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2024 SIEC ISBE Conference
Call for Proposals
https://forms.gle/33LrDJ331zfuMvDY8
July 29 - August 2, 2024: In-person International Conference hosted by SIEC USA chapter.
Theme: The New Normal in Business Education
Submission deadline: March 31, 2024. Individuals will be notified of proposals by mid April, 2024.
Please note: ALL presenters must be registered for the SIEC 2024 Conference, and must be SIEC-ISBE members. If you must cancel, please contact Gerry Begeman (at glb_bermuda@yahoo.com) to remove your proposal from consideration.
About the conference
The 2024, 95TH SIEC ISBE International Conference will be held onsite at Illinois State University, College of Business, Normal, Illinois, July 29 through August 2, 2024. Keynote speakers and professional development sessions will abound. There are many opportunities to attend a variety of professional offerings during the annual SIEC Conference. Keynote speakers, workshops, presentations (both a research track and teaching track), a poster session, and a panel will take place on July 30 and 31 during the Conference. Professional networking and programs presented by SIEC ISBE members throughout the world will give attendees the latest in research and teaching practicum to bolster professional development knowledge for months to come! SIEC ISBE is promoting a strong emphasis on current issues and trends in business education--especially on artificial intelligence (AI).
This call invites professionals to provide and share the research, expertise, and practices for others to learn, apply, and improve their expertise. Please submit a proposal using the form in section 3.
Types of Pedagogical Sessions for 2024
Workshop
- Must address the conference theme
- Limited to a 75-minute session
- Consists of an introduction, discussion and/or activity
- Is an interactive session
- Provides about 20-30 minutes for an overview with the remainder of the session being an interactive activity (participants expect to be involved).
Presentation
- Can address the conference theme or related topics relevant for business educators—research track (full paper research topics) and teaching practicum track—please specify clearly in your submission.
- Limited to a 45-minute session
- Is a topic of immediate interest to participants
- Consists of a presentation (between 30 and 40 minutes) and discussion
- Can be used as a round table from different countries to present a shared project
Posters
- Can be research-based or practice-based
- May be from an educational institution and provide information about programs or projects
- Should be a topic that is of immediate interest to the participants
- Include a short introduction within a poster session.
Professional Development Topic Panel — featuring Artificial Intelligence and teaching tips
- Poses opportunities and challenges in aspects of artificial intelligence as relevant to teaching—may include policies, regulations, legal issues, project ideas, etc.
- Presents for 5-10 minutes, plus time is allowed for taking audience questions
- Is an interactive session
- Is limited to a 60-minute session for a maximum of five panelists chosen
- May present challenges and solutions for effectively foreseeing changes in policy, regulations, legislation, and how faculty and schools may need to alter teaching techniques, evaluation, etc.
- Due to time restrictions, plans now are for only one panel - the topic being teaching tips and artificial intelligence.
In addition, SIEC ISBE issues a call for full-paper research presentations that align with the conference theme including artificial intelligence, disruptive technologies, virtual reality, engagement, societal impact, and similar topics will be given first consideration. Submitters may submit a completed research project following submission guidelines for International Journal for Business Education or submit an extended abstract (include objective, methods, results, conclusions, and bibliography). Submission guidelines for full papers can be found here. If submitting a structured abstract, the full paper must be submitted no later than October 1, 2024, for publication consideration in the special Conference Edition of the International Journal for Business Education. To learn more about structured abstracts, visit this link from the University of Melbourne or this link from the IEEE Professional Communication Society. Only full papers submitted by the submission deadline of February 29, 2024 will be considered for the Empirical Research Award at the Conference. All accepted papers will be published in a special Conference Edition of the International Journal for Business Education. Full papers must be submitted using this submission link.
Submission Instructions
Proposals for workshops, presentations, posters, or to be a panel member should be via the online submission as posted on the SIEC-ISBE.org website. Please use this form. The deadline to submit is March 31, 2024. Alternatively, a SIEC ISBE member can contact their local SIEC ISBE professional development committee member for assistance.
The Reviewers’ Board of the PDC Committee will evaluate the submissions and select those for inclusion in the conference program 2024. Notification of this decision will be made by April 30, 2024. For more information, please contact Gerry Begeman, PDC Chair; your country’s national PDC member, or Dana Gray, PDC Review Committee Call for Papers Coordinator.
Presenter Requirements
All presenters must be members of SIEC-ISBE to be able to present at the conference. If the presenter’s home country has a SIEC-ISBE chapter, he/she must join that national chapter. If the presenter is from a country without a national chapter, membership information is available at www.siec-isbe.org to join the international chapter. All presenters must register for the conference. If membership and registration are not completed by June 30, 2024, then the submitter's accepted submission will be removed from the program for SIEC-2024.
Proposal Evaluation Criteria
The PDC Review Committee will use the following evaluation criteria for SIEC-2024 proposals. All proposals will be blind peer-reviewed for content and quality. Priority is given to proposals that
- Follow the conference theme
- Are of interest to conference participants
- Have well-qualified presenters
- Involve conference participants
- Follow the pro forma guidelines.
Workshops, presentations, posters, and the topical panel are designed to exchange experiences and to learn from each other. All accepted workshops, presentations, and poster abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings once presented at the conference.
The Call for Proposals is now available via an online link for submission.
Vendor hall participation information is available at https://www.siec-usa.org/VendorHall.
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