Walkthrough: IRSCL2021 Congress Format, Presentation Modalities and Submission Platform - the IRSCL ...

Walkthrough: IRSCL2021 Congress Format,
Presentation Modalities and Submission Platform

IRSCL2021: Congress format
IRSCL2021: Aesthetic and Pedagogic Entanglements will be taking place in Santiago de
Chile in 2021. IRSCL2021 will be a hybrid congress. In tandem with the on-site congress,
IRSCL2021 will feature a satellite of online presentations meant to facilitate the participation
of those who, for one reason or another, may not be able to be with us on-site.

              IRSCL2021: Presentation Modalities

Participants will be able to apply either individually or as part of a preformed panel. Once the
review and selection process has ended, individual presentations will be grouped with each
other according to thematic affinities in order to form an panel.

Participants will be able to present either online or on-site.

Aside from online and on-site modalities, IRSCL2021 will include Pecha Kucha presenta-
tions. Participants must choose between presenting in the Pechakucha format or the traditio-
nal format.

Disclaimer: Preformed Pecha Kucha panel applications will not be allowed. Those who
wish to present a Pecha Kucha must apply individually.

Traditional Oral Presentation: Traditional Oral presentations: A 20-minute oral presentation with
visual aid (ppt or Canva) in English.

Pecha Kucha: As a way of acknowledging the importance of the visual in our academic field,
IRSCL2021 will include Pecha Kucha presentations. Pecha Kucha is a modality of fast-track
oral presentation that challenges presenters to lay out information in a succinct and highly vi-
sual manner— it encourages the use of images instead of plain text.Traditional Pecha Kuchas
are six minutes in length, and consist of twenty slides, to be presented in twenty seconds each.
For more information on the Pecha Kucha format, please visit https://www.pechakucha.com/.

The IRSCL Submissions Platform

     Getting started: Registration and Account Activation
 Creating an account for IRSCL2021

 Once our call for papers has opened, you will be able to create your account on our website.
 Once you reach the login page, click on “Create an Account”.

Once you have clicked on the “Create an Account” hyperlink, you will be directed to an account
creation form. Fill in the blank spaces with the requested information.

After clicking on “register”, you will be redirected to a confirmation page. Shortly after suc-
cessfully creating your account, you will receive a confirmation email with an activation link.
The activation step is crucial. Accounts that have not been activated will not be able to
submit proposals.

Submitting a proposal

Once you activate your account using the link that has been sent to your email, you will be
redirected to the login screen. Type in your credentials, and you will be able to access your
IRSCL2021 dashboard.

Once you have logged in, you will be able to visualize your dashboard. In order to create a
submission, click on “New Abstract”.

This is an overview of the abstract submission platform:

The IRSCL2021 submission platform features three fillable areas, each one with its own fields
and subfields.

For Individual submissions

Fill in the requested information as it follows.

Area 1: Abstract Information

• Abstract Title: fill in with the title of your presentation.
• Long Abstract: fill in with a long abstract of your presentation (300 words maximum).
• Short Abstract: fill in with a short abstract of your presentation (300 characters maximum).
• Keywords: Fill in with the keywords of your abstract and presentation. Keywords must be
  separated by commas.

Area 2: Event Information

• Event: the name of the event you are applying to. This field is fixed to IRSCL Congress 2021.
• Track: This is where you select the research track you think your presentation fits the best
  into: Active Readers, Research and Practice, and Ethics and Aesthetics. If you wish to
  know more about the research topics and themes for IRSCL2021, you can visit https://
  www.irscl2021.com/call-for-papers/

Area 3: Presenter / Panel Organizer Information

• Name: Fill in with your name and surname.
• Email: Fill in with your email address, ideally the same one that you used when creating your
  account.
• Country: Select your country of residence.
• Online / On-Site: Select whether you wish to present online or on-site.
• Academic Category: These categories are related to your status as a researcher. The op-
  tions are: Full Time Faculty, Adjunct faculty, practitioner or retired, and Student. Select the
  one that best describes your current status as a researcher.
• Type of Presentation: Select the presentation modality you will present in. The options are:
  Traditional Oral Presentation or PechaKucha.

Once you have filled all the fields with the requested information, remember to scroll
down and tick the “Accept Terms and Conditions” box. After clicking on the “Submit”
button at the top of the page, you will be redirected to your dashboard. Applicants who
have successfully submitted their application will receive a confirmation email.

For Panel Submissions
Filling in the Panel Organizer’s Information and Abstract

Fill in the requested information as it follows.

Area 1: Abstract Information (must be filled in with the panel organizer’s abstract infor-
mation)
• Abstract Title: fill in with the title of your presentation.
• Long Abstract: fill in with a long abstract of your presentation (300 words maximum).
• Short Abstract: fill in with a short abstract of your presentation (300 characters maximum).
• Keywords: Fill in with the keywords of your abstract and presentation. Keywords must be
separated by commas.

Area 2: Event Information
• Event: the name of the event you are applying to. This field is fixed to IRSCL Congress 2021.
• Track: This is where you select the research track you think your panel fits the best into. If
  you wish to know more about the research topics and themes for IRSCL2021, you can visit
  https://www.irscl2021.com/call-for-papers/

Area 3: Presenter / Panel Organizer Information (must be filled in with the panel organi-
zer’s information)
• Name: Fill in with your name and surname.
• Email: Fill in with your email address, ideally the same one that you used when creating your
  account.
• Country: Select your country of residence.
• Online / On-Site: Select whether your panel wishes to present online or on-site.
• Academic Category: These categories are related to your status as a researcher. The op-
  tions are: Full Time Faculty, Adjunct faculty, practitioner or retired, and Student. Select the
  one that best describes your current status as a researcher.
• Type of Presentation: Select Traditional Oral Presentation. As mentioned at the beginning
  of the walkthrough, Preformed Pecha Kucha panel applications are not allowed. Those who
  wish to present in the Pecha Kucha modality must apply individually.

Filling in the other panel members’ information

• Whenever you wish to add a panel member, you must click on the blue “ + ” button,
  located at the top right corner of area 3.

• Once you have clicked on the “ + ” button, a new set of fields will appear. Please enter
  the information of panel member 1. When you wish to add the information of another
  panel member, repeat the process.

Filling the abstract information of in the other panel members

• Below area 1, you will find a set of fields under the name of “Panel Members Informa-
  tion”. As you might notice, there is also a blue “ + ” button. This allows you to create
  new fields in which to ad the information of up to three panel members.

Important notes about panel submissions

• Make sure the order of the abstracts of the panel members matches the order of the
  information on area 3 (Presenter /Panel Organizer Information).

• Once you have filled all the fields with the requested information, remember to scroll
  down and tick the “Accept Terms and Conditions” box. After clicking on the “Submit”
  button at the top of the page, you will be redirected to your dashboard. Panel Orga-
  nizers who have successfully submitted their application will receive a confirmation
  email.

 If you have any questions or difficulties, you can contact Ja’nos Kovacs (our congress
  coordinator) at jskovacs@uc.cl