The Open Fora are great way to educate the ECTS community on important topics to you, gain international visibility and broaden your outreach by being part of the ECTS Annual Congress Ancillary Programme.
Individuals, societies, institutions, groups, are invited to submit programme suggestions for the organisation of an Open Forum, to be held on Friday 14 April, during ECTS 2023 in Liverpool.
Call for Open Fora Proposals
- Proposals should be submitted via the online submission form below.
- Deadline for programme suggestions is 30 July 2022.
- An application without an established scientific programme will not be considered.
- The evaluation and approval of the proposed open forum programme by the Scientific Programme Committee will be based on the information provided in the submission form.
What you should do:
- Approach the chairs and speakers you would like to suggest for the session and verify that they plan to attend ECTS 2023.
- Decide if you want to also include oral presentations from the ECTS 2023 submitted abstracts.
- Fill in the form on the ECTS website by 30 July 2022 indicating the Open Forum title and content including chairs and speakers.
- SPC reviews the programme and speakers in August 2022 with final approval in September 2022
- If programme approved, you assume responsibility for the management of the session.
What ECTS will do:
- SPC reviews the programme and speakers in August 2022 with final approval in September 2022
- Incorporates the session into the official congress programme
- Provides a meeting room and facilities free of charge
- Provides complimentary congress registration for up to two persons (e.g. chair or speaker)
Guidance
Before submitting your proposal, we invite you to check how the ECTS organises its Annual Congress.
Please also bear in mind the importance of a coherent scientific programme with top quality speakers.
We therefore recommend:
- To mention only names of speakers that you have heard lecturing yourself and that you know are very good, educational, top quality speakers.
- To consider country and gender balance
Key Dates
- Deadline for Open Forum programme suggestions: 30 July 2022
- Review and preliminary feedback by the Scientific Programme Committee: before end August 2022
- Final approval by the Scientific Programme Committee: before end September 2022