SEGRA - Submitting a paper to SEGRA

Submitting a paper to SEGRA

Closing date for submissions: 30 June 2012

The SEGRA Planning Committee is seeking offered papers for SEGRA 2012 being conducted in Terrigal, Central Coast, New South Wales during 20-22 October.

Please click here to open this year's Call for Papers brochure.

Theme

Maximising Leverage Opportunities for Your Region

Action agendas

Optimising multipliers from large scale regional developments
Town Centre renewal –ensuring benefits for the whole region
Constructing regional advantage
Regional Innovation case studies - asset based community development; managing common pool resources; clustering in fragmented regional areas.
Ensuring local businesses can access procurement opportunities
How data can help decision making
Turning social enterprises into corporate enterprise
Can innovation be learnt?
Building innovation management into the Regional DNA
Keeping commuter and FIFO workforces in your region
Seeing the region as a business and social ecosystem.
Adding value through smart technology.
Transforming regions through innovation.
Maximising the regional participation of the mobile skilled workforce
Bring green industry employment to your region
Diversification – solutions for managing competing land use
Regional development strategies – what works?

Guidelines

Abstracts of up to 250 words are requested by 30 June 2012. Presentations must deal with any issues listed on the SEGRA 2012 Program.

Submitted paper/presentations must address the following:

Outcomes of the project or program
Learning experiences of the project or program
Planned future directions and actions
Potential spillovers identified

Further:

Names and affiliations of author(s)
A 150 word biography of each presenter(s).
The title should aim to be precise so that it conveys a clear message
Abstracts should contain brief but complete statements of introduction/study
Abstract must not contain graphs, diagrams or complex tables
References must not be included.

Abstracts can only be submitted electronically. Abstracts and Biographies can be submitted below.

All presenters must be able to cover their own registration, accommodation and travel costs. Accepted speakers will be offered a 25% discount. To enable delegates to interact with presenters we encourage speakers to attend the entire conference. Speakers must be registered and attend for at least the day of their presentation.

Authors or Presenters will be notified if their abstract has been accepted by 31 July. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to prepare the full paper and submit it by 24 October to be listed in the electronic conference proceedings.

The titles of papers and presenter’s details provided upon submission (excluding contact details) will be used in the conference program and publications. Any changes must be made to the SEGRA Secretariat in writing or email prior to 30 August 2012.