PopFest - The Annual Population Studies Conference
Popfest is a celebration of the many applications and contexts of Population Studies. It is open to postgraduates from all disciplines studying any aspect of population and demography and provides a supportive and stimulating environment for students to meet, present their work and exchange ideas. It is well established, having been organised by postgraduate students for the last eighteen years. It has survived through the support and goodwill of the postgraduate community, the British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) and other sponsoring organisations. The BSPS is very keen to ensure the continuation and development of postgraduate population research through PopFest, and has pledged its continuing support to the 2010 conference.
PopFest is a great opportunity for postgraduate researchers at all stages to meet other students in the same area, practise presentation skills and get useful feedback from peers. You may share your work through either a short presentation followed by questions, or a poster session. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss your work in a more relaxed and informal environment than traditional academic conferences. Even if you do not give a presentation of your work, PopFest will give you some idea of the research being conducted by others and allow you to make valuable contacts for the future.
The full details of the 2010 programme are still to be finalised but will include: multi-streamed sessions running over three days, poster presentations and keynote speakers. In addition, the 2010 instalment of PopFest will offer an innovative panel session, during which a number of representatives from different backgrounds (e.g. public sector, academic, charity and private sector) will be invited to discuss and answer questions from delegates on how aspects of population studies might be applied in different contexts and career choices.
Call for papers deadline - 1st March 2010.
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