Proposal submission deadline extended to 15 February 2021

 

We are pleased to announce that the proposal deadline has been extended for the 19th International Conference on Communication, Medicine, and Ethics (COMET), which will be hosted by the University of Insubria, Como, Italy, 28-30 June 2021. The Post-COMET Masterclass is scheduled for 1 July 2021.

Please note, the conference will take place online. However, as we cannot foresee what is going to happen over the next few months, we are still working on a blended option (both remote and in-person participation). We will monitor the evolution of the global pandemic and decide accordingly. Further details will be provided as soon as possible. We strongly believe that the goal of COMET 2021 is to foster a scholarly network despite the global pandemic that keeps us physically apart.

The COMET conference aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds involving various healthcare specialties and the human and social sciences. A special emphasis is on the dissemination of ongoing research in language/discourse/commu-nication studies in relation to healthcare education, patient participation and professional ethics.

 

Online proposal submission is still open. All proposals must be submitted by 15 February 2021.  To submit your proposal click HERE. 

 

Decisions about acceptance/rejection will be communicated before 31 March 2021. Following formal acceptance, the responsible (presenting) authors must register participation prior to the finalisation of the conference programme. Early registration opens on 31 March 2021.

 

Proposals include panels, individual presentations (oral or poster) and work-in-progress roundtables.

 

PANELS

Panels should address a common theme, content or methodological area, and will be scheduled for 90 minutes.

In addition to individual proposals (no more than 250 words each), please also submit an overview description of no more than 300 words highlighting the panel’s content and objectives. Provide information about the panel members and the coordinator, stating full institutional affiliations and e-mail addresses.

 

INDIVIDUAL PAPERS (oral or poster)

Proposals for individual papers (no more than 250 words) must clearly indicate a preference for oral or poster presentation. Following the peer review process, the organisers will determine whether a proposal is selected for oral or poster presentation. Posters will be presented during a dedicated session (5-7 minutes for each individual poster). Oral presentations will typically be scheduled in sessions of 90 minutes, with 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for discussion) allocated to each individual presentation.

 

WORK-IN-PROGRESS ROUNDTABLE

Proposals for work-in-progress roundtables should be no more than 250 words targeted at oral presentation. The roundtables will be in sessions of 90 minutes, with individual presentations lasting 30 minutes (15 minutes for presentation + 15 minutes for discussion). This format is particularly suitable for early career researchers pursuing doctoral and postdoctoral studies and for experienced researchers undertaking/planning pilot projects or interested in reporting preliminary results. Please indicate clearly if your proposal falls into this category. Proposal submission deadline: 15 February 2021.

All proposals undergo a double blind peer-review process.

Please note that COMET conference policy is one main oral presentation per author. You may choose to submit more than one proposal, but normally only one proposal will be accepted for oral presentation. Any additional accepted proposals may be presented as poster(s).

There is no fixed template for writing proposals but authors are urged to attend to the following criteria which will form the basis for peer review:

• originality of the topic and its relevance to the conference
• background contextualisation of the study
• relationship between title and content
• structural organisation
• theoretical/methodological appropriateness
• clarity of claims and relevance

Individual panels are reviewed in their entirety on the above criteria but also on the basis of their relevance to broader issues in communication, medicine, and ethics; the overall coherence of the proposal; and the usefulness of the panel to participants.

Decisions about acceptance/rejection will be communicated before 31 March 2021. Following formal acceptance, the responsible (presenting) authors must register participation prior to the finalisation of the conference programme. Early registration opens on 31 March 2021.