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IBER
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The
TLC Conference provides a forum for faculty and administrators
to share proven and innovative methods in teaching at the college
level. Come to present papers on teaching issues such as:
curriculum, ethics in higher education, promotion and tenure,
accreditation, teaching methods and styles, administration, faculty
welfare, technology in the classroom, teacher evaluation,
department-specific issues, and related topics.
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The
IBER Conference provides a forum for faculty to present their
research on any business, economics, or business-related topic.
For
both conferences, a Best Paper Award is issued for the best paper in
each session. Papers winning the Best Paper Award will automatically be
reviewed
for possible publication in one of our academic journals. Papers not
winning an award may also be submitted for journal review via email
request.
For those who cannot
attend the conference and still wish to present a paper at this
conference, we now offer an E-session for your
convenience. You still pay the registration fee and submit
a paper; however rather than physically attending the
conference, your paper will be displayed electronically during the
e-session for viewing and discussion. We need your
presentation emailed to us in PowerPoint format with
"voice-over", by September
8, 2009
You are invited to attend the
conference, even if you choose not to present a paper.
Please register for either conference and you may attend both for
one registration fee. Please indicate "Attending only" on the registration form.
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Hotel and Travel Reservations / Information:
The hotel for our October
conferences will be Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino (right in the
center of the Las Vegas Strip).
We have really good room rates for
Caesars. The room rates will be $129.00 (USD) per room per night
(plus tax, etc.).
Please call 1-866-227-5944 for reservations and
mention “Clute Institute” to get the preferred rates.
Attendees may register
directly by using the following hotlink:
http://www.harrahs.com/CheckGroupAvailability.do?propCode=CLV&groupCode=SCCLU9
Please note that
there is a limit on the number of rooms reserved for
all
preferred rates, so book your room as soon as you can.
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
3570 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Their website is
www.caesarspalace.com.
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Submit
a Paper
The use of
email and email attachments is highly encouraged for all
correspondence; however, if you prefer, you are welcome to send us a
hard copy and CD via regular mail.
Please note that e-session presentations require your paper to be
submitted in PowerPoint format, preferably with "voice-over".
Email: Submit an abstract/proposal (not to exceed
1,500 words) or a full paper to
Staff@CluteInstitute.com.
Regular Mail: Send an
IBM compatible CD with your abstract/proposal (not to exceed
1,500 words) or a full paper to the Clute Institute for Academic
Research, P.O. Box 620760, Littleton, CO 80162, USA.
Style Guidelines
The final version of
your abstract or paper must be
received by the due date of September 1, 2009. The
registration fee is due by September 8, 2009.
Within one week of receiving your proposal, we will email to you a notification of acceptance
or rejection. The Registration Form, required for all participants
including those who are "attending only", is available online by pressing on the appropriate button above.
If you wish to have your full paper included in the
proceedings, the final manuscript should be formatted as follows:
Use Microsoft
Word on 8.5" x 11" paper, fully prepared in the way you want it to look in the
proceedings. For
example, tables must be placed where you want them to appear. If you
have complex tables, diagrams, or symbols in the paper, please send us
a hard copy for reference purposes in case the tables do not transmit
successfully.
Single-spaced,
left-justified, have 1-inch
margins on all four sides
Any "Times" font,
(Times New Roman, CG Times, etc.) at 10 points
(with the exception of the title, which must be at 26 points), and not
exceed 15 pages in length. To ensure the quality of the
published proceedings, authors are urged to take care while preparing
their manuscript.
Papers exceeding fifteen pages will be assessed a $10 fee for each
page over the limit.
The following
information is required with submitted papers:
Name
and title, institute affiliation, mailing address, and email address for all authors (please specify a contact author,
if there is more than one)
Conference
& location for which the paper is submitted
Paper title
Academic department to which paper pertains
(if appropriate)
Abstract
Key Words
Body of paper.
Please do not use Microsoft Word features (columns or styles) in the
formatting of your paper. References and endnotes need to be
consistent and in a generally-accepted format.
If necessary, please indicate the conference day on which you prefer to present (checked on the
Registration Form or via a separate email message).
For questions, please contact us at
Staff@CluteInstitute.com.
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Social
Activities
Las Vegas is a city with lots of free
and fun things to do for the entire family.
(www.virtualvegasstrip.com
or www.visitlasvegas.com).
Here are a few suggestions
to occupy your non-conference time outside of the Riviera:
List of things to do in and around
Las Vegas. For more information about the city of Las Vegas,
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Benefits
of Attending the IBER and TLC Conferences
- We offer a variety of sessions: regular,
e-session, workshop, panel,
and poster.
- Professors will be able to improve research and teaching skills.
- For those who cannot attend the conference for whatever reason,
our e-session offers them the opportunity to present their papers
electronically and still receive their peers' feedback.
- Papers winning the Best Paper Award will
automatically be reviewed for
possible publication in one of our academic journals. All of
our journals are listed in appropriate Cabell's directories.
- All accepted papers/abstracts are double-blind reviewed and will be published in our refereed conference proceedings, unless otherwise requested.
- "Abstract only" publications in the conference proceedings are permitted. The proceedings are not copyrighted, allowing authors to submit their papers to other journals and conferences.
- Conference attendee voting will determine recipients of both the
TLC and IBER
conference Best Paper
awards. However, to actually win a Best Paper Award or to be considered for publication in one of our academic journals, we must have the completed paper to evaluate.
- Faculty may organize a session, invite participants, and serve as the session chair. If you are interested, please contact the conference chair, Ronald C. Clute, Ph.D. at
Staff@CluteInstitute.com.
- Faculty may specify their preferred presentation day.
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About Caesars Palace
Hotel & Casino:
(Coming soon.
Until then please see their website www.caesarspalace.com.)
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Important Dates
Hotel registration cut off for conference rates is September 1,
2009.
Please note that there is a limit on the number of
rooms reserved for all preferred rates, so book your room as soon as you can.
The final version of
your abstract or paper must be
received by the due date of September 1, 2009.
Emails of acceptance or rejection
will be transmitted within one week.
The registration fee is due by
September 8, 2009.
If you need to restrict your presentation time to a particular day, please
indicate that in the space provided on the registration form.
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Conference Fees
Fees for the 2008 IBER and TLC conferences are:
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To attend either or both conferences (whether or not a paper is
being presented), there is a total one-time registration fee of
$325.00 per attendee. This fee includes: admission to both
conferences, an approximate 20-minute time slot to present one paper
at either conference, a printed copy of the conference program, a
copy of the proceedings on a USB flash drive, and admission to all
receptions, coffee breaks, etc. The conference proceedings will
also be available for anyone to download off of our website at no
cost after the conference. All attending conference participants
must pay the registration fee and at least one author per paper must
attend, unless the paper is being presented in an e-session.
- To present an additional paper at either conference, or to
present the same paper at both conferences, there is an added fee of
$100.00 per paper. For example:
- A faculty member may register for one conference and present
the same paper at both conferences for a total of $425.00.
- A faculty member may register for both conferences ($325.00
fee includes admittance to both) and present two papers at the
same conference for a total of $425.00.
The registration fee must be
received by the deadline of September 1, 2009 to
assure scheduling in the program.
There is a $50 fee if
cancellation is received between September 9 and 18, 2009; and there
will be no refund for cancellations received after September 19,
2009.
A pre-paid $25 fee may be imposed on
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Please contact
our staff if you have any questions.
The Clute Institute For Academic Research
Ronald C. Clute, Ph.D.,
Conference Chair
Email:
Staff@CluteInstitute.com
Website: www.CluteInstitute.com
Telephone: 303-904-4750
Fax: 303-978-0413 |
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FAQ'S
1. Dress Code: We do not have a dress code; what goes
for classroom attire goes for the conference. The important
thing is to be comfortable.
2. Presentation Room Equipment: Each presentation room will be equipped with a
laptop, data projector
and screen for
PowerPoint presentations. There will not, however, be a
transparency projector. Please bring your presentation on a
flash drive or USB drive, as well as 10 -
15 copies of your paper for
distribution.
3. Session Timing: We plan to allow approximately 20 minutes
for each presentation.
4. Best Airfare: Consult with your travel agent and the Internet (priceline.com,
cheaptickets.com, expedia.com, and lowestfare.com) for the lowest
fare. We permit last-minute changes in your presentation schedule to
accommodate your travel arrangements.
5. CPE Credit: Professionals seeking Continuing
Professional Education Credit should contact the conference chair or
indicate on the Registration Form that they must receive CPE credit
for attending the conference. Necessary paperwork is required
and will be available at the conference registration desk.
6. Organize a Session: Faculty may organize their own
session, invite participants, and serve as the session chair.
Please contact us at
Staff@CluteInstitute.com
to make arrangements.
7. Late Submission: If you missed a deadline, please
email
Staff@CluteInstitute.com.
8. Abstract-Only Publications: Authors often elect to
publish only the abstract of their presentation in the conference
proceedings. This effectively gives the author until the conference
date to complete the paper. This also means that the author is free to
submit the paper to another journal without copyright consequences.
This is possible because the paper has never been published elsewhere
since only the abstract was published in the proceedings. The
Clute Institute does not copyright the proceedings, which means that
authors are still free to do as they see fit with the paper.
Consequently, authors can claim academic credit for a conference
presentation, a refereed conference proceedings publication, and
possibly a journal publication (from one of our journals or a
different journal) from one piece of research.
9. Republishing A Presentation: Authors are free to
publish their presentation elsewhere without fear of copyright
problems and without permission from the Clute Institute.
However, conference papers that are selected for and published in one
of our journals are copyrighted by the Clute Institute with the
copyright given back to the author. We do this because we need to
protect ourselves in case the paper has been plagiarized. Papers are
only published in one of our journals with the consent of the author.
10. Attending Only: You may attend both
the teaching and the business conference at one
location for one
registration fee. A Registration Form for either
conference is all that is needed (obtained from the
"Registration Form" links above) as well as the
registration fee. Please indicate "attending only"
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IBER
and TLC
Conference Schedules
Your presentation will be scheduled for the day or days you
request on your Registration Form and we will email &/or post the
conference schedule for authors in the BLOG for this conference
approximately one week to 10 days before
the conference.
The conference schedule will include: author name, paper #,
presentation day, time, and room name.
If your name
is not listed or we have an incorrect date, please contact us
immediately so we can correct the error on the printed program.
Proceedings will be available
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