Call for abstracts

Closing date of abstract submission: Sunday 30 March 2025
Notification of acceptance: Late April

We’re excited to invite you to share your insights, expertise, and innovative ideas at INVOLVE!

Submit an abstract to contribute to the programme. Embrace creativity and bring your topic to life for your audience!

This year’s theme is Kotahitanga – Weaving Cohesion in the Youth Development Sector.
With this, we have 6 themes that we are looking for presentations in. Those themes are:

  • 101 (space for people new to the sector /refresher presentations)

  • OG’s (space for people who have been practicing for some time)

  • Intersectionality

  • Research

  • Child Rights

  • Other

Presentations options

Presentation

Grouped with 3-4 other presenters on a similar topic. 10-15 minutes each to present with questions at the end.

Interactive Workshop

60 minutes to present an interactive workshop with attendees

Submission Guidelines

Here’s what you’ll need:

  1. Main contact details - We’ll send all communications to this main contact.

  2. Abstract—Please follow the format guidelines below. Remember that attendees will read your abstract and, from this document, decide to attend your presentation.

  3. Presenters’ organisation and city

  4. Presenter biographies and photos - Brief bios for each presenter, capped at 400 words total.

  5. Key Learnings - bullet points of key take aways

Tip: Allow about 15 minutes to complete your profile and abstract submission.

View an example abstract

Abstract Format

  • Document: Microsoft Word 

  • Font: Arial, 12-point 

  • Length: Up to 250 words 

  • Spacing: Single-spaced, left-aligned 

Evaluation Criteria

All abstracts are to be reviewed. In evaluating the abstract, the reviewers will be mindful of the following criteria:

  • Clarity: Is the abstract jargon-free, accessible and easy to understand

  • Contribution: Does this bring value to the conference and a broad audience?

  • Originality: Is there fresh insight or a new application?

  • Relevance: Kotahitanga – Weaving Cohesion in the Youth Development Sector’ is our overarching theme, does your workshop align?

Submission Conditions

  • Timeliness: Late submissions will not be accepted.

  • Commitment: A condition of acceptance is that at least one presenter registers to present at the conference. They are responsible for their own travel, accommodation and registration expenses. Similarly, no speaker fee is paid to presenters.

  • Accuracy: The submitting presenter is responsible for ensuring that the abstract is error-free.

Further information

If you are having difficulty submitting your abstract, then please get in touch with the conference organisers, Composition on involve@composition.co.nz

First-time presenters
Have you not submitted an abstract before?
Not sure of the process?

We strongly encourage those who haven’t submitted an abstract to get involved and give it a go!

Timeframes

Closing date of Abstract Submission – Sunday 30 March 2025
Notification of Acceptance – End of April