Call for Special Sessions
The Local Organizing Committee of ERSA2017 invite you to propose a Special Session to be included in the programme of next year’s congress. Please, send in your proposal before December 2nd 2016.
As the process slightly differs from previous years, we ask you to take note of the procedure and guidelines regarding Special Sessions at ERSA2017.
What do we offer?
Special Sessions are a label of quality in the ERSA congresses and we accommodate for this in several ways:
• We strive to allow 30 minutes for each presentation slot in a Special Session
• Each presentation in a Special Session will be assigned a discussant
What do we ask?
• Each Special Session has a minimum of 6 registered presenters
• Presenters apply for a special session on the basis of a draft paper or an extended abstract (deadline February 10th 2017)
• Presentations are based on a (draft) paper that has been uploaded on the ERSA2017 submission website before June 9th 2017
If a Special Session does not meet these conditions, it will be included in the programme as an O-session.
Important Dates for Special Session Conveners
| December 2nd 2016 | Submission of Special Sessions closes |
| December 9th 2016 | - Proposals evaluated |
| - Tentative acceptance of Special Sessions | |
| December 16th 2016 | General Call for Papers – Submission opens |
| February 10th 2017 | Submission of extended abstracts or draft papers closes |
| March 31st 2017 | - Extended abstracts and draft papers evaluated |
| - Notification of acceptance for individual papers | |
| - Special Session acceptance re-evaluated | |
| - Registration opens | |
| June 9th 2017 | Registration and paper upload closes |
| June 16th 2017 | - Paper upload and registration checked (no further review) |
| - Final Acceptance Special Sessions |
Submitting a Proposal for a Special Session
You can submit your Special Session Proposal in this online form.
Note, that in addition to contact information of the conveners and the title and description of the Special Session, we ask to list three interested presenters in your submission form.
We look forward to receiving your proposals for Special Sessions. Should you have any questions, please contact the Local Organizing Committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
More information at: http://groningen.ersa.org