SUBMISSIONS
Podium, Apply, Group Symposium & post-Congress Workshop submissions have now closed, thank you to all those that submitted for program consideration. Reviewing is underway and notifications will be sent out mid-December 2022.
Submissions are now closed for this year’s congress.
How to create an excellent submission for the IPPA World Congress:
SCIENCE:
PRACTICE:
For science submissions, please make sure that your submission includes either
a) original data, and/or
b) a meta-analytic review of the literature
Purely theoretical submissions without some form of data analysis and submissions with only qualitative reviews of the literature will not be accepted. You will be expected to submit a scientific abstract and the primary criteria on which your submission will be evaluated are the scientific contribution, methodological and analytical rigor, and relevance to positive psychology.
For practice submissions, your submission will relate to activity that has been done outside of a research institute and in a "real world" setting, with "real world" populations. The submission should demonstrate measurable outcomes (at the very least, it includes the plan to measure, if measurement was not actually done) and that the application is been based on, or informed by, a researcher's empirical work and that work has been cited. For example, practice submissions are not original research that creates a new construct. Instead, your practice submission demonstrates application, informed by or based on a researched positive psychology construct that already exists, and using that construct to create a positive intervention in a population in real time, without holding other variables constant.
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PODIUM PRESENTATION:
10 minute individual presentation to showcase your research. Submissions are reviewed by the Program Chairs and successful submissions will be grouped together with other similar topic presentations to create a 1-hour session. An independent chairperson, as nominated by the Program Committee, will facilitate and enforce time limits between presenters and moderate audience Q&A at the end of all presentations within the session.
Max 1 presenter.
There may be some 20 minute Podium Presentation slots available within the program. A check box to select if you wish to be considered for a 20 minute presentation slot is available for you to select tick at time of submitting.
APPLY PRESENTATION:
30 minute practice-focused presentation, intended to provide the audience with one of 3 things;
a) Intensive program analysis and description (must also include results within your submission)
b) How-to-trainings
c) Experience it
More than 1 presenter is possible for this presentation type.
IGNITE PRESENTATION:
5 minute individual ‘lightning’ oral presentation. Submissions are reviewed by the Program Chairs and successful submissions within this category will be grouped together with other similar topic presentations to create a 1-hour session. An independent chairperson, as nominated by the Program Committee, will facilitate and enforce time limits between presenters and whilst no set Q&A after each presentation, there will be space for audience to ask questions directly at the conclusion of the presentations.
Max 1 presenter.
POSTER PRESENTATION:
A physical poster (1m wide x 1.2m high), secured to provided poster panel display boards within the Congress Exhibition Hall for the duration of the Congress. There will be nominated poster viewing times within the Program to encourage open discussion and Q&A with poster presenters.
Max 1 presenter.
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Data-focused 1 hour concurrent session with 3-4 presenters coordinated by 1 Symposium Chair (the submitter). A minimum of 15 minutes (out of 60 minutes) should be reserved for questions from the audience and dialogue among presenters.
Practice-based symposium submissions may focus on similar themes of research-based applications. Outcomes, or intents to measure outcomes, are highly recommended.
Your proposed session must be submitted by the designated Symposium Chairperson (if this is not you, please do not select this option) and must include within the one submission both an overall summary of the session and individual synopsis for each talk within the symposium. The chairperson may or may not be one of the presenters.
If you are a Symposium Chairperson wanting to submit your Symposium proposal on behalf of your Symposium presentation team, please submit under the 'Symposium Submission by the Symposium Chair' option on the submission dashboard
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There is an open call to submit a proposal for consideration to present a half day post-Congress workshop on the afternoon of Sunday July 23, 2023. Supporting documentation is required at time of submitting. Workshop presenters will be responsible for providing attendees with all workshop documentation and materials. Standard AV and round table seating configuration is included with the room set up made available to workshop presenters.
Max 2 presenters.
PRESENTATION TYPES
The following presentation types are available to both Science and Practice submissions. Press the ‘+’ symbol below for more information.
A reminder that you can only submit one proposal for consideration per submission type.
The submission portal is in conjunction with registration, however you do not need to register in order to submit a contribution.
For further information please see the submission frequently asked questions below.
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Means of Submission - Online
By clicking on the submission buttons above, you will be taken to a web portal, which is in conjunction with the registration system, where you can cut and paste your submission in several simple steps. The benefits of this system are many but include:
Allowing you to preview your submission and make modifications to your satisfaction. Ensuring you know your lodgement is completed as you will receive an immediate email confirmation Ensuring accurate indexing of all authors in the conference book Ensuring consistent presentation of all submissions in the proceedings (overarching formatting is imposed)
You do not need to register in order to submit your work. Accepted submissions will be conditional on a valid registration.
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Ensure you are using one of the following browsers: INTERNET EXPLORER (ver 11 or newer) MOZILLA FIREFOX (ver 44 or newer) SAFARI (ver 5 or newer)
Alert for Mac Users, if you are having trouble submitting your abstract/synopsis, try submitting from a PC. If you are still having trouble, please contact the secretariat.
Alert for Mozilla Users, the security policy in Mozilla often precludes the pasting from the clipboard without using the menu commands. You can still cut and paste your abstract/synopsis into the submission; you will have to use the menu command rather than ‘control v’ shortcut.
Is your research abstract text less than 300 words – it will not allow you to paste larger submissions. The word count does NOT include your title, authoring or cited references
Do you have your abstract/synopsis saved in a document & open on your own computer? – You need to be able to copy and paste it onto the submission system.
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Acknowledge that you understand that for your submission to be accepted into the program you must be a registered and fully paid delegate once it has been accepted. You must also consent to your submission being published in the Congress program.
Select presentation type and category (Practice or Science)
Next, you will able to cut and paste or type the Title of your submission in (Please write the title of your submission in sentence case (that is lowercase with only the first letter or the first word in capitals) and without any punctuation. A correctly formatted example follows: Title of my presentation for the conference)
Input the authors full names and organisations and indicate the presenting author(s) by ticking the box. All presenting authors require a email address.
Paste your submission abstract/synopsis text in. Please ensure the content is no more than the 300 word limit. (Does not include title, authoring or cited references)
Select up to 3 keywords from the list to assist in categorisation of your submission
Answer the additional questions
Agree to releases policy
Preview submission, once satisfied, you will be able to finalise your submission and return to your dashboard.
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You will receive an immediate confirmation email of your abstract or proposal being submitted. If you do not receive an email confirmation please check your email junk filter in case it has been captured there. Please ensure your email address has been entered correctly when you submitted.
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No, you do not need to register in order to submit your research.
However accepted submissions will be conditional on a valid registration. **Only the presenting author is required to have a valid registration. **
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Yes you can edit your submission (including Title, Content, Authors or Presenting author) after you have submitted it, you can do this up until the Submission deadline. To do so, please log into your online registration dashboard. Click on Abstracts tab and then on the “View submission" to edit the abstract. You will be able to select the areas to edit via the horizontal menus.
**Please note you will only be able to make changes to your abstract until the submission deadline, after such time, any changes required will need to be sent to rachel.b@asnevents.net.au
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Notification of programming decisions will come from the Congress organisers in December 2022 and the working program will be posted to the web site at the same time. The notification will include specific presentation instructions.
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Unfortunately, due to the high quantity & quality of submissions, the Program Committee are unable to accommodate everyone’s preference. If you do not wish to present in the allocated format, please advise the secretariat of your abstract withdrawal.
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Yes, you can use video files in your Podium, Ignite, Apply and Symposium presentations, however we do recommend you use mp4’s and embed the video files in the PowerPoint. We encourage you test your presentation & video before you load your presentation onsite at the Congress, and again with the technicians in the Speaker Preparation Room, well in advance to your Session commencing.
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PowerPoint presentations should be created in 16:9 ratio format. A template slide is available on request.
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Yes, you may ask a co-author to present on your behalf if they have a valid Congress registration, please email any presenting author changes to Annalee. Please include your Abstract ID number, title and new details (including the new presenting author’s email address) in your correspondence.
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If you wish to Withdraw your presentation, please email Rachelwith the details (Abstract ID, Title, Session, Times) of the presentation you wish to withdraw. Once your Presentation is withdrawn, we are unable to reinstate it into the Program.