Abstract submission

Please complete the form below, making sure that your abstract speaks to the congress theme “Transdisciplinarity and Transformation for the Future of Small-Scale Fisheries”. Abstract submission is open until February 15, 2018. If you have any questions, please email us at 3wsfcongress@gmail.com.

Your abstract will be peer-reviewed by the congress committee and you will be notified whether it is accepted for presentation at the congress by April 15, 2018. Note that we are expecting a high volume of submission and thus we may not be able to honour your preferred type of presentation, if your abstract is accepted.

Individual papers are for anyone interested in presenting work done in small-scale fisheries related to science, communities and/or policy. Be specific about the transdisciplinary aspect of your work and how it contributes to transformation and the future of small-scale fisheries. Papers can be presented in regular concurrent sessions (10-12 min per paper), as speed presentation (5 min per paper), e-poster presentation* or in a special ‘pesca-kucha’^ session.

*E-poster sessions will be organized to enable presentation of papers in a poster format, but without having to print the poster. E-posters will be displayed on designated screens, with specific viewing time and presenters will be invited to give a brief presentation (2-3 min) about their posters, if they wish. 

^Pesca-kucha presentation follows the format of the original PechaKucha, which means each presenter will prepare 20 slides to show for 20 seconds each (a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds for each talk). The format encourages presenters to showcase their work through images and storytelling, while putting less emphasis on text and graphics.

Please complete the form below, making sure that your abstract speaks to the congress theme “Transdisciplinarity and Transformation for the Future of Small-Scale Fisheries”. Abstract submission is open until February 15, 2018. Your abstract will be peer-reviewed by the congress committee and you will be notified whether it is accepted for presentation at the congress by April 15, 2018. if you have any questions, please email us at 3wsfcongress@gmail.com.  

For ‘Team papers’, we are inviting submissions from projects or organizations whose work focuses on various aspects of small-scale fisheries. These could also be teams based on innovative collaborations between or amongst scientists, policy or practitioners. The papers should speak to the work done by the project teams and should showcase findings from more than one study location. The committee will select 4-5 ‘team papers’ submission for a special plenary session. Other accepted submissions will be presented as part of concurrent sessions.

Note: Submitting a team paper does not restrict you from submitting an additional abstract(s) for individual paper and/or special session.

Please complete the form below, making sure that your proposed special session speaks to the congress theme “Transdisciplinarity and Transformation for the Future of Small-Scale Fisheries”. ‘Special session’ submission is open until February 15, 2018 and you will be notified whether your session is accepted or not by April 15, 2018. If you have any questions, please email us at 3wsfcongress@gmail.com.  

For ‘special sessions’, we are inviting submissions built around the main congress theme.  Session organizers should ensure that the work in the session clearly speaks about the role of transdisciplinary perspective and transformations for achieving sustainable future of small-scale fisheries. If you are interested in organizing a session, please fill in and submit the following form. 

Special session proposals will be peer-reviewed by the congress committee, based on the extent to which it addresses the congress theme and the degree of innovation and interaction in the session format. Note that we may be able to accommodate some sessions run in languages other than English. Please indicate if this is the case, and we will do our best to have ‘whisperers’ to translate the session into English for people who will be attending it.