Information for Panel Proposals
What is a panel?
A panel
consists of several participants, generally three to five, who present
diverse
perspectives on a topic, typically describing a variety of viewpoints
or experiences. Panels are held during a 75-minute conference session,
and presentations should be kept to a length that allows about a third
of the time to be devoted to discussion among panelists and with the
audience.
What the proposal should contain:
Your proposal should contain enough information for the
reviewers to
evaluate
the submission to see how it will fit into the overall program.
Your panel proposal must contain the
following:
- E-mail and U.S. mail addresses for the contact
person. This will
be the person with whom the committee will correspond regarding
the panel.
- List of panelists' names, positions, and affiliations.
- A descriptive title.
Your proposal
should contain the following:
- A detailed description of the panel session, including the
role that
each
panelist will take.
- The background of each panelist to show how they can
fulfill the role
they
will be playing on the panel.
- Will the panel allow time for questions at the
end? (Typically,
we
like to see Question & Answer time built in to the
panel.
Panel
sessions are typically about 75 minutes in length.)
What will happen after your submission:
- Soon after your proposal is received, the contact person
will receive
an
email acknowledgement of the proposal.
- If the panel proposal is received early enough, there may
be some
clarification
questions asked of the contact person.
- The co-chairs and the program committee will review all
submissions and
put together a program.
- Around the second week of January, the contact person will
be notified
as to whether
the panel will be included in the program.
Accepted panels:
- Contact persons will be notified around the second week of
January of
the acceptance.
- Before the panel can be printed into the proceedings, the
conference
committee
will need: 1) a copyright release form from each of the
panelists,
and 2) a conference registration form and fee from each of the
panelists.
Sample panel topics from past conferences:
- K-12 education
- NSF funding
- Using objects
- The CS1 course
- Use of Java in the curriculum
- Accreditation
Formatting
Instructions:
Panel abstracts are included in the proceedings of the conference.
Please follow the instructions below, except that you should use a
10pt font instead of the word-processor default if it is
different:
Manuscript
Formatting
You will
have limited time
between panel proposal acceptance notification and final copy
submission.
Therefore, we recommend that you format your initial submissions
according to this format to save yourself time later.
Panel Proposal Submission Instructions:
Panel Abstract Submission Deadline: December 1, 2008
Acceptance Notification: January 14, 2009
Camera-ready Copy Due: January 30, 2009
Submit
your panel proposal and panelist information on-line.
If you are submitting more than one panel proposal, you must repeat
this step for every
panel proposal you submit. You will be assigned a submission number and
will choose your own password. A confirmation will be emailed to you.
Final versions of accepted panel proposals
should be
submitted on the Presenters
Page.
Resubmit
a panel
proposal that has had changes or corrections made to it. You
must
have your assigned submission number and chosen password to resubmit
you panel proposal.
If you have questions about submitting a panel proposal to
CCSCNE
please
contact the Panels Chairs at panels@ccscne.org.