ISA Annual Convention 2011 Blog

Before You Leave

Here is a list of helpful tips to check off before you leave for Montreal:

• Travel: Ensure that your travel plans are in order including: passport, travel visa (if required), hotel guest room reservation (and confirmation number) and plane tickets (boarding passes)
• Weather: ISA panels/events are occurring in 3 different hotels (the Sheraton, Fairmont and Marriott), within a 4-5 minute walk of each other - we recommend you check the weather prior to departure
• ISA Registration: Review your Convention Registration to ensure that ISA has received your registration information and fee
• Coordinate with Panel: Be sure to coordinate with your panel chair about presentation length and ensure that the panel discussant(s) has received your paper (contact information for your panel(s) can be obtained from the detail tab to the left of your panels in the My Program area of MyISA)
• Upload Paper: To ISA Paper Archive no later than 1 week prior to your scheduled panel(s)
• Flashdrive: Be sure to bring your presentation (Windows compatible) on a flashdrive for your panel session (PDF or Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 ONLY, a Windows netbook is set up on-site in each panel room)
• Revisit Online Program: To check for any last minute panel/meeting changes to the program and take advantage of MyISA's option to search and build your own program schedules

ISA Green Efforts

Thank you for using our online services. For the 2011 Convention in Montreal ISA reduced its paper usage by 98% for exhibitor, advertisers and sponsorship applications. Thank you for helping ISA be Green!

 

Participant Registration Deadline

Today is the participant registration deadline for the 2011 Annual Convention. What does this mean? It means that if you have been accepted as a participant (as a panel chair, discussant, paper presenter or poster presenter), you should register today to remain on the program. This deadline is intended to ensure that everyone who has been accepted has confirmed their participation and that those who cannot attend allow us to accept those on the wait-list. Many worthy proposals were declined due to space limitations and we would like to accommodate as many of those as possible. Please see the annual convention registration website for more information. Thank you.

Working Group Registration Begins

ISA Working Groups provide a forum for conference attendees to discuss some of the most thought-provoking issues in their sections as well as their own research through an extended and focused discussion. It is thought that such dialogue will stimulate new research questions and project ideas, and may contribute to development of new communities of scholars. Online registration for Working Groups will begin at 10am PST on Monday, September 27, 2010 here. Historically, working groups fill up quickly. Attendance is free and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Each Working Group is limited to approximately 20-25 participants. Participants will be notified of their acceptance via email.

Participation Confirmation Letters Sent

Acceptance letters for ISA 2011 participants are being sent by e-mail from ISA HQ today. The e-mail you receive will contain important information about your participation, including links to the online program, participant guidelines, poster sessions, the convention hotels, travel information, audio-visual resources, and child care services. We look forward to seeing you in Montreal.

Video Tutorial - How to Submit a Proposal

Here is a helpful video tutorial on how to use the MyISA system to submit your paper or panel proposal for ISA 2011:

Proposal Deadline Reminder

We sent a two-week deadline reminder by e-mail to participants today. As you know, the deadline to submit paper and panel proposals for the 2011 Annual Convention is June 1st, and we typically get he majority of those proposals in the last week. It's also helpful (and less stressful) to remember that you may work on drafts of your proposals in the MyISA system and continue to save them as drafts until you submit them. If you have already submitted a proposal and would like to make changes to it you may unsubmit it, revise it, and submit it by the deadline.

Paper & Panel Proposal Deadline Reminder

We sent an e-mail this week to all of our members and the participants at our New Orleans Convention with a friendly deadline reminder. Paper and panel proposals for our 2011 Annual Convention are due June 1st. Our theme is Global Governance - Political Authority in Transition and we invite proposals addressing problems of global governance in the 21st century. We especially welcome proposals that bridge different theoretical, epistemological and ontological divides within international studies to address common substantive problems. The full call for papers is found here. All proposals should be submitted online using the MyISA Conference Management System. Inquires may be addressed to the program chairs at: isa2011@isanet.org