Hybrid: all* panels and plenaries will be available to both face-to-face delegates and those online in Zoom, whether that be listening or presenting. (*unless there are physical barriers to online access, e.g. a walking workshop)

The programme will run over four full days. Each day of the Congress will include a keynote/plenary event and a series of parallel panel sessions that discuss selected themes. There will be a closing plenary roundtable and the Young Scholars Prize lecture.

Panel acceptances

Panel acceptances will be sent out to all convenors individually by email on 01 November 2024

The call closed 7 October 2024.

Formats: panels, roundtables, workshops, combined formats

This congress has panels of various formats:

• Traditional panels: with up to five paper presentations per one 105-minute session, panels can have up to two sessions (maximum ten papers).

• Roundtables: a group of scholars (usually no more than five) discuss themes/issues of general scholarly interest in front of (and subsequently with) an audience for the duration of a single 105-minute session. While a roundtable can include short (5-10 minute) provocations/presentations, the main idea is to create a lively debate, not to focus on any one presenter.

• Unlike panels and workshops that must be open to all possible proposals, roundtables can be 'closed' with pre-agreed participants, with their names listed in the long abstract. However, roundtables can also be 'open', taking in provocation/presentation proposals during the Call for Papers from which participants get selected after the Call has ended.

• Workshops: these are conceptualised as practical events containing collective research activities, guided interactions and free-format exchanges leading to specific public outputs. They may include elements of performance, various collective indoor or outdoor activities, exhibitions, or interactive media displays. A workshop can have up to two 105-minute sessions.

• Panel AND roundtable: a two- or three-session event combining paper presentations in the first session(s) with a roundtable in the final one. Rather than concentrating on the content of each paper, the roundtable conversation should be a general discussion on the theme of the P&R.

• Panel AND workshop: a two- or three- session event combining presentations with collective activities, practical tasks, and/or performances.

Rules

• All panels must have at least two conveners. Convenors should be from at least two different institutions and/or countries so as to encourage exchange and cross-fertilization. We recommend that at least one convenor (or a chair) attend face-to-face (f2f).

• SIEF requires all accepted panels to be open to paper proposals through the website: panels should not be organised as 'closed' sessions.

• Session length will be 105 minutes for panels, workshops, roundtables and combined formats. Each traditional panel may accept a maximum of ten papers over two sessions. No panel or workshop may run for more than two sessions of 105 minutes, and roundtables may run for a single 105-minute session. Combined formats can have up to three 105-minute sessions.

• SIEF Working Groups are encouraged to propose group-related panels. In such cases, the Working Group name should follow the panel title in square brackets, e.g., Beds are Burning [Place Wisdom]

• Working Groups should invite members to submit proposals and all Working Groups are guaranteed to have at least one panel (of any format) accepted.

• The Congress will be hybrid, with panels taking place in Aberdeen and online in Zoom. Convenors proposing panels/workshops should consider this in their design. Any panel conveners choosing to attend virtually must ensure that they have stable and fast internet access. If your internet connection tends to be unstable and you have been unable to share screen via Zoom, etc., please ensure that you find a co-convener who can travel for the face-to-face event. If the remote convener is then unable to lead the panel, the co-convener will be able to take over.

• An individual may have each conference role only once during the conference, i.e., convene one panel OR one workshop OR one roundtable OR one combined format; present a paper or a poster once; be a discussant once (either as a roundtable participant or a discussant in a workshop or a traditional panel or a combined format); be a chair once (in any of the formats).

• Conveners of accepted panels are obliged to be members of SIEF for 2025. Paper-givers and other delegates are NOT obliged to become members of SIEF, however all are encouraged to support the Society in this way. There will be a financial incentive to do so, in that non-members will pay a higher registration fee.

• While adherence to the conference theme is not the main criterion for panel selection, SIEF encourages conveners (those proposing/organising a panel) to make an effort to address the questions and ideas outlined in the theme description.