[Biomedical-cybernetics] #3 reason for submitting an abstract for the SCTPLS conference

[Guastello, Stephen]

The #3 reason for submitting an abstract for this year’s conference is…
Three words: Location X 3. The Wasatch mountain range provides great protection from linear
marauders from the east, and the desert will stop reductionists from the west.
 

 
                                                CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, SYMPOSIA, AND POSTERS
 To present at the
Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences
26th Annual International Conference
29-31 JULY, 2016
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY, UT USA
 
Submissions deadline is April 30, 2016
Celebrating 25 years!
Submit your abstract(s) electronically at 
http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/conf/2016/cfp
 
Celebrating 25 years!  
Celebrating the 26th consecutive year of annual conferences, the 2016 Annual International SCTPLS Conference will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 29-31, 2016, at the University of Utah!
 
In addition to our special invited keynotes - Gus Koehler and Glenda Eoyang - the 2016 conference will include single papers and symposia, concurrent sessions, and a poster session. Participants will include an international group of psychologists, physicists, mathematicians, researchers and others who all share a common focus on the investigation and applications of nonlinear dynamics to psychology and the life sciences.  
 
Everyone is looking forward to seeing you and catching up on your good work at the conference this summer. Make those travel plans now!
Now for ways you and your work can make a contribution…   
 
We invite scholars and practitioners interested in working together to turn one of the best-kept secrets on the planet into THE WAY to research nonlinear dynamical systems and to develop practice-approaches that will serve the world in areas such as healthcare, education/academia, as well as our social and physical environment. Presentations and conversations will explore practice applications and enhance knowledge of chaos theory, fractals, complex systems and related topics. Over the years, the annual conferences of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences have inspired and supported people from many disciplines to become leaders in theoretical, empirical and practice applications. Steadily, we are building a knowledge base that provides an integrated approach to life sciences, health and wellness, global peace and environmental sustainability.
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACTS
Length
·       Abstracts are between 150-250 words for posters, individual papers, short workshops and other alternative formats. Clear connections to nonlinear dynamics, chaos, complexity, fractals or related concepts are important. Include each speaker or author’s organizational affiliation and/or contact information.
·       Abstracts for symposia or panel discussions may be longer at up to 500 words. For symposia, it is important to include the content of EACH speaker's contribution. The typical format for a symposium is for all speakers to give presentations with time following for discussion. The typical format for a panel discussion is inquiry-based and dialogic. Please communicate the theme of your research or practice-based applications of nonlinear science within the title of your abstract.

  Content
·       For experimental work, you will want the background, aims and framework, mode of inquiry, methods and samples, outcomes, conclusions and implications to be clear and explicit. 
·       For panel discussions, you will want to provide a brief overview of and introduction to the topic, relevant background of panelists and sample questions that will be used to prompt your panel member discussion.
·       For symposia or workshops, you will want to describe your current research, the techniques you used for conducting your research and how it applies to nonlinear behavioral, social and/or life science. Please emphasize the skills and new learning that attendees can expect to acquire.

 ·       For all abstracts: Assist the reader in understanding your connection to nonlinear dynamics, chaos, complexity, fractals and/or related concepts. Please highlight the overall value added to your area of practice (e.g., introduces a new method, information, perspective, issue; calls into question, confirms present knowledge or clarifies understanding). 

·       Choose a category: The web-submission form allows you to select from the following: 1) Empirical (e.g., presentation of empirical results of a study), 2) Theoretical (e.g., empirically testable theoretical development), 3) Applied (e.g., social, cultural, organizational and/or inter-relational dynamics; business, product and/or marketing development; practice-based applications involving clinical interventions), 4) Quantitative (e.g., computational or statistical modeling), 5) Qualitative (e.g., non-quantitative analysis of empirical data), 6) Philosophical or artistic (e.g., epistemology, philosophy of science, aesthetics, or audio-visual demonstrations).
 
Additional Information
·        Each person may submit up to two presentations as first author and serve as co-author on additional work submitted by others. 
·       All presenters are invited to prepare your papers for possible publication in the Society’s peer reviewed research journal Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences. NDPLS uses American Psychological Association (APA) style. Click JOURNAL on the SCTPLS web site to access Instructions for Authors. NDPLS accepts manuscripts all through the year, but please use October 1, 2016 as the target date for submitting to allow us to make up a special Conference Presentations issue. 
REGISTRATION for the conference and workshops is now open at
http://www.societyforchaostheory.org/conf/2016/
 
 


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