General Information

TCC sessions are one of two types: Papers and General Sessions.

Papers

A paper is a formal written presentation typical of those published in academic journals. Additionally, authors will be scheduled for a live discussion session. For additional details and to download a proceedings template, see Papers.

Accepted papers will be published online in the TCC Conference Refereed Proceedings located at: http://etec.hawaii.edu/proceedings/.

General Sessions

A general session is an open forum, where ideas and perspectives are presented and discussed based on a proposal description. We encourage the use of any creative format since the online environment is emerging, and we expect to see new forms of communication styles and methods. For a list of the various possible formats for general sessions, see General Sessions.

Student Sessions

A student session may be either a paper or a general session that is prepared and presented by a student, often under the guidance of a mentor or thesis adviser. Student presentations are scheduled later in the day. Registration fees are waived for student presenters.

Preparation

Prepare your proposal according the the requirements given for either type of presentation. Additionally, you will need to provide your contact information.

Submission

Papers and proposals for general sessions must be submitted and received online. To submit your proposal, go to:

     http://bit.ly/tcc2011proposal

Additionally, email your paper to Curtis Ho <curtis@hawaii.edu> and to copy to Bert Kimura <bert@hawaii.edu>.

The extended submission deadline is February 7, 2011.

Proposal Review

All submitted papers and general session proposals will be peer-reviewed and an acceptance determination made. You will be notified by email as soon as this determination is made.

If a paper is determined to be unacceptable for publication, the reviewers may suggest that a general session be presented in lieu of publication in the conference proceedings. In this case, the conference coordinators will contact you to make arrangements.

Accepted titles and descriptions will be posted, as submitted, on the conference homepage.

Descriptions may be edited and reformatted to conform to the conference web site design. You may be notified to review the posted material to ensure that the content is accurate and nothing has been omitted.

Communication

The primary author or proposal submitter will serve as the main contact between the chairs of the peer review process. All communications will be conducted by email. Please make certain that all email addresses are correctly written.

Conference Registration

All presenters must register for the conference and pay the registration fee. Student presentations are highly encouraged and thus, fees will be waived for student presenters.

Presenter Photo & Bio

Prior to the conference, you will be asked to post a photo (head and shoulder photo) in jpg format (160 x 140 pixels or smaller) along with a short written personal biography on the conference web site. Include in the following order: your name, title and affiliation, email address, bio description.

Intellectual Property & Copyright

Copyright of the paper or general session description is retained by the authors. Conference staff will refer all requests for reproduction, reuse or remixing to the original authors.

TCC and its successors reserve the right to:

1. ✦Reproduce, share, or publish the paper or presentation in print and electronic formats under a Creative Commons license, "Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works."
   

2. ✦Permit third parties to reproduce the abstract, paper or presentation for the promotion of the TCC Conference.
   

3. ✦Translate and reproduce the paper or presentation into other languages.
   

Presenter Responsibilities (including papers)

1. ✦Participate in a pre-conference orientation session.
   

2. ✦Conduct a 20-minute informal, interactive online session about your paper or general session.
   

3. ✦Use a headset with a microphone during the presentation.
   

4. ✦Upload a photo, a brief professional bio, and related informational materials to the conference web site.
   

5. ✦Respond to questions and comments from conference participants during the entire conference.
   

6. ✦Maintain communications, as appropriate, with the conference staff.
   

Additional Information

To discuss any of the formats or to suggest other alternatives, please contact Bert Kimura <bert@hawaii.edu>.

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