Announcements
FAB 2010 Congress, Call for Panel and Paper Abstracts
The International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics is pleased to invite proposals for panels and papers in the 2010 Congress. The Congress theme is "Mobilities and Inequalities".
Abstracts should be 350-400 words, and be accompanied by both a descriptive title for the paper proposed and 2-3 keywords. Individual papers accepted for presentation will be allotted a maximum of 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. Proposals for panels should include the overall topic and a proposed title, objectives for the panel, and names of potential participants. Panel sessions will be maximum 90 minutes.
Papers on any topic in feminist bioethics are welcome, although the plenary sessions and some of the parallel sessions will be devoted to the Congress theme.
The theme of Mobilities and Inequalities should be interpreted broadly. Topics may include, but should not be limited to:
· Trafficking
· Women, War and Refugees
· Migration of Care Workers
· Global Movement of Food and Food Security
· Minorities and Barriers to Migration
· Medical Tourism
· Reproductive Tourism
· Communication Technologies in Healthcare
· Assistive Devices in Disability
The conference organisers welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplines, including: philosophy, social sciences, mobility studies, gender and migration studies, development studies, and others. We particularly encourage submissions from early career researchers.
Abstracts should be 350-400 words, and be accompanied by both a descriptive title for the paper proposed and 2-3 keywords. Individual papers accepted for presentation will be allotted a maximum of 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions. Proposals for panels should include the overall topic and a proposed title, objectives for the panel, and names of potential participants. Panel sessions will be maximum 90 minutes.
Please provide enough detail for reviewers to be able to assess your proposal for a paper or panel from the abstract. This should include a clear statement of method, thesis, and conclusion, and indicate what participants will learn from your presentation.
One or two submitted papers may be selected for plenary presentations. If you wish your paper to be considered for a plenary, please submit the full paper and indicate that you seek review for a plenary.
To submit an abstract or a plenary paper for consideration, please fill out the submission form and e-mail the form and your submission, saved as .doc or .pdf, to FAB.Singapore2010@gmail.com. This e-mail address should only be used for communications concerning submissions, and not for general conference or FAB inquiries.
Publication of paper from the Congress
Vol 4, no.2 of IJFAB will be based on the 2010 conference proceedings. All papers presented at the conference, or whose abstracts were accepted, will be eligible for inclusion in this issue of IJFAB. Once abstracts are accepted, they will be forwarded to the Editorial Office of IJFAB, which will follow up with instructions to authors about submission and review processes. Authors will have sufficient time after the conference to make revisions. Authors who wish to have their conference papers included in the conference issue must submit the paper in IJFAB style to the Editorial Office no later than September 15, 2010. The issue will appear in November, 2011. Authors who do not wish to have their papers reviewed for inclusion in IJFAB should indicate this when submitting an abstract.
The deadline for abstracts is 1 December 2009. Notices of acceptance will be sent out by 1 March 2010.
Submission Form