AATSEEL 2003

[Sibelan Forrester]

At 3:39 PM -0500 1/7/03, Edward M Dumanis wrote:
>  > The Program Committee would like to emphasize that panel chairs are
>>  welcome to shape their own panels and to invite participants to
>>  submit abstracts for a specific panel. (Chairs may not, however,
>                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  > present papers at their own panels.)
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>I am just wondering:  What is the reason for the underlined policy?
>I am not sure I understand its rationale.

One possible answer:  the panel chair is responsible largely for
making sure that the various panelists observe the time limitations
-- so a chair who read his or her own paper on that panel might
succumb to a conflict of interest ("This paper of mine is so
interesting that I will let myself drone on for 45 minutes!").

Please note that a chair of one panel may present a paper at another
panel -- anyone interested in chairing a panel on any topic is
invited to let the program committee know about it.

All the best,

Sibelan Forrester
("At Large" member of the Program Committee)

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