A Topic Study Group is integrated by people interested in a particular topic in education who will meet on various occasions in order to share and widen their knowledge of the implications of the subject with which the group is concerned.
Topic Study Groups will be allotted 90-minute sessions at registration time, and congress members will remain with that group throughout the congress, as the different group meetings will take place simultaneously.
Only a rather limited number of papers will be presented orally in a Topic Study Group. Therefore, an important component of the work of the group will be those papers considered by the Organizing Team to be of appropriate quality and relevance to the group, which have been accepted for presentation by distribution. Such papers will be placed on the web site of the group and will thus form part of the material produced for it. Also, authors may distribute such papers in a hard copy version at the sessions of the group with a label stating that this paper has been accepted for presentation by distribution.
There will be no oral paper presentations in Discussion Groups (DG) by individual congress participants. However, it has been possible to submit a paper for consideration by the Organizing Team of a DG to be presented by distribution. Papers considered to be of appropriate quality and relevance to the discussions in the DG will be placed on the web site of the DG and thus form part of the material produced for it. Also, authors may distribute such papers in a hard copy version at the sessions of the DG with a label stating that this paper has been accepted for presentation by distribution.
Individuals or groups have submitted proposals to establish Workshops (WS).
Only clearly non-commercial Workshops have been accepted in the scientific program. A sub-committee of the IPC has been in charge of reviewing and accepting Workshop proposals. Normally, a Workshop will be allotted up to two one-hour time slots.
Please note that participation in a WS is limited and allowed on a first come first served basis.
Individuals or groups have submitted proposals to establish Sharing Experiences Groups (SEG).
Only clearly non-commercial SEG's have been accepted in the scientific program. A sub-committee of the IPC has been in charge of reviewing and accepting SEG proposals. Normally, a SEG will be allotted up to two one-hour time slots.
Congress participants have submitted numerous proposals for display in the poster - exhibition area.
Posters will be grouped, to the extent possible, according to the themes of the 29 Topic Study Groups and the 24 Discussion Groups. Poster presenters are invited to participate, if they are willing, in Round - Table sessions that will be scheduled for commentary and discussion on posters belonging to the same theme (approximately 10 posters per group).
Information about the size and format of posters will be given once a poster has been accepted. Presenters should use a font of at least 24 points so as to make the posters readable at a distance of 1.5 meters. Poster presenters should consider using both textual and visual means of presentation in their posters. The congress will not be able to provide poster supplies or material on site, except pins, tape and suchlike.