CPTSC 2007

Sustainable Growth in Scientific and Technical Communication:
Principled, Personal, and Programmatic

Proposal Submission for CPTSC 2007 has closed

The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) invites you to its 34th annual meeting, October 11-13, 2007, at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

CPTSC members and non-members submitted proposals on the conference theme: Sustainable Growth in Scientific and Technical Communication: Principled, Personal, and Programmatic. Position papers or poster presentations should discuss/illustrate how programs in technical and scientific communication are addressing some aspect of growth as it relates to our academic programs.

Examples of questions we particularly encourage include the following:

• How do we, collectively or individually, define healthy growth or progress in technical and scientific communication programs?
• What have been the trajectories of administrative careers, and what narratives can seasoned administrators offer to help the influx of novices learn from their experience?
• How have changes in the global economy affected programmatic growth?
• What fallout can we observe or anticipate from the rapid growth of our discipline?
• Would we characterize any state or aspect of growth as negative or unproductive?

The CPTSC conference emphasizes discussion. The audience includes people from new, as well as established, programs and anyone with programmatic interests in technical and scientific communication. We welcome participants from secondary, community college, or university levels, as well as representatives of industry.

Position Paper

• Participants present five-minute position papers on programmatic issues (rather than reports of specialized research or presentations of particular teaching strategies) in order to generate discussion.
• Format does not allow for slide show presentations.
• The Proceedings, published after the conference, includes the position papers, often in expanded versions.
• Only those papers presented at the meeting are eligible for publication in the Proceedings.
• Propose a position paper by using the online submission form at
http://english.ecu.edu/~cptsc/
• For samples, see position papers from last year at
http://english.ecu.edu/~cptsc/PositionPapersCPTSC06.pdf

Poster Presentation

• Participants make five-minute poster presentations on programmatic issues.
• Propose a poster using the online submission form at http://english.ecu.edu/~cptsc/
• See tips for poster presentations at http://english.ecu.edu/~cptsc/PosterTips.pdf

Proposals due June 30, 2007

For program questions, please contact Program Chair: Molly Johnson (johnsonmo@uhd.edu)

For conference information, please visit the conference website: http://english.ecu.edu/~cptsc/