HOW TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS Main Theme

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS
HOW TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS
Main Theme
The Call for Papers and Panels is open to all undergraduate and graduate
students of colleges and universities from all over the world. Any
Global Issues of the 21st Century and the Role of College Youth
undergraduate or graduate student may propose papers or panels(3 papers
for a panel) by completing and submitting a Paper and Panel Proposal Form
Key Themes
on-line at the WCYF 2009 official website: www.wcyf2009.org. All
proposals must be written in English in MS Word and submitted
• Peace
- Korean Peninsula and Peace-Building in Northeast Asia
electronically. The length of a proposal must not exceed 4 double-spaced
- Ethnic and Religious Conflicts
pages (less than 1,000 words), excluding references.
- Role of Youth in Global Peace
- Sports and World Peace
CRITERIA FOR REVIEW OF PROPOSALS
• Environment
- Climate Change and Global Warming
- Resource Depletion and Sustainable
Consumption
- Environmental Protection and the Role of
Youth
- Food Safety in a Globalized World
• Development
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
The WCYF welcomes academic, practical, and case-study-based proposals
from college youth in global communities. All proposals will be subject to
review by a WCYF committee, sorted according to the six proposed themes
based on their views, opinions, or perspectives on the role of college youth.
The WCYF committee reserves the right to refuse proposals or alter panel
proposals.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: March 20, 2009
- Youth Unemployment
Paper and panel proposals must be received by March 20, 2009. The WCYF
- Fair Trade and Economic Development
will confirm acceptance of submissions by March 25, 2009 at the latest.
- Poverty and Foreign Aid (ODA)
The acceptance process will proceed on a first-come-first-served basis.
• Human Rights
By submitting a proposal, an author also agrees, if requested, to serve as a
- Minority Groups and Social Justice
discussant or moderator at the Forum. The WCYF committee encourages
- Protection of Child Rights
authors whose proposals are accepted to honor this commitment. The
- Information Society and Human Rights
authors of accepted proposals are required to upload their FINAL revised
- Global Epidemics and Human Health
manuscripts to the WCYF 2009 official website by April 19, 2009.
“World Civic Youth Forum 2009” is a major institutional
program of “World Civic Forum 2009.”
• Gender
- Women’s Rights and Sex Commercialization
- Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
- Gender Equality and Reverse Discrimination
• Culture
- Intercultural Dialogue and Global Culture
- Globalization and the Multicultural Family
- Higher Education and Civic Engagement
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
PROPOSALS
For further information on WCYF and proposals, please
feel free to contact:
WCF 2009 Secretariat, Kyung Hee University
1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, Korea
E-mail: wcyf2009papers@khu.ac.kr
www.wcyf2009.org
World Civic Youth Forum 2009
Welcome
Objectives
Main Features
The World Civic Youth Forum (WCYF) is an
intellectual and cultural global event where
college youth gather from around the world to
share and discuss the global issues of common
concern and search for the solutions. The WCYF
is held as part of, concurrently with, the World
Civic Forum jointly initiated by Kyung Hee
University and the United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). The
biennial WCYF will be launched at the Global
Campus of Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si,
Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea on May 5-8,
2009.
• World Civic Youth Forum as a Global Forum
Date May 5(Tue.) ~ 8(Fri.), 2009
The Forum seeks to provide participating college youth from all over
Venue
the world with a platform of discourse in which to share their
Global Campus of Kyung Hee University
Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
knowledge and ideas about global issues, such as world peace,
global warming, poverty, economic development, human rights,
gender equality, and cultural diversity. The Forum also offers a
helping solve them.
Key Themes
The Forum aims to cultivate a continuous network of collaboration
education and action. Such a network will be built and designed to
function in close cooperation with the World Civic Forum, which will
be promoted by global cooperative mechanism of discourse and
practice.
• World Civic Youth Forum for Global Practice
The Forum seeks to serve as a momentum for participants to search
for and define the role of young people in addressing global issues
World Civic Youth Forum 2009
The mission of the WCYF is to give college
youth a voice by bringing them together through
meaningful dialogue and action on global issues.
It will also provide them, both as young
individuals and members of the global
community, with valuable opportunities for
growth and exploration. The WCYF will bring
to the fore critical and reflexive discourses on
how to promote global civic values, engagement
and action.
• Peace
• Environment
• Development
• Human Rights
• Gender
• Culture
• World Civic Youth Forum toward a Global Institution
community address world issues and develop programs for
“The Youth Act from
the WCYF 2009”
Global Issues of the 21st Century and
the Role of College Youth
global issues as well as to discuss their roles and responsibilities in
among college students and youth organizations to help the global
Mission
Main Theme
chance for participants to search for solutions that address critical
Program
Day 1
5 May (Tue.)
Day 2
6 May (Wed.)
Day 3
7 May (Thur.)
Day 4
8 May (Fri.)
Session 3
Session 7
Session 4
Session 8
Session 1
Session 5
Closing
Ceremony
& Keynote Speech
Session 2
Session 6
Cultural Event
Cultural Event
Cultural Event
Keynote Lecture
Session 1
World Civic
Forum 2009
Opening Ceremony
Keynote Lecture
Session 2
Keynote Lecture
Session 3
of common concern, in addition to discussing them and groping for
Lunch
their solutions. The Forum also intends to find concrete measures for
action. To this end, the Forum will endeavor to develop and put in
WCYF 2009
practice a joint declaration and plan of action for college youth at
Opening Ceremony
every gathering.
Subject to change
Main Events
The main events of the WCYF will consist of:
- Keynote lectures
- Plenary and working sessions
- Cultural festivals including artistic performances and exhibitions.