Proposal
Preparation
Acceptance decisions for proposals will be made
beginning January 2012. All proposals should be submitted in a format
and length consistent with the conditions given below.
Proposal
length:
Symposium: A proposal description between 3,500 and 11,000 characters, which is equivalent to 1-3 pages in length.
Individual Oral Presentation or Individual Poster Presentation: A proposal description which cannot exceed 2000 characters, which is equivalent to about 1 page in length.
Each proposal must include the following information:
a)
Title and abstract
b) List of authors
c) Contact information of
presenter (submitter)
The selection decisions, to be made by the World Congress Organizing Committee, will be based upon the following criteria:
a.
Relevance to the overall Congress theme ("Risk and Development
in a Changing World") and to one of the three daily sub-themes
(Disasters & Resilience; Global & Emerging Risks; Risk &
Sustainable Development)
b. Elements of risk analysis (i.e.
relating to risk assessment, risk management, and/or risk
communication).
c. Either (1) new approach or research
contribution to risk analysis, or (2) improved understanding of risk
challenge, or (3) new risk analysis applied to problem of
development, governance or innovation.
d. International
representation among the speakers (this applies to Symposia)
e.
Multi- or interdisciplinary representation among the speakers (this
applies to Symposia)
All
proposals submitted by 29 November 2011 will receive full
consideration by the World Congress Organizing Committee. (Decisions
on these proposals will be made by January 2012.) The proposals site
will remain open after 29 November 2011, and proposals
submitted after that date will be considered if space remains
available.
Proposals for Symposia, and Speaker Abstracts as Part of Symposia, must be submitted by 9 January 2012 at 11:00 PM US Eastern time.
The World Congress on Risk 2012 will be the third in the series of World Congresses organized by the SRA and its partner organizations. SRA held the first World Congress on Risk in Brussels, Belgium in 2003, and the second World Congress on Risk in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008.
The overall theme of the 2012 World Congress will be "Risk and Development in a Changing World." The three daily sub-themes will be "Disasters and Resilience," "Global and Emerging Risks," and "Risk and Sustainable Development."
At this time, SRA is inviting proposals for presentations. At a later date, we will post information about the program (including plenary speakers and associated breakout sessions), hotels in Sydney, conference registration (by April 2012), and travel arrangements.
As in the past two World Congresses, SRA is seeking funding to support travel - by junior faculty/researchers, and by participants from developing countries - to the World Congress on Risk 2012 in Sydney. The Proposal submission pages include an option for each submitter to request information about such travel support.
If you have questions about this proposal process, please contact the SRA Secretariat, David Drupa, at ddrupa@burkinc.com .
We look forward to seeing you in Sydney!
Alison Cullen, University of Washington
Daniela Leonte, Australian Department of Health and Aging
Jonathan Wiener, Duke University
Co-Chairs, World Congress on Risk 2012