Call for Abstracts

Closing date of abstract submission: Sunday 30 March 2025

EXTENDED UNTIL FRIDAY 04 APRIL
Notification of acceptance: Late April

We’re excited to invite you to share your insights, expertise, and innovative ideas at INVOLVE! Tell us all about what you want to share with our sector; what we can learn from your experiences, and what we can all implement in our practice.

Our local rōpū and a panel of experts will consider the abstracts we receive and will select sessions/workshops that weave into our wider conference programme; all centred on our theme of ‘Kotahitanga – Weaving Cohesion in the Youth Development Sector’.

To ensure our conference caters to all levels of expertise and interests, we are asking everyone to consider which of the following audiences your session/ workshop is aimed at (click as many audiences as you feel are appropriate).

  • Advocacy

  • Child Rights

  • Health and Wellbeing

  • Intersectionality

  • Research

  • Other

Your abstract is your ad for your session/ workshop! If your session/ workshop is chosen, the abstract will be included in the conference programme. It is your opportunity to sell your story, so embrace creativity and bring your topic to life for your audience!

Presentations options

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

Presentation

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.

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!