ICEC, 13-15 October 2014, İstanbul
CALL FOR PAPERS
MAIN TRACK
Objective
Main track will examine issues, both current and future, impacting on the global organic world.
Format
The Main Tracks are two parallel sessions during the OWC breakout sessions, which are leading a discussion on the future direction of the global organic world. Each session has a short theme description and leading questions to guide discussion.
Please click on each session for more detailed information.
Sessions
Application guidelines
The applicant panelists should provide: Name, Function, Organization, E-mail address, Short biography, Description of the ideas about the session and the answers to the leading questions in 1, max. 1.5 pages, ideally in 2500 characters, max. 5000 characters.
We will inform the panelists in time for the earliest registration possible. Panelists will be contacted in advance by the moderators who provide them with the detailed guidance.
Submissions must be made through Organic Eprints:
- Register at Organic Eprints.
- Select from the list "Submit a paper or a poster to a conference" as Eprint type and only the corresponding track "2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Main Track" as Research Affiliation and enter other required information.
- Deposit your application.
For more detailed instructions, please click here.
Important dates
- Opening call: 15 March 2013
- Application deadline: 30 September 2013
- Notification of acceptance: 30 November 2013
SCIENTIFIC TRACK
Objective
Scientific Track will be allocated for organizations working on organic initiatives that contribute to the development of the organic movement. Sessions in scientific track are an occasion to discuss potential improvement in respective fields of activity.
Format
A total of 24 scientific sessions will examine the following: systems, plant production, animal husbandry, socio-economics, processing, trade, and human nutrition research. Each session will have a maximum of three oral and there is no limit in poster presentations. The sessions will be one and a half hours.
Sessions
The sessions of the Scientific Track will focus on the following three issues:
a) Bridging the gap between poor and rich areas of the world
b) Bridging the gap between scientific knowledge and practice
c) Bridging the gap between new and old technology
Submission guidelines
Researchers are invited to submit their results as full papers between two and four pages for the above mentioned scientific sessions in English. The submission will be evaluated in a review process organized by a scientific committee of the International Society of Organic Farming Research and the local Turkish partner Ege University.
- The paper has to be written in English.
- The paper has to be typed in MS Word.
- The paper should not exceed 4 pages (2500 words).
- The text (including tables) should be single-spaced, left and right justified and typed using 12-point Times New Roman. The text should be type typeset on A4 and a 3.5 margin on the left side of the page is desirable, while all the other sides may be kept at 2.5 cm. Paragraphs should be separated by a black line and there should be no indent at the beginning of the paragraphs.
- Italics should be used for names of species (e.g. Ovis Aries), logi, genes or markers (e.g. MCW0168) and Latin expressions (e.g. et al and ad lib.)
- The paper, whenever possible, should be structured in major headings and sub headings, including: Introduction, methods and materials, figures and tables, results and conclusions, references.
- The title should be upper case and bold. The names of all authors/presenters should be included. The e-mail address of the leading author/presenter should be given. A website address should also be given, if applicable.
- For the proceedings CD, the document will be converted into a PDF. This conversion sometimes changes the graphs. We therefore recommend strongly that you convert your document into PDF in order to check if the graphs are still fine after the conversion.
- Before submitting the paper, please take a look at the print out of the paper.
Submissions must be made through Organic Eprints:
- Register at Organic Eprints.
- Select from the list "Submit a paper or a poster to a conference" as Eprint type and only the corresponding track "2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Scientific Track: 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference" as Research Affiliation and enter other required information.
- Deposit your paper.
For more detailed instructions, please click here.
Important dates
- Opening call: 15 March 2013
- Deadline for submission: 30 September 2013
- Evaluation result to authors: 31 December 2013
- Final paper submission: 31 January 2014
- Final decision of the scientific committee and information about foreseen session, if oral or poster: 31 March 2014
PRACTITIONERS' TRACK
Objective
Practitioners' Track will provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge, ideas and experiences about the practical and strategic as well as socio-cultural aspects of organic food and agriculture. It will bring together more than 70 "practitioners", who share the vision of a worldwide adoption of ecologically, socially and economically sound systems based on the principles of organic agriculture.
The Practitioners' Track will enrich the congress with presentations and discussions about organic methods, strategies, projects and initiatives from around the world. It aims to broaden the horizons of congress participants by providing opportunities to:
- share information, lessons-learned, achievements and challenges;
- discuss creative solutions to real-world problems;
- gain inspiration and knowledge of best practices;
- explore future collaboration.
Format
The topics will be explored thorough 24 sessions; each session will include 3 presentations and a panel discussion with 3 speakers and one moderator. TR/EN translation will be available for some presentations.
Sessions
The sessions of the Practitioners' Track will focus on the following three issues:
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Building organic bridges between traditional systems and the future
Traditional production methods are under threat due to the demands of mass food production systems. How can we link traditional knowledge to the future?
Subtopics: Heirloom seeds; Seed-exchange networks; Traditional knowledge and practices; Documentation of traditional knowledge; Traditional recipes and food preservation; Food and energy self-sufficiency; Edible wild plants; Traditional medicine; Traditional farming and landuse (e.g. agro-pastoralism); Local and regional food systems.
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Building organic bridges between stakeholders
In order to achieve ecologically and economically viable systems with the least amount of waste possible, stakeholders need to work together in harmony and share a common goal.
Subtopics: Farmers to Consumers (PGS, box schemes, e-marketing, market places); Rural to urban; Tourist to farmer (farm visits, Agro-eco tourism); Wildlife to farmer; State bodies, investors, companies, NGOs, scientific bodies; Scientists to producers; NGOs specialising in food and the environment; Urban agriculture to communities.
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Building organic bridges between strategies
Even when the stakeholders share a common goal there are many different ways to achieve this goal, differing from culture to culture, from geography to geography, etc. Building organic bridges between these systems is about being open to different strategies. Differences in strategies make us stronger as diversity is always more resilient than monoculture.
Subtopics: Biodiversity conservation; Fair trade; Agro-ecology; Permaculture; Cradle to cradle strategies; Climate change adaptation; Consumer choice; Farming trends; Standards and Labelling; how to build organic institutions; Sustainability and partnership.
Submission guidelines
Oral Presentations
Submissions for oral presentations (max. 2 pages) can be submitted in English or Turkish and should include;
- Title (max. 40 characters)
- Subtitle (max. 60 characters)
- Author's name and background (max. 200 characters)
- Summary (max. 400 characters)
- Background
- Main chapter
- Core messages and conclusions
- Applications should be a minimum of 4000 characters, including spaces, and a maximum of 9000.
Poster Presentations
Submission for poster presentations (max. 1 page) can be submitted in Turkish and any UN language: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian and Spanish. The title and summary, however, must be given in English. Posters must be paid for and printed by the applicant. Any poster deemed to be 'insulting' will be withdrawn by the committee.
Submissions must be made through Organic Eprints:
- Register at Organic Eprints.
- Select from the list "Submit a paper or a poster to a conference" as Eprint type and only the corresponding track "2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Practitioners' Track" as Research Affiliation and enter other required information.
- Deposit your paper.
For more detailed instructions, please click here.
Important dates
- Opening call: 15 March 2013
- Submission deadline: 30 September 2013
- Notification of acceptance: 31 December 2013
- Final paper submission: 31 January 2014
- Final decision the committee and information about foreseen session, if oral or poster: 31 March 2014
WORKSHOPS
Objective
Organizations, institutes and initiatives interested in sharing their expertise will be able to host their own workshop.
Format
There will be a total of 8 workshops. The sessions will be 90 minutes and the workshops must be open to all attendees.
Application guidelines
Please submit a brief description of what attendees can expect to learn in the 90 minute session. The application needs to include the title, the aim and the main topics of the workshop, the program, the background of the speaker, the methodology, the name of the contact person and the contact information in maximum two pages. The organization hosting the workshop will pay 250 euros.
If you're interested in organizing workshop longer than 90 minutes, you can organize it as a pre-conference. For more information on pre-conferences, please click here.
Submissions must be made through Organic Eprints:
- Register at Organic Eprints.
- Select from the list "Submit a paper or a poster to a conference" as Eprint type and only the corresponding track "2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Workshops" as Research Affiliation and enter other required information.
- Deposit your application.
For more detailed instructions, please click here.
Important dates
- Opening call: 15 March 2013
- Application deadline: 30 September 2013
- Notification of acceptance: 30 November 2013
