Invitation to participate

Submissions have now closed.  

Conference program

This congress brings together international scholars who investigate the nexus of culture and psychology from diverse perspectives. We invite submissions of symposia, papers, and posters in all areas of culture and psychology.

The conference theme is Cultural Change: Meeting the Challenge. In the globalizing world today, cultural change is a universal phenomenon that faces all humans on the planet Earth. Nonetheless, different peoples engage with this process differently given their cultural circumstances. What are the psychological processes associated with the fast movement of information, financial resources, material goods, and people across countries, and their impact on peoples and their cultures around the globe? We strongly encourage submissions of symposia, papers, and posters that are pertinent to this general theme. Contributions related to globalization and culture identity, psychology of immigration and other forms of movements of people, and their engagement with and responses to the process of cultural change are especially welcome.

Highlights

• Walter Lonner Distinguished Lecture: Lawrence Harrison (Tufts)

• Keynote speakers: Alan Fiske (UCLA), Daphna Oyserman (University of Michigan), David Matsumoto (San Francisco State University) and Steven Heine (University of British Columbia).

• State of the art lectures: Shihui Han (Peking University);

• Innovative scholarly exchange opportunities;

• Shared meals, receptions, and the opportunity to experience the vibrant multicultural community that is Melbourne;

• As always everything that you'd expect from an IACCP conference!

Call for Symposia, Papers and Posters 

To receive full consideration, submissions must be submitted before 1 February 2010.  All proposals received by 1 February will be reviewed and individuals will be notified of the status of their submissions by the end of February, 2010. All submissions must be in English.  Submissions will be accepted in three forms: symposia, individual papers, and poster presentations.  

Conference Registration

Final acceptance will be dependent on the conference registration of all presenters’ discussants and panel members. 

Refereed Abstracts

All abstract submissions are refereed by members of the Scientific Program Committee. Please note that individual presenters in symposia will not be contacted directly by the Conference Organising Group. All correspondence will be conducted through the Convenor whose responsibility it will be to keep presenters informed. 

Symposium (1.5 hours)

Each symposium will consist of up to four presentations. It is expected that these presentations will be thematically linked. The symposium Convener who will also Chair the session, should forward the submission form on behalf of all the presenters, together with copies of the symposium abstracts (both overall and for each individual paper). Symposium presenters should NOT submit their own abstracts individually or separately. The submission must include the name and complete contact information for the single individual responsible for the symposium and a 250 word maximum introduction to the thematic content of the symposium and an abstract for each of the papers to be presented within the symposium. 

Individual Research Paper Session (1.5 hours)

Each individual paper will consist of a 15–minute presentation plus 5 minutes for questions. The Scientific Program Committee will integrate sets of individual papers into thematic sessions of one and a half hours’ duration. The submission must include the name and complete contact information for the individual responsible for the paper and a 250 word maximum abstract. 

Poster Presentation (1.5 hr) 

Poster presentations provide an opportunity for presenters and participants to interact in a less formal environment than that provided by papers or symposia. Posters will be available for a period of time during the conference, in thematically linked sessions. Presenters are required to be present at their poster display in order to discuss their findings with interested delegates at the time scheduled by the conference organisers. This time is likely to be during one of the smaller meal breaks.  The submission must include the name and complete contact information for the individual responsible for the poster and a 250 word maximum abstract. 

Online Submission

Submissions have now closed.

Abstracts

Abstracts are to be presented in the following format:  

Title: The title of the paper should be in lower case with the first letter being upper case. No other words should have capital letters unless they are proper nouns. Please make sure the same title is used on the submission form as on the abstract. 

Authors: The authors’ names should be in upper case. Each should appear in the form: Last name, (comma) initial. (full stop) (if more than one initial, run together) and should be followed immediately by the institution or other affiliation (in lower case with capital letters as appropriate). There should be a comma before the ampersand for multi-author papers or after the institution for authors from different affiliations. The principal author should be listed first.  If the paper is being presented by another contributing author then this person should be indicated by the letter “P” following their name. 

Email Address: Give the full email address of the principal presenting author in the usual form, using conventional lettering. There should be no full-stop at the end of the email address. Only give one email address. 

EXAMPLE:

How to submit a paper:  A psychological perspective
Jones, M. (XYZ University), & Brown L. (University of ABC).
mailto:m.jones@texas.com.au 

Text should be a maximum of 250 words and should follow American Psychological Association format. If there are any references these must be included in the 250-word total. Submissions should avoid using gender-specific language and cumbersome phrases. Final acceptance requires a copy of the abstracts to be submitted to the Scientific Program Committee.

NOTES: Symposia proposals must include an overall abstract, plus an abstract for each individual paper. It is the responsibility of authors to ensure that their abstracts are free from typographical errors.

DISCLAIMER

The invitation to submit an abstract does not constitute an offer to pay travel, accommodation or registration costs associated with the Congress. Similarly, no speakers ' fee is paid to successful applicants of presentations.

By submitting an abstract you:

Confirm that it has not been published or presented before. You also grant the Organising Committee permission to publish the abstract in the Congress Handbook in hard copy and electronic format.

You grant a non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, distribute, display and the store the abstract worldwide in all forms, formats and media now known or as developed in the future, including print, electronic and digital forms. You will retain copyright of your abstract, in addition to the moral rights you are entitled to as author of the abstract.

Grant permission for your presentation to be audio/video recorded and hereby grant to the Congress a non-exclusive right to reproduce or display and store the recorded material for the purpose of providing Professional Development either by download from the IACCP or the hosts websites or via distribution of a CD/DVD.

Grant permission for the PDF of your presentation to be made available online to all conference delegates following the congress.

If you do not wish to do this but still wish to submit please contact the APS to discuss. The Organising Committee's decision on acceptance of the abstract will be final.