14ECEE CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS
This call is an invitation for scientists and professionals to submit proposals for Special Sessions for 14ECEE, to take place in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, between the dates of August 30-September 03, 2010.
14ECEE is seeking original high quality Special Session(s) on focused discussions addressing innovative research highlighting significant topics and ongoing/emerging activities which are related to the conference theme and with the desired expertise. Interdisciplinary session themes are strongly sought after. Each special session resembles a mini-conference within the main 14ECEE conference and shall run throughout the conference in parallel to other tracks (except the keynote presentations).
Session organizers will be responsible for advertising, promoting, managing paper selection, reviewing or organising the initial panel review of invited/selected contributions and chairing the parallel special sessions during the conference. Each Special Session is expected to have at least 5 papers and at least one author of each paper must register for the paper present during the session.
After Special Session is accepted by 14ECEE conference, Special Session paper submission will be done through 14ECEE submission system and will be evaluated with the same standard as the regular conference paper. If needed, Special Session organizers will be contacted for soliciting submissions, conducting reviews, and recommending accept/reject decisions on papers submitted. All accepted papers will be included in the 14ECEE conference proceedings.
The organizer's name will appear in the conference program as "Special Session Organizer."
Special Session Submission Evaluation
All proposal Special Session(s) submissions will be reviewed by the 14ECEE Special Session Chair and the 14ECEE Program Committee. The following criteria will be considered:
- Relevance, interest, and value of the topic to 14ECEE attendees.
- Complementarily to the 14ECEE program provided by the other tracks.
- Completeness, clarity, and quality of the session proposal.
- Qualification of the submitter(s) to organize the special session.
- Likely success of the proposed session.
- Overlap with other proposal or pre-selected activity.
Submission Guidelines
Please send the Special Session proposals to the Special Session Chair at secretariat@14ecee.mk and a copy to milutin@iziis.edu.mk with the following information:
- Title of the Special Sessions
- Rationale of the need and objective of the session
- Special Session outline
- Specific topics of interest
- Contact information for the proposed session chair(s)
- Short biography of the proposed session chair(s)
- List of potential reviewers panel, including, affiliations and contact information
- Filled Special Session Form (download) (.xsl 24,0 KB)
- Filled Special Session Form (download) (.pdf 12,0 KB)
Deadline Information:
- 05th December 2009: Deadline for submission of Special Session proposals
- 15th December 2009: Acceptance/Rejection notification for Special Session
- 15th January 2010: Deadline for submission of Special Session abstracts
- 31st January 2010: Notification about Special Session abstract acceptance
- 1st May 2010: Submission of Special Session papers
Financial Constraints
Special Sessions are an integral part of the 14ECEE conference. Special Session Chair and speakers will have to cover their expenses including registration. We highly encourage session organizers to seek independent funding, and to include any commitment that they may have secured in the proposal. 14ECEE will help in the administrative aspects of assigning the rooms, other on-site logistic, announcements and adding the detailed schedule to the conference program. Note that the 14ECEE cannot and will not financially support the speakers or the Special Session organizers.
If there is any problem about the Special Session, please contact Special Session Chair directly.
Special Session Chair
Prof. Zoran Milutinovic , Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Prof. Golubka Necevska-Cvetanovska , Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia |
