General Information

Proposals are sought for papers, posters, symposia, panels, and workshops to be presented on any topics related to aviation psychology. Deadline for proposal submission is October 15, 2008.

New this year are dedicated poster sessions and the Student Paper Award. All sessions are of 85 minutes duration. All accepted proposals, regardless of format, are invited to submit a paper to be included in the Symposium Proceedings.

Spoken Presentations or Posters

Individual papers can be presented in either of two formats: Spoken presentation or Poster presentation. Spoken presentations of related topics will be organized into sessions presented in parallel sessions. Posters have their own dedicated sessions that offer a more intimate forum for information exchange than does the Spoken presentation. Posters are particularly apt for more interactive presentations. Authors should identify their preference for the type of presentation at the time of proposal submission.

Symposia or Panels

Symposia or panel sessions are organized around a specific topic. A typical symposium would consist of four spoken presentations and comments from a discussant. A typical panel would consist of four or five experts who might have varied perspectives on a topic. A moderator would conduct a debate among the panelists and/or a Question and Answer between the panelists and audience. One individual must be identified as the organizer of the symposium or panel. The organizer is responsible for structuring the session and confirming participation from the authors. The organizer is also responsible for submitting one proposal for the entire symposium or panel but full contact information must be provided for all participants. In the proposal, the organizer should make clear why a dedicated session is preferable. Participants in a symposium or a panel have the option of submitting individual papers as part of the symposium or panel or submitting one collective paper for the symposium or panel.

Workshops

On Monday prior to the opening of the ISAP we will offer half-day and full-day workshops (3.5 or 7.0 hrs) where presenters can teach, in depth, any subject in the field of aviation psychology. Please make your workshop interactive and not just a lecture.

The Stanley Nelson Roscoe Best Student Paper Award

A new Symposium Award will be inaugurated at the 2009 ISAP: The Stanley Nelson Roscoe Best Student Paper Award. This award is intended to memorialize the contributions of Dr. Stanley Roscoe (1920-2007) to the early development of Aviation Psychology by recognizing exceptional accomplishment by a student in Aviation Psychology.

It is not widely known that Stan, as an undergraduate, majored in English. Because of that, or possibly despite it, he was devoted to both the written and the spoken word. Any student of Stan's learned early that paragraphs were 100 words plus or minus ten. In advance of any scientific presentation, his students went through rigorous preparation in his office. Slides were to be sparse and presentations could not, under any circumstances, be read from prepared notes. The only concession to the nervous student fearing seizure in front of a first audience would be a few notes on the border of the slide. Stan would be delighted to know that Aviation Psychology, his primary scientific love, will reward its emerging scientists for presentation excellence in his name.

A panel of senior aviation psychologists will select an exceptional student paper presented at the symposium that best exemplifies the blending of scientific and practical contribution that exemplified Stan Roscoe's own work. The winning student will be announced at the Lunch on Thursday.

Requirements:

• To compete for the award the student must be the primary author of the paper, either as a solo author or as first author
• The student must be an active student at the time the work was submitted to the symposium
• The student must present the paper either as a spoken presentation or a poster, and submit a paper for the Proceedings.
• At the time of the paper submission the student must indicate that the paper is a "Student Paper" by checking the appropriate box during the paper submission process

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