CA$800 by the
total amount claimed by all students. Only travel expenses may be
submitted. Receipts should be submitted after the meeting and must be
received by the IASCL 2011 Secretariat by August 30 of the meeting
year. Bank drafts will be mailed by August 30, 2011 to the person or
institution designated by the application.

VII. Student Award - Poster Competition

The poster competition is intended to give students a forum to compete
for a prize that should exemplify excellent work as well as clear
communication of results and conclusions in the poster format. Two (2)
ex aequo cash prizes will be awarded.

A willingness to participate in the poster competition will be made
with the submission of the abstract. Not all abstracts submitted will
be chosen. A student can submit only one abstract as presenter in a
Student Award Competition, and this abstract can be submitted to only
one Student Award Competition.

To enter the competition, students must do the following:

All abstracts must be submitted using the web form on the official
abstract web form (http://iascl2011.org/). Complete all sections of
the web form as indicated. Submit this abstract form by October 1,
2010. At this time, the student should also indicate, in the Section
“Comments to the Review Committee” her/his intention to enter the
competition.

VIII. Selection of competitors
The selection of abstracts for the poster competition will be the
responsibility of the chair and members of the Scientific Committee.
If necessary, the chair can appoint other referees to assist with the
rankings (e.g, conflict of interest, time constraint). A maximum of
six (6) posters will be retained for the competition, while the other
posters will be presented as part of the regular poster sessions.

The overall ranking of the poster abstracts eligible for the
competition (student as first author) will be based on the scientific
merit of the materials described in the abstract. The contestants will
then be notified as to whether their abstract has been selected for
the poster competition. (The right to have a number less than 6 can be
exercised if the quality of the abstracts does not warrant that the
poster should enter the competition.)

The Competition
No less than 14 days prior to the conference, the contestants will
submit a pdf file that will contain their poster as it will be
presented. For IASCL 2011 competition, the pdf files are to be sent to
Prof. Lucie Ménard at the following address: lucie.menard at uqam.ca.

Judging Panel
Each poster will be judged by three people. Judges #1 and #2 will
contribute 35 marks each, Judge #3 will contribute 30 marks for a
total score out of 100. The scores will be given to the chair of the
Scientific Committee or his delegate who will oversee the tabulation
of the scores. The judges and the person compiling and tabulating the
scores must not have been a judge in the poster award competition, nor
can be a co-author on any of the posters in competition.

Judge #1 and #2 Criteria
25 marks judging submitted pdf
10 marks judging by questions to poster presenter
(Total: 35 marks)

The rationale for this portion is that the poster should be finished
ahead of time. This will allow the judges to look through the data,
judge the poster as a written document, and formulate intelligent
questions to ask prior to the actual poster session. This will allow
the poster session to go more quickly. As well it will mean the
student should be aware that the poster is to be understandable in
their absence.

Judge #3
The third judge will be judging the poster and the contents without
having the benefit of seeing the poster ahead of time. Many times you
actually do not get a chance to see a poster presenter and need to
make a poster out depending on what you overhear or can make out by
yourself under crowded circumstances. This is the role of Judge 3.
Whereas the other judges will have prepared questions and hopefully
developed an understanding of the material presented from the pre-
submitted pdf, Judge 3 will really be the person who sees the poster
for the first time and will judge it accordingly.

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