5th ISA Forum of Sociology
III. Duties and Deadlines
April 15, 2024 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Announcing Program Coordinators
* RC/WG/TG provide the name and contact details of the Program Coordinator to the ISA Secretariat at isa@isa-sociology.org
May 2 - July 1, 2024 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Call for Sessions
* The RC/WG/TG session proposer must submit the session description online via the Confex platform.
* The invited session organizer (RC/WG/TG, Presidential, Plenary, LOC sessions, etc.) must submit the session’s description online via the Confex platform.
July 2 - July 31, 2024 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Final List of Sessions
* The RC/WG/TG Program Coordinator must finalize a list of sessions. The format, titles, descriptions, and language (English, French, or Spanish) of the sessions, as well as the contact details of session organizers (name, affiliation, country, e-mail), will be available on the ISA conference platform run by Confex.
August 5 - October 15, 2024 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Abstracts Submission
* Participants and organizers of invited sessions must submit abstracts online via the Confex platform in English, French, or Spanish. Only abstracts submitted online will be considered in the selection process.
October 15 - November 10, 2024 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Abstracts Selection
* The Session Organizer must complete the selection of abstracts and provide a final presentation designation (oral, distributed, poster, round table). Session Organizers move good-quality abstracts unsuited for their sessions to the Program Coordinator’s bin for transfer to another session.
* Note: Abstract transfers should be made to the Program Coordinator’s bin as early as possible so that good abstracts may be transferred to other appropriate sessions. This will enable organizers to consider these transferred abstracts and make decisions within the deadlines.
* Session Organizers add chairs, co-chairs, discussants, and panelists to their sessions as needed.
November 10 - November 30, 2024 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Abstracts Relocation
* Program Coordinator re-locates good quality abstracts considered unsuited by Session Organizers from the Program Coordinator's bin to other sessions.
* No more sessions can be added after that deadline.
December 5, 2024 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Notification Letters
Confex sends notification letters to:
- Authors and co-authors of accepted abstracts
- Authors of rejected abstracts
December 15, 2024 - January 26, 2025 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Sessions Scheduling
* Dec 15 - Jan 15: Confex schedules Joint Session, Round Table, and Poster Sessions
* January 16 to 26: Program Coordinators schedule regular sessions
January 31, 2025 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Applications for Registration Grants Deadline
*Participants should submit applications for ISA grants to the Program Coordinator.
February 15, 2025 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Submission of proposed Registration Grants recipients
* The Program Coordinator sends the selected recipients and amounts recommended to the ISA Secretariat at isa@isa-sociology.org for verification and approval.
March 22, 2025 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Registration Deadline for Presenters
*Registration must be paid by the deadline. Confex matches registrations with accepted presenters and will send out the last reminder to register. Presenters who have failed to register will be automatically deleted from the program.
April 3 - April 18, 2025 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Abstracts Relocation
* Session Organizer modifies sessions based on the withdrawal of non-registered presenters.
* Chairs and discussants are assigned from among the registered participants.
* The program Coordinator completes sessions scheduled according to the conference timetable.
* If the type of an individual’s presentation is changed or if a presentation is transferred to a different session, Confex will notify the authors of the final session and presentation details.
May 9, 2025 - 24:00 UTC/GMT Online program published