Guidelines for SubmissionINFORMATION AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES BACKGROUND The ICPA Programme Committee invites individuals, agencies and organizations interested in presenting papers at the Association’s 2014 Annual Conference to submit ideas for consideration. The theme of our 15th Annual Conference is “From Incarceration to Reintegration: Change with a Purpose”. The conference will be hosted by the Namibian Correctional Service and held in the lovely and modern city of Windhoek, Namibia from October 26-31, 2014. This is the second time that ICPA will be holding its Annual Conference in Africa, more than a decade after our first event in Cape Town, South Africa in 2000. The theme of the Conference was chosen specifically to highlight the considerable efforts that have been made in the last decade in reforming and transforming corrections in Africa. Professional and modern correctional principles are being increasingly adopted to create a humane correctional process that focuses more on addressing offender needs for reintegration rather than only shortsighted, punitive responses to crime. Namibia is a case in point but other countries in Africa have made similar strides towards advancing ‘change with a purpose’ within their criminal justice and correctional systems. With our theme in mind, the Programme Committee welcomes, in particular, proposals for presentations from our African correctional colleagues, the non-governmental sector, justice officials, various international agencies and/or consultants working in Africa or other developing nations, the private sector, scholars and academics interested in crime and justice issues, and any other interested individuals. Proposals are welcomed for individual papers, workshops or thematic symposia and panel presentations. The focus should be on any and all efforts for creating ‘change with a purpose’ within a correctional jurisdiction. TOPICS Our ICPA Conference is the foremost annual international gathering for correctional officials to ‘learn from each other’. We recognize that important ‘change with a purpose’ is occurring internationally in corrections and not just in Africa. The ICPA Programme Committee consequently extends an invitation to our international correctional colleagues to submit ideas for presentations relating to the general theme, but especially in the following related subtopics:
SELECTION In selecting papers, priority will be given to those that are clearly related to the Conference’s main theme. Multiple submissions are permitted but only one submission will be accepted. Again this year the Programme Committee will identify a number of outstanding submissions for presentation during the main ‘Plenary’ sessions at the conference. The selection will be based on relevance to the conference topic, breath of innovative practice and evidence of a strong research/empirical base. Preference will be given to those proposals that are developed with across agency or across-jurisdiction collaboration. We will reply to the primary author notifying you of our decision. If your abstract is accepted we will contact you for more information if necessary. SUBMISSION The closing date for submissions is 15July 2014 and the ICPA Programme Committee will inform you of the outcome shortly after this date. Any questions or further information can be obtained from the Programme Committee via email at contacticpa@icpa.ca. Please note that ICPA does not provide financial support or assistance for speakers. All presenters will be required to cover their own expenses for conference registration fees, travel and accommodation. Submissions are to be made in English, including: - The abstract submission form completed in its entirety. Please keep this concise and to the point (no longer than two pages); - A short professional biography/resume for the author and co-authors intending to participate in the presentation.
DO NOT EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSION TO ICPA Accepted presenters must register for the Conference to be included on the programme.
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