SPEAKERS - ADVICE

Dear Speakers,

Thank you for choosing to present your research at the British Society for Phenomenology 2022 Annual UK Conference: ‘Engaged Phenomenology II: Explorations of Embodiment, Emotions and Sociality’ (30 August – 1 September), convened by the University of Exeter.

Overview

We received 142 abstract submissions during our call for papers, and the review team were really impressed by the submissions overall. However, we had far more proposals of quality than for which we are able to provide space at the event. In the end, we selected 90 abstracts for presentation as a paper at the conference; 77 of which accepted. The abstracts selected promise to give us a very diverse, research rich event, and we look forward to hosting your presentations as part of the conference.

Format

The conference is in a hybrid format – for all attendees, both speakers and delegates.This means about half of the papers will be delivered in person at Exeter, and around half will be presented remotely and beamed into the venue! Correspondingly, all the presentations will be streamed online for remote attendees. 

The conference takes place over three days and will be organised into themed panels across parallel tracks.

Presentations should be 20 minutes with time after each paper for Q&As.

Written versions of the presentation should be made available to the organisers a couple of weeks in advance of the conference to help with attendee inclusivity and accessibility. We will remind you about this nearer the time.

All presenters have the option to have their presentations audio recorded to be considered for release as a weekly episode of the BSP Podcast.

Accessible slideshows

For speakers using powerpoint/slides, please consider the following guidelines...

Registration – in person and online

The conference fee this year will remain the same as for previous years’ face-to-face events at £100 for early bird registration; remote attendees will pay a much-reduced fee.

To attend BSP events, speakers and delegates need to be members of the British Society for Phenomenology. If you are not already a member, membership (full and discounted, £40 and £20 respectively) will be added to the conference fee. When you become a member, you receive access to the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology online for one year. JBSP Online publishes around 25 new research articles a year, and membership includes access to 50+ years of the JBSP. You can become a member at any time, for more information please visit our membership page.

Presenter registration is required during the early bird period in order to facilitate organising, timetabling, and promoting the event (17 July).

Financial assistance will be on offer during early bird registration for speakers: attendance assistance is open to student, early career researchers (ECRs), unwaged, low relative income speakers; there is also assistance for speakers with child care needs. Attendance and child care assistance are not mutually exclusive; both are however limited, and if there are more eligible applicants than we can fund, the decision will be made by the conference committee on the strength of the application. See more...

Early bird registration will conclude mid-July, and applications for financial assistance need to be with us by the end of June. The registration system will open week commencing 6 June, and information on how to apply for financial assistance will be available then too. We’ll send you an update email when live.

Further information for speakers attending in person

The registration fee includes morning and afternoon refreshments and lunch (vegetarian and vegan options), as well as Wi-Fi access. The registration does not include the (optional) conference meal or accommodation and travel.

There will be a conference meal on the evening of day 2 of the conference. This is optional, and can be paid for during the registration process. 

The website includes recommendations on local accommodation. 

The venue is accessible for people with mobility considerations. Check out location information regarding the venue, venue accessibility and feel free to contact us if you have any other concerns or enquiries. 

Further information for speakers attending online

BSP2022AC is a hybrid event. Around one half of the papers will be delivered in person from the venue at the University of Exeter, while the other half will be presented remotely and streamed into the venue. Correspondingly, all the presentations will be streamed online for remote attendees.

Check out information on online attendance both for delegates and speakers.

Registration page

Speaker registration is now closed.

Changing attendance / registration types

It may be that nearer the time of the event, people need to change their attendance type due to unforeseen circumstances, either from in person to online, or online to in person. Just get in touch if such is the case, and we will refund any conference fees paid above the new rate.

Accessibility

We are committed to making the online conference as accessible as possible. If you have accessibility considerations or concerns please get in touch and we will do our best to either accommodate or advise. For speakers or delegates with support workers (such as transcribers, signers, or assistants of any kind) we also offer them free registration – again, just get in touch.

BSP2022AC website

More information about the conference will appear here on the Engaged Phenomenology II website as it becomes available, and if you have any questions just get in contact with us at events@britishphenomenology.org.uk.