LAIBS conference policy for academic staff, March 2016
Conference (workshop, seminar, or meeting etc. – this policy is intended to cover any research related event)
attendance is vital to the development of your academic career, and to the attainment of our aspirations as a business
school. It is important therefore that attendance lead directly to REF-able outputs given limits on resources. As a result
the policy set out in this document aims to ensure that staff who wish to attend and present their research work at
conferences are able to submit the results of their work to reputable journals within six months of the conference. It
is also expected that staff attending a conference will fully support research dissemination and promotion of their
work, both internally and externally (e.g. seminar).
Going to conference also provides an opportunity to network and specifically to encourage international scholars you
wish to develop research with to consider submitting a EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship application with us.
Details of the scheme can be found here - http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/ - and
lucy.gonzalez@anglia.ac.uk from RDCS will be able to support the application process and give advice.
Staff need to apply for approval within a month of having their paper accepted, and all bookings associated with
the conference (including OA1 sign off) should be completed within a month of approval. Late applications will not
be approved. Appended to this policy is an application form and a list of recommended conferences which are
recognized for their rigour and quality, and generally require the submission of a short or long paper. There might
however, be good reasons why the conference is not on the preferred list, and the form below gives applicants an
opportunity to explain why the conference, workshop, seminar or meeting) is important, of high quality and will lead
to a REF-able journal submission (applicants should talk to their Deputy Head for Research and Enterprise, DHRE).
Every month Deputy Head for Research and Enterprise (DHREs), Deputy Dean (Research and Enterprise) and the
Deputy Director of the IIMP will meet to assess and decide upon conference applications, which will be governed by
the policy set out in this document. The budget for conference attendance will be held centrally at the Faculty level.
There are a range of central university and external funds available for conference attendance. Applicants should
always seek to find external funds prior to submitting this form. Staff should also consider if an Erasmus funded visit
might be arranged to the conference destination (please contact maria.karafyllia@anglia.ac.uk for further
information). Staff should also consider whether they could combine conference attendance with other Faculty
business (student recruitment for instance).
Conferences supported by external funds will be permitted to operate outside these new guidelines if:
(1) attendance and costs are an allowable element a funded project, and;
(2) full funding is available. In cases where part funding from the Faculty is required then this policy will need to be
followed and the form below completed.
Staff need to fill out the form and send this form to Hoi Lei Chan, Research and Enterprise Team Manager
(hoilei.chan@anglia.ac.uk), cc your HoD and Deputy Head Research and Enterprise. She will notify staff of the
outcome of their request. Only after approval should they complete an OA1 travel form.
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LAIBS Conference (etc.) Attendance Request
Name:
Department:
Paper title:
Conference/workshop/seminar
name and location
Date
Registration details
(including
deadline)/contact
Intended conference etc.:
Is conference on the preferred list (yes/no)?
If no, please demonstrate whether the conference
requires short or long paper as part of the process,
and explain why the conference is important and of
good quality
Registration
fee
Membership
fee
Other (visa):
Total cost (in £)
Other:
Flight ticket
Notes:
Travel during
visit
Accommodation
Subsistence
Miscellaneous
Total:
Any part funded contribution?
Total fund request (in £)
What efforts have been made to source alternative
funding (e.g. RDCS, PhD bursaries etc.)?
Intended output for conference paper (and CABS
journal ranking):
Please provide the following information for
previous LAIBS conference funding awarded:
-
Conference name and date
Amount awarded
Paper title
Stage of development of the paper
(submitted, under review, accepted
etc. specify ABS ranking)
HoD/PhD supervisor support and signature
Once completed, please forward this form to Hoi Lei Chan, Research and Enterprise Team Manager
(hoilei.chan@anglia.ac.uk) and cc your HoD and Deputy Head Research and Enterprise. She will notify staff of the
outcome of their request.
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Appendix – list of preferred conferences
This list is indicative. It is well recognized that there are certain large high quality conferences in business and management and social science
sub-disciplines. The faculty supports the attendance of these conferences. However, specialist conferences, symposia and workshops can be
vital and will also be supported (many are included below), and it is recognized that there are also single purpose workshops that staff should
be attending (especially in policy engagement areas). However, if a member of staff wishes to attend a conference NOT on this list, they will
need to explain in detail why attendance is important and how it will lead to a REF-able submission or funding application.
Contents
Accountancy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Management and organization studies........................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Education .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Housing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
International Business ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Operations management ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Innovation studies ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Entrepreneurship and small business ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15
HR and OB................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Marketing ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Economics ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Tourism ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
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Accountancy
Paper submission word
limit
American Accounting
Association Conference
Critical Accounting Conference:
CPA, APIRA and/or CSAF (run in
turn, one each year)
Can submit a 200-word
abstract, work-in process or
full paper
n/a
Abstract
Presentation
Location
Number of
attendees
Conference
attached to a
journal
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Overseas
n/a
n/a
Accounting, Organizations and
Society Conference
Full paper
n/a
n/a
Overseas
n/a
Accounting,
Organizations
and Society
journal
British Universities Industrial
Relations Conference
Full paper
Abstract for
submission
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
European Accounting
Association Conference
Authors are invited to
submit full papers. A full
paper is a complete
scholarly research report
that could reasonably be
submitted for publication in
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a public working paper data
base such as SSRN.
Management Accounting
Research Conference
British Accounting and Finance
Association
Eastern Financial Association
Conference
European Financial Association
Conference
Industrial Relations in Europe
Conference
International Labor Process
Conference
International Sociological
Association (ISA) conference:
ISA Forum of Sociology
Journal of Corporate Finance
"An author can submit and
present only one paper.
However a presenter can
also be a non-presenting
co-author on additional
papers. Authors are invited
to submit full papers."
Abstracts will be
included in the
congress book,
so they should
not exceed
1,500
characters and
submitted with
the paper.
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
Full paper
n/a
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Overseas
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
n/a
Overseas (Turkey)
n/a
n/a
n/a
EU
n/a
N/a
Full paper
Full Paper
Abstract due by
March 31
Abstract
deadline already
passed
No limit
300 words
n/a
overseas
n/a
The Journal accepts the
following types of
manuscript:
n/a
n/a
UK
n/a
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n/a
1.Long Articles between
6,000 and 12,000 words but
not exceeding
12,000 words including
footnotes;
2.Short Articles not
exceeding
5,000 words including
footnotes;
3.Case Notes not exceeding
3000
words including footnotes;
and
4.Book Reviews not
exceeding 2500 words incl.
footnotes.
Logistics Research Network
Conference
Conference of International
Federation of Operational
Research Societies (the
conference is held every three
years)
European Conference on
Operational Research
n/a
400-500 words
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
n/a
100-200words
n/a
Overseas
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
22 minutes including
questions.
EU
n/a
n/a
Winter Simulation Conference
n/a
4-5 pages full
paper
n/a
Overseas
n/a
n/a
International conference on
Production Research (ICPR)
n/a
100-200words
n/a
Overseas
n/a
n/a
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(conference is held every two
years)
Management and organization studies
Paper submission word
limit
Academy of Management
EGOS
International symposium of
process organization studies
BAM
European Academy of
Management
n/a
Your short paper should
comprise 3,000 words (inc.
references, all appendices
and other material).
n/a
Length of full paper
submission: 5000-7000
words (excluding tables and
references). Length of
developmental paper
submission: 1000-2000
words excluding tables and
references.
You may be listed as an
author or co-author on up
to 3 submitted papers. The
maximum length of the
paper is 40 pages (including
Abstract
Presentation
Location
Number of
attendees
n/a
n/a
Overseas
10,000
Conference
attached to a
journal
n/a
3,000 word
short paper
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
1000 words
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
Full paper
required, rather
than abstract
15 mins plus 5 mins for
questions
EU
n/a
n/a
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ALL tables, appendices and
references). The paper
format should follow the
European Management
Review Style Guide.
British Sociological Association
WES conference - comes under
BSA, biannual
Medical Sociology conference also comes under BSA)
Regional Studies
AAG American Association of
Geographers
Sociology;
Work,
Employment &
Society; Cultural
Sociology
Sociology;
Work,
Employment &
Society; Cultural
Sociology
n/a
Abstracts are
published in
conference
proceedings
15 mins plus 5 mins for
questions
UK
n/a
n/a
Abstracts are
published in
conference
proceedings
15 mins plus 5 mins for
questions
UK
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
400-800 words
n/a
Overseas
n/a
n/a
Overseas
4,500
n/a
n/a
n/a
Your presentation
should describe the
purpose, methods, and
conclusions of your
research. No one may
submit or take part in
more than one
presentation.
Presenters may give
one, and only one, of
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the following
presentations:
• Paper Presentation
Each presenter is
allowed 20 minutes to
present and discuss a
paper. Sessions are
limited to five
presentations.
• Illustrated Paper
A short, three- to fiveminute, oral summary
of problem, data,
method, and findings
presented in poster
format, followed by a
one-on-one or small
group discussion at the
poster.
• Interactive Short
Paper
A session of ten to 14
paper presentations
accompanied by
PowerPoint slides. Each
presentation
summarizes research or
research in progress in a
particular field, followed
by a 30- to 45-minute
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interactive roundtable
discussion.
• Poster Presentation
Sessions consist of
posters displayed for
informal browsing with
opportunities for
individual discussion
with authors. This
format is best suited for
material that can easily
be communicated
visually.
Royal Geographical Society
Annual Conference
CMS Critical Management
Studies conference
Liverpool and Keele
Ethnography Symposium
Organisational discourse
conference
Developing Leadership Capacity
Conference
Corporate Responsibility
Research Conference
Organisers do not require
authors to submit their full
paper before or after the
conference
n/a
Paper or poster
presentation (of any
length)
UK
n/a
no proceedings
of conference
published
n/a
250-500 words
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
n/a
Up to 750 words
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
n/a
1000 words
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
n/a
750 words
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
n/a
600 words
Max 6,000 words incl
references
n/a
n/a
n/a
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500 words abstract
Arts of Management
Conference
500 words proposal for
workshop/exhibition/artisti
c event
Required
Required
International
conference
200 approx
Organizational
Aesthetics
Location
Number of
attendees
Conference
attached to a
journal
UK
n/a
n/a
Conference
attached to a
journal
2016 Slovenia
Education
Paper submission word
limit
Higher Education Academy
n/a
Abstract
200-250 words
Presentation
Full papers, posters,
oral presentations,
workshops
Housing
European Network for Housing
Research
Paper submission word
limit
Abstract
Presentation
Location
Number of
attendees
Length of the paper should
not exceed 8000 words
including all text, figures
and tables.
Maximum of
150 words
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
Location
Number of
attendees
Conference
attached to a
journal
International Business
Paper submission word
limit
Abstract
Presentation
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Academy of International
Business
European International
Business Academy
UK and Ireland Academy of
International Business
n/a
150-200 words
and a 1-to-3
page synopsis of
each activity
Paper and panel
submissions.
Competitive papers
must be fewer than
10,000 words inclusive
of all materials,
including appendices
and references.
Interactive papers
should not be more
than 7,500 words.
•Panel proposals should
be no more than 6,000
words inclusive of all
materials
Overseas
n/a
n/a
n/a
Papers should
include an
abstract of 300400 words
Papers must not exceed
30 pages, including the
tables and references
EU
n/a
n/a
n/a
A selection of
conference
papers will be
published in the
Palgrave
Macmillan
International
Business book
n/a
150 words
Competitive papers
must not exceed 26
pages, including tables
and references
UK
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series, which is
connected to
the AIB UK &
Ireland annual
conferences.
Operations management
European Operations
Management Association
Location
Number of
attendees
Conference
attached to a
journal
n/a
EU
n/a
100 words
Abstract
Presentation
Location
Number of
attendees
n/a
Max 250 words
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
Max 250 words;
Paper titles
should not
Paper submission word
limit
Abstract
Presentation
n/a
100 words
Paper submission word
limit
Innovation studies
European Association for the
Study of Science and
Technology EASST Conference
4S Annual Meeting – Society for
Social Studies of Science
Session proposal
abstracts should have a
maximum of 250 words.
Overseas
n/a
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Conference
attached to a
journal
EASST has its
own
international,
peer reviewed,
online journal
Science &
Technology
Studies
Science,
Technology and
Human Values is
exceed 10
words.
Each session proposal
should contain a
summary and rationale,
including a brief
discussion of its
contribution to STS.
Session proposals
should be designed to
fit two-hour time slots.
A typical session will
contain six papers or
five papers with a
discussant.
the official
journal of 4S
International Responsible
Innovation Conference
n/a
n/a
n/a
EU
n/a
International Conference on
Sustainability Transitions
n/a
n/a
n/a
EU
n/a
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selected papers
are published in
Springer book
series
Has an
associated
Elservier peer
reviewd journal:
Environmental
Innovation and
Societal
Transitions
Entrepreneurship and small business
Paper submission word
limit
ISBE
Babson
Rent
Conference
attached to a
journal
Abstract
Presentation
Location
Number of
attendees
n/a
Max 250 words
13mins & 2 min
questions
EU
n/a
n/a
The Lead Author should
submit:
A 1-page, 400-word
summary and a 15-page
maximum final version of
the paper
n/a
n/a
EU/ Overseas
n/a
n/a
n/a
An extended
abstract incl. :
- Objectives
(between 300 &
400 words)
- Literature
review(between
300 & 400
words)
Approach/Meth
od (between
300 & 400
words)
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
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Results/Findings
(between 300 &
400 words)
- Implications
(between 300 &
400 words)
- Value
(between 300 &
400 words)
ISTR International Society for
3rd Sector Research
n/a
Max 250 words
EMES International Research
Network
n/a
n/a
Paper submission word
limit
15 to 20 minute
presentations
(presentation of 5 to 7
slides)
EU
325
n/a
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
Abstract
Presentation
Location
Number of
attendees
Conference
attached to a
journal
n/a
1000-1500
words
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
US/ Overseas
n/a
n/a
n/a
approximately
500 words
n/a
UK
380
Y
HR and OB
International Studying
Leadership Conference
International Leadership
Association conference
Gender, Work and Organization
(Journal titled same, 3 star)
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Work and Family Researchers
Conference (No associated
journal, but leading conference
in this field with practical paper
development sessions)
Institute of Work Psychology
International Conference
(Biennial academic conference
focused on Work, Wellbeing
and Performance)
Society for Advancement of
Socio-Economics (SASE)
Council for European Studies
American Political Science
Association
Maximum 2 papers
250-1000 words
n/a
US/ Overseas
750
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
up to 2 papers
Abstracts for
submissions to
regular
networks should
be no longer
than 500 words;
abstracts for
submissions to
miniconferences
should be no
longer than
1000 words.
n/a
US/ Overseas
n/a
n/a
maximum 250
words
n/a
EU/US/ Overseas
n/a
n/a
maximum 500
words
n/a
US/
Overseas
n/a
n/a
3-5 paper proposals,
including paper abstracts
(also no more than 250
words) and presenting
author information.
up to 2 papers or 2
organized panel proposals,
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European Consortium for
Political Research (ECPR)
each proposal to no more
than 2 divisions
Section Chairs are currently
reviewing all Panel and
Paper submissions, and the
ECPR will notify proposers
the outcome of their
submission by the end of
March.
n/a
n/a
UK
2500 (66
sections over
300 panels)
Paper submission word
limit
Abstract
Presentation
Location
Number of
attendees
Conference
attached to a
journal
5 pages (max 3 papers)
maximum 200
words
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Worldwide
n/a
Y
n/a
n/a
US
n/a
n/a
n/a
Marketing
Academy of Marketing 2014
IMP Group annual conference
(Sept 2014, France),
Academy of Marketing Science
Conference (US)
The competitive papers
should not exceed 20 pages
and work-in-progress
papers should not exceed
10 pages. Bibliographies
and appendices are not
included in the page limits.
Full paper submissions
should not exceed 20
double-spaced pages
(Times New Roman or
Calibri 12
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pt. font) in total length
including all exhibits and
references
Economics
The International
Telecommunications Society
conference
EARIE (European Association
for Research in Industrial
Economics)
EEA (European Economic
Association)
ESEM (European Meeting of the
Econometric Society)
American Economic Association
Royal Economic Society
Association of Heterodox
Economics (AHE)
Evolutional Association for
Political economy (EAEPE)
Location
Number of
attendees
Conference
attached to a
journal
n/a
EU/ Overseas
n/a
n/a
maximum 100
words
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
maximum 100
words
n/a
EU
280 (140
international
researchers)
n/a
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
US/ Overseas
UK
55
n/a
Y
Y
200 word
abstract initially
n/a
UK
n/a
n/a
300-750 words
n/a
EU
n/a
n/a
Paper submission word
limit
Abstract
Presentation
n/a
2 pages (800 to
1000 words)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
maximum 7,500 words
Following review of the
abstracts, full papers will be
invited for submission
n/a
maximum 100
words
n/a
100
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Tourism
Paper submission word
limit
Travel and Tourism Research
Association (TTRA) conferences
n/a
Abstract
Presentation
Location
Number of
attendees
up to 3 pages,
plus references,
tables and
figures
"Oral Presentations:
Presenters will have 20
minutes to present and
10 minutes for
questions and
discussion.
Visual Presentations:
All presenters will be
present and have the
opportunity to discuss
their work with
conference delegates.
Presenters will be
provided with a table
and pin-board screen.
The presentations
themselves can be in a
range of formats,
from a simple poster
through to visual
representations on a
laptop (or a
combination)."
EU/USA
n/a
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Conference
attached to a
journal
Y
abstract
(between 300
and 500 words)
Council for Hospitality
Management Education
n/a
EuroCHRIE Conference
Maximum 3,000 words
excluding the title, abstract
and references
150 words
n/a
n/a
ATHE Annual Conference
n/a
Authors of accepted
papers are expected to
make a 20 minute
presentation
n/a
Overseas
n/a
Y
Overseas
n/a
n/a
UK
20
Y
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