University
of Cyprus

18 - 22
August, 2008

•    Paper sessions
  
  Paper sessions include four oral presentations of individual papers that will be thematically grouped by the planning committee. Each paper will be followed by a brief discussion with the audience.
   

•    Posters
  
  Posters involve a text and graphic display of materials. They will be presented during the poster fair. Posters will be thematically grouped and hence groups of poster submissions are encouraged. 
   

•    Symposia
  
  Symposia provide an opportunity to examine one topic more deeply and/or from different perspectives. Symposium sessions are directed by one chairperson, with four or five presenters and one or two discussants. Please note that in the case of symposia you will need to submit a symposium title, an abstract for the whole symposium, a symposium organizer/chairperson, and complete abstract / title / authors information for each of the four or five papers making up your symposium.
   

•    Training Workshops
  
  Workshops provide a forum for interactive demonstrations or hands-on seminars aimed for teachers or researchers. They provide an opportunity to offer teacher professional development seminars on curriculum or software innovations. They also provide an opportunity to illustrate new methodological frameworks for young or experienced researchers.
   

  Submission of proposals
   

  Please use the Abstract Submission form to send us your abstract before 31 January 2008. Please send us a separate form for each submission. In the case of symposia please send us one form for the whole symposium. Please submit your abstract as an attachment to the following email address: girep2008@ucy.ac.cy

  
  Please save your attached file using the following format for the filename:
  <Your Last Name>Abstract<Number>.doc
  In case you are making multiple submissions please use the <Number> to distinguish one from the other. For example: JonesAbstract3.doc

• Submitted abstracts are blind reviewed by one member of the scientific committee and some feedback is usually offered as to how to make the paper and presentation relevant to the interests of the GIREP community. At this stage, the authors of accepted abstracts are invited to register and present their work at the conference. They will also be invited to submit a paper for consideration for the book of proceedings during the conference.
   

• Each paper is reviewed by two members of the international scientific committee. The reviewers do not know the authors of the paper at the time of
  review. Accepted papers are included in the Book of Proceedings. Not all presented papers appear in the proceedings. Once your abstract is accepted you can present your work at the conference but you may or may not choose to submit a paper for review for the proceedings.
   

Conference Proceedings
 

•   The GIREP Conference publishes a high quality book of proceedings distributed freely to all conference participants. 
   
•   Prospective authors who have been notified that their abstracts have successfully passed the abstract review process can present their work and
    may also choose to submit a paper for the proceedings.  
   
•   All papers should be submitted electronically as an attachment to the following address: girep2008@ucy.ac.cy
   
•   The paper filename should include the author name and the word paper in the title.
   
•   Please do not submit your paper at any other email address. Please also do not submit your paper twice.