Call for Presentations

for the

The Twenty Second Annual Conference

of the International Association for the Study of Dreams

Dreaming by the Bay

                     June 24–28, 2005

at the Doubletree Hotel in Berkeley, California

See our web site for more information and e-mail submission forms!  www.asdreams.org/2005

 

VEnue:   The Conference will be held on the San Francisco Bay at the Doubletree Hotel at the Berkeley Marina. The hotel is in a beautiful quiet waterfront setting across the bay from the Golden Gate Bridge, and offers spectacular views of the bay and marina. The site offers a wildlife sanctuary, and large waterfront hiking, biking or kite flying park, plus three waterfront restaurants and ready access to Berkeley and the 4th street shops and restaurants. There is no charge for parking, and hotel facilities such as the pool and fitness center are complementary to the guests.  The San Francisco bay area is an ideal cool and sunny summer vacation spot, and with the 4th of July fireworks displays at the hotel location the weekend following the conference, it makes for a perfect time to stay and vacation in the bay area.

 

SUBMISSION AREAS: High quality proposals are invited on diverse topics related to dreams and dreaming: Clinical and therapeutic application of dreams and approaches to dreamwork; research presentations into the biology, physiology, psychology, anthropology and like disciplines as related to dreams; cultural significance and approaches to dreams; children’s dreams;  theories and therapies for nightmares and posttraumatic dreams;  dreams and illness;  diagnosing and treating dream and sleep disorders; dreams in the arts; dreams and the creative and cognitive processes; dreams and education; paranormal dream phenomena;  religious and spiritual approaches to dreaming.

 

SUBMISSION TYPES: Paper Presentations, Symposia, Panel Discussions, Papers for Poster Sessions, Hot-off-the-Press Presentation, Workshops, Special Events

 

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS REQUIRED – Use instructions below or Go to web site: http://asdreams.org/2005, select Call for Presentations, where you will find a downloadable version of the instructions/outline.  ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED (E-MAIL) to: robertjhoss@aol.com (Bob Hoss) with a copy to Dreamsdr@aol.com (Alan Siegel).

 

FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 31, 2004

 

CONTACT INFORMATION: Our Web Site  www.asdreams.org/2005; 

e-mail ASDCentralOffice@aol.com;  Telephone +1-866-Dream12 (+1-866-373-2612);

Mailing address:  International Association for the Study of Dreams, PO Box 1592,

Merced CA 95341, USA

 

PRESENTERS MUST REGISTER: All presenters must register and pay for the conference prior to 1 May 2005 in order to remain on the program.  Registration will be on our site this fall at http://www.asdreams.org/2005. 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION

 

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES:

 

TYPE 1 – PAPERS AND SYMPOSIA, PANEL DISCUSSIONS

A PAPER presents the work of an individual or group on a single, clearly defined topic. It is generally presented as an oral presentation of 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions and answers. All presentations are encouraged to be within this time limit, however if this is not appropriate to your talk, please indicate the time you require.  A SYMPOSIUM consists of a set of papers sharing a common theme and will generally include a discussant who comments on the papers.  A Symposia proposal may be submitted by a leader who organizes a group of papers under a common theme.  All other papers submissions will be organized into Symposia by the committee.  Symposia are allotted 1.5 to 2 hours of program time. A PANEL proposal is more informal than a symposium and involves a discussion of a theme and perhaps very short presentations, by several individuals with expertise on the topic under discussion. Panel discussions will be allotted one to two hours of program time.

 

TYPE 2 - WORKSHOPS

A WORKSHOP is an experiential presentation involving a practical demonstration of a technique or method for approaching dreams, usually including audience participation. Workshops will be allotted one to two hours of program time based on schedule constraints, presenter request and program committee decision.  There will be a limited number of workshop timeslots available so it is encouraged that if you propose a workshop, you also provide the option of presenting your work in a 30 to 60 minute presentation format.

 

TYPE 3 - SPECIAL EVENTS 

The program committee also welcomes proposals for unusual, innovative, artistic and/or experimental presentations which do not fit into the other submission categories. In the past, these general events have included: films, videos and slide shows; dream theater; computer-oriented dreamwork; poetry; and music. Time allotment for these special events will vary according to the type of presentation.

 

TYPE 4 - RESEARCH BRIEFS and POSTER SESSIONS.  POSTER SESSIONS are special presentations of research or theory that are posted on easels in display areas during special times designated for viewing and discussion.  Poster Sessions and RESEARCH BRIEFS may be organized into one or more "Hot-off-the-Press" sessions, during which individuals will be given ten to fifteen minutes to present recent research findings.

 

SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

 

TYPE 1,2 3 – Final deadline to receive proposals for Papers, Symposia, Panel Discussions, Workshops and Special Events is December 31, 2005.

 

TYPE 4 - the final deadline for Poster Session Research Briefs and Hot off the Press submissions is March 1, 2005. 

 

FORMAT OF SUBMISSION:

 

Each submission MUST include ALL of the following information in the numbered headings below.  All Submissions MUST include a return e-mail address (and second backup e-mail address if possible) for confirmation, notification and program updates.  Please use Microsoft Word, or plain text format.  Adobe PDF is an acceptable alternative but not desirable due to editing limitations.   Please include ALL the requested information in each proposal, ONE DOCUMENT PER PROPOSAL.  DO NOT combine multiple proposals in the single document and DO NOT EXCLUDE information even if you provided it in a prior document.  Incomplete submissions will NOT be accepted.   A blank set of instructions, that can be used as a template, may be downloaded from the ASD Website at: http://www.asdreams.org/2005

 

1. SUBMITTER’S NAME AND DESIGNATION:  Please put your name and any  appropriate educational or professional designations, just as you wish them to appear in the program.  We will not extract anything different from your vitae’s.  This should be the name of the primary presenter or symposium or panel leader as the case may be.

 

2. TYPE OF PRESENTATION and TIME REQUIRED:  Please indicate whether the submission is for a Paper, Symposium, Panel Discussion, Special Event, Poster Session, Research Brief (Hot off the Press), or Workshop.   Indicate in brackets the minimum time and the length of time preferred. Example:  “Workshop (1.5 hr min minimum, 2 hr preferred)”.   Note that we will try to accommodate your request but the actual time allotted may be dictated by scheduling constraints.

 

3. TITLE OF PRESENTATION:  Due to space limitations in the printed program, restrict the title to a maximum of ten words. For symposia, include a title for each presenter.

 

4. THEME:  If you are presenting a paper that would combine into a symposium, or a Panel, Symposium or Special Event that might be aligned in a specific track, please designate a theme you would prefer to be associated with as a guide to assist us in organizing.  Examples: Clinical or therapeutic, Research, Cultural, Children’s, Theoretical, Nightmares, Illness or Diagnosis/Healing; Disorders; Arts;  Biology or Cognitive; Education; Paranormal; Religious or Spiritual; Lucid, Shamanic, Other.

 

5. AUTHOR(S), SCHOOL(S) OR INSTITUTION(S), AND BIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION(S).  This is the listing that will be edited to go into the program with the names and professional/academic designations and short biographical information on the presenters.  Note that the biographical information is not necessary for co-authors who are not presenting. 

a) Name and professional/academic designation of Presenter or Symposia/Panel leader

b) Names and professional/academic designation of other presenters in the session or co-authors if it is a paper

c) Country: List countries of residence of presenters after each 

d) Summary Bio: For each person presenting, provide a brief maximum 50 words biographical description, suitable for use in the conference program, including professional/academic affiliations if any, education, occupation, and nature of involvement with dreaming.

 

6.  CONTACT INFORMATION:  Name of primary contact, e-mail address (mandatory), street address, telephone number, and fax number. This should be the person to be notified of the program committee’s decision. Please note that all notification will be via e-mail so provide a backup e-mail if possible.

 

7. SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION maximum of 50 words   The presentation summary should be carefully proofread as it may be printed in the program as submitted. For a pre-organized Symposia or Panel Discussion proposal, the summary should reflect the theme and content, rather than the individual presentations.

 

8. AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS.  Specify your AV needs and limit AV requests to what is absolutely necessary for your presentation.  Be specific about supporting equipment needs including: projection systems, flip charts or white boards, audio and video systems in your description.  High cost may preclude a PC projector setup for all cases, so please prepare overhead foils as backup media for any such presentation.  PCs may not be available so be prepared to bring a laptop if you are notified that a PC projector is available for your talk.  Video will be limited, but if you do require it, please state the format (VCR or DVD) and (NTSC or PAL).  If you need a sound system to play audio then state CD or Tape.  Microphones may not be provided in smaller rooms.   Final AV request deadline is December 31, 2005 with this submission.  There will be NO changes after that date.

 

9. SPACE SETUP RESTRICTIONS.  Rooms will typically be set up for in theatre or classroom style for presentations, and a more circular setup for workshops.  Please state your space setup requirements.  We will try to accommodate your request to the degree that scheduling permits.  If you do not specify a setup then no change will be possible later once the rooms are designated.

 

10. SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS. If you have any restrictions regarding date or time when you will not be able to make your presentation, please state them. The program committee cannot make changes to the schedule once the program is finalized.

 

11. LINGUISTIC RESTRICTIONS. Since this is an international conference presenters are requested to present in international English, which can be understood by non-native English speakers.  Please let us know if you are presenting in another language and will have a person who can translate that will accompany you.  

 

12. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. A) Specify three learning objectives of the presentation and B) three evaluation questions which participants should be able to answer after attending the presentation. These will be used for CEU evaluation.

 

13. ABSTRACT.  Each submission must include an abstract (250-500 words) detailing what is being proposed. The abstract should be submitted in a readable and publishable form so that it can be reproduced on the ASD Website. ASD reserves the right to publish these abstracts.  You must state clearly “Not to be Published” after the title of the abstract, or we will publish it on the site.  In the case of Papers, include a reference list (not included in the 250-500 words). Tables, figures, and illustrations should be limited to one additional page. In the case of Symposia and Panel Discussions, give details of each presenter’s material.  For Special Events, describe the presentation in as much detail as possible and include illustrative examples of material that will be used.

 

14. VITAE OR RESUME.  Please include one copy of the presenter’s vitae or resume. If the BIO above is sufficient indicate so.  This should be submitted electronically IN THE SAME DOCUMENT as the rest of this proposal.

 

15. PERMISSION TO RECORD.  IASD may tape or video record selected sessions at our discretion, for sale at the conference and thereafter.  Note that no interactive workshop sessions or works of art or artistic special events will be recorded.  Please provide a specific statement if you do not want your session recorded:  “no I do not want my session recorded” or “yes I agree to IASD recording of my session”. 

 

16. ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL WORKSHOP PROPOSALS.  Please note that all presentations with an experiential component will be considered and reviewed as workshops.  In addition to a resume or vitae, proposals for workshops must include a separate statement of the proposed workshop leader’s:

a) active credentials and licenses or nature of active dreamwork practice;

b) specific details of training (date, institutions, teachers) they have received in dreamwork or dream studies;

c) the nature and extent of the workshop leaders’ prior experience conducting dream workshops;

d) the orientation, style, or name of specific methods or techniques to be utilized;

e) a detailed description of the activities in which attendees will be encouraged to participate during the proposed workshop;

f) a statement that the leader has read and accepts the ASD dreamwork ethical statement and will respect the confidentiality of participants in the workshop. The ASD ethical statement emphasizes non-intrusiveness and respect for the dreamer’s dignity and integrity. Please note that due to the short format of conference workshops, proposals should reflect ethical, non-intrusive goals and methods and should not make unrealistic claims. A copy of the ASD ethical statement may be obtained from the ASD Central Office or from this ASD Website.