Call for Submissions

Teachers/ researchers/ practitioners/ students/ authors/ presenters/ exhibitors/ instructors are invited to make submissions in English to the XVIII World Congress 2024 in line with the congress theme and sub-themes. Please refer to the specific guidelines before submitting your proposals in any of the categories mentioned below.

Upon the request of several interested participants, the final extended submissions deadline is Friday, May 31, 2024. However, you are encouraged to submit your proposal as soon as possible for our peer-review process to give a decision. For onsite participation, please download our letter to support your USA visa application from the button below and apply for B1/B2 visa as soon as possible without waiting for a decision about your proposal. It may take several months to schedule your USA visa interview appointment depending upon your location. You can check here the visa appointment wait time for your location in a country.

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XVIII World Congress Submission System

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Publications

Participants whose proposals are accepted for XVIII World Congress will be encouraged to revise, expand and submit their papers to one of the three WCCES publication outlets (each with its rigorous peer-reviewed process):

- Papers of about 6000 words in Global Comparative Education: Journal of the WCCES in one of the six official languages of the United Nations (viz. Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Russian and Spanish). GCE is indexed in:

- Short papers of about 3000 words in World Voices Nexus: The WCCES Chronicle in one of the six official languages of the United Nations (viz. Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Russian and Spanish). WVN is indexed in:

- Papers of at least 6000 words in English as chapters in one or more edited volumes in the WCCES Brill-Sense book series.

After the call for submissions closes for the XVIII World Congress, the submission system will be reconfigured to invite submissions of short and full papers for peer-review for possible publication in the above publication outlets. Therefore, authors are encouraged to continue working on their short and full papers based upon their proposal for the congress.

Categories of Proposals

Paper Presentation

An author or a team of authors will present a paper for about 15 minutes in a session of 90 minutes. All submitted proposals will be peer reviewed.

Panel Presentation

A team of authors (at least three persons) will present at least 3 to 5 papers in a 90 minutes session based upon a topic for the panel proposed by them (peer-reviewed).

Poster

An author or a team of authors will display a poster (90cm in length and 120cm in height) at the congress venue. All submitted proposals will be peer reviewed.

Exhibition

The exhibition space will attract people involved in publishing, comparative and international education, knowledge and research institutes, universities, international educational exchange organizations, government and non-government organizations, and the media.

Book Launch

An author or a group of authors will formally launch and discuss about their latest book (released in 2022, 2023 or 2024) with audience and authors of other latest books during a 90 minute session.

Workshop

An instructor or a group of instructors will provide hands-on training to a targeted audience to achieve clearly specified professional goals within a specific time frame.

Download specific requirements for different categories of proposals

Paper Presentation

Proposals for a paper presentation should be 300-500 words in length and should include the following information even if the findings are only preliminary at the time of submission:

- Objectives or purposes
- Main perspective or theoretical/conceptual framework
- Analytical methods, research design, or modes of inquiry
- Data sources or evidence
- Results and/or conclusions
- Significance of the study

Dates and Time for Onsite and Online

The congress will be conducted in purely face-to-face (onsite at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY) mode on Day 1: Monday, July 22, 2024, Day 2: Tuesday, July 23, 2024, Day 4: Thursday, July 25, 2024, and Day 5: Friday, July 26, 2024. The onsite participants will also be able to access the online component (from anywhere by using their own devices and Internet), while several of them will be touring for optional excursions on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. There will be no onsite sessions on this day.

The online component of the congress will commence on the late evening of Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in Ithaca (New York), which will be the morning of Wednesday, July 24 2024 in Asia and Oceania. The online component will continue till the early morning of Thursday, July 24 in Ithaca (New York) so that participants from various time zones in all the regions of the world get the opportunity of presenting their research. For participants choosing the registration fee option for online mode, participation will be limited only to the online (virtual through Zoom) component of the program. In addition, they may be provided access to the live broadcast of some plenaries wherever possible.

All proposals should be in English. During the Congress, those who cannot present in English may present in others languages, but are expected to use bilingual (English and another language) presentation slides. While submitting a proposal for any of the categories in the proposal submissions system, you must include Onsite or Online before the title of the proposal. For example, "Online Paper: Title of the Paper", "Onsite Panel: Title of the Panel", "Online Book Launch: Title of the Book", "Onsite Workshop: Title of the Workshop", "Online Poster: Title of the Poster", and so on. Exhibitions are onsite only.