5 Steps to Presenting MW Conferences
Before submitting your proposal, please ensure you understand these 5 steps in the process. Post any questions not answered below through the comments fields on this page so we can answer them for everyone!
1. Choose your proposal type carefully.
Multiple proposals from the same author(s) are rarely accepted. You can propose the following kinds of presentations through this website:
Deadline September 30 (acceptance of proposals will be communicated to lead proposers by Nov 30):
Formal Papers
How-to Sessions
Professional Forums
Pre-conference Workshops
Deadline January 31:
Demonstrations
Lightning Talk
Exhibitor/Sponsor Briefings
Submit your 500 word proposal on-line by the deadline above.
You must be logged in to the MuseWeb website to submit a proposal. If you have never had an MuseWeb account, create a profile and then log in. You can edit your profile information at any time.
You will be able to update your proposal until the call for that type of proposal closes (see the deadlines above). The person who submitted the original proposal will be able to update the order and email addresses of co-authors/-presenters at any time until February 1 before the conference.)
Required information for your proposal:
Proposal title
Proposal text (up to 500 words)
Proposal type (e.g. formal paper, how-to session, demonstration, etc.)
Optional:
- Website address for your project
- Co-authors’ email addresses (if any) – if your co-authors create their own MW21 account with the same email address, their details and bio will link automatically to the proposal. Please note: co-authors are listed in the order you enter their email address after the name of the person submitting the proposal
- Bibliography and/or reference materials to be used in the research for this proposal (optional, but hugely strengthens your proposal)
Tip: Be sure to explain in your proposal what benefit, knowledge or useable takeaway you expect attendees to gain from your session. This will help your reviewers understand the value of your paper and/or presentation to the community.
2. Agree to the MW23 terms and conditions for authors and presenters.
Submission of a proposal indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions of participating in the MW conference if your proposal is accepted by the Program Committee.
These include:
- At least one author of the proposal must register for the conference by December 31, if the proposal type is due by September 30 and by January 31 if the proposal type is due by December 31.
- A written paper (required for formal and how-to sessions) must be submitted by January 15. The authors who fail to submit the required papers by the January 15 deadline will be removed from the conference program.
3. Register for MW23
Early registration will open on December 1. At least one author of the proposal must be registered for the conference by the appropriate deadline outlined above, or the proposal will be removed from the program.
4. Submit your written paper by Feb 10, 2023 (if required).
If your formal Paper or How-to session proposal is accepted, you are required to submit a written paper by January 15. Written papers are optional for Demonstrations. Word lengths:
- Formal papers: up to 5,000 words
- How-to sessions: up to 2,500 words
Authors who submit their written paper by the January 15 deadline receive an honorarium in the form of a $200 credit against their bill at the Conference Hotel. The honorarium will not be offered in any other form and is, therefore, forfeited by authors who do not stay in the Conference Hotel. Authors who request an extension to the January 15 paper deadline forfeit the honorarium. If your presentation does not require a paper, you and/or your co-author(s) registered and paid for the full conference will receive an honorarium in the form of a US$100 credit against each of your hotel bill(s) at the Conference hotel.
5. What Happens Next
Communications about your proposal:
- You will receive an email acknowledging your proposal, sent to the address given in the profile of the lead author (the proposer); if you do not receive a reply, please contact us via email.
- Authors submitting proposals by September 30 are notified if their paper has been accepted and the draft program is announced by December 1 when registration opens.
- Authors proposing demonstrations and lightning talks are notified by February 1 if their proposal has been accepted.
- We endeavor to contact and give feedback to authors whose proposals have not been accepted as well, but due to the volume of proposals received, we cannot guarantee we’ll be able to do this in all cases.
- The Co-Chairs will email the lead author only for each proposal that has been accepted by the Program Committee. It is the responsibility of the lead author to communicate with co-authors.
- Please make sure your spam filters deliver email from mwconf.org addresses.
- Email is the preferred mode of communication and any questions about your proposal should be sent by email.
6. Proposal Peer Review
The Program Committee and the Program Co-Chairs review all formal paper, how-to session and professional forum proposals in October. Invitations are sent to the lead author only for each accepted proposal in November if not before. It is the responsibility of each lead author/proposer to notify any co-authors if the proposal is accepted for inclusion in the MW21 program.
Workshops, Demonstrations and Lightning Talks are selected by the Program Co-Chairs and presenters are notified by January if not before. Exhibitor Briefings are reviewed and accepted on a first come, first serve basis until February 28.
Acceptance of any proposal type may be conditional upon refining the proposal and may require the submission of a revised abstract. The Committee may judge that a different format is more appropriate for the proposed content, e.g. a Demonstration rather than a formal Paper, and offer an alternative slot in the program.
The decision of the MW23 Program Committee is final.
