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ANZMAC Regional Doctoral and Masters Colloquium

University of Otago 10-12 June 2015

Ben Wooliscroft ben.wooliscroft@otago.ac.nz ,
Alexandra Ganglmair-Wooliscroft Alexandra.ganglmair@otago.ac.nz &
John Williams john.williams@otago.ac.nz

February 26, 2015

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1 Background

After the successful inaugural Regional Doctoral Colloquium, the University of Otago Marketing Department will hold the 2015 mid year Doctoral Colloquium in Dunedin, New Zealand from the 10th June (reception only) to the evening of the 12th June. The colloquium will primarily cater to New Zealand and East coast Australian PhD candidates, but will be open to international doctoral students. The target size is 50 students.

We will include Masters by thesis students in this colloquium. Midyear is a point in time that suits Masters students who typically undertake study in the academic year. Masters students will have their own break out stream.

The Doctoral Colloquium will be organized with a mix of plenary and break out sessions. Emphasis on developing a community of scholarship amongst the students across campuses will be a feature.

2 Dates

Colloquium dates 10-12 June 2015

Call for papers sent to Departments, PhD directors, email lists, etc. March 4 2015
Structured abstract submission due April 1 2015
Reviews back to students May 1 2015
Final day for early bird discount rate June 1 2015

3 Venue: St Margarets College

Set on campus, but removed from the School of Business St Margarets provides a gracious and relaxing atmosphere for serious academic thought, see

4 Accommodation: Diverse

Dunedin has a wealth of moderate priced accommodation. We will suggest a number of close by accommodation providers, having negotiated a conference rate for the attendees.

5 Conference Fees

Through the acquisition of sponsorship it has been possible to keep the early bird fee at NZ$175 per student. After the early bird period the fee will go to $200.

That fee includes:

• a reception
• two lunches
• two morning teas
• two afternoon teas
• one dinner
• publication of the abstracts in the conference proceedings, with ISBN number.

Final date for early bird rate is the 1st June.

6 Proceedings

All papers will be published in the peer reviewed proceedings with an ISBN number attached. Plenary speakers will be invited to submit commentary papers to the proceedings.

7 Programme

Wednesday 10th June, 2015
4.00 p.m. Optional trip to Otago Peninsula to see Yellow Eyed Penguins arrive at sunset (5pm)
6.00 p.m. Return to city for welcome reception and formal welcome (HoD Rob Aitken)

Thursday 11th June, 2015
9.00am Morning Plenary Greeting, planning and housekeeping; Prof. Rob Lawson — Reflections on the PhD process
10.30am Morning Tea
11.00am Assoc Prof. Ben Wooliscroft — A model for a 21st Century PhD
11.30am Karen Fernandez — Planning and publishing in JCR, an author’s view
12.00pm Lunch
1.30pm Break out sessions by stage in PhD
3.00pm Afternoon Tea
3.30pm Break out sessions by stage in PhD
5.00pm Closing remarks for the day and suggestions for dinner and entertainment
5.15pm Dinner not provided

Friday 12th June, 2015
9.00am Morning Break out sessions by stage in PhD
10.30am Morning tea
11.00am
Plenary: Prof Juergen Gnoth, associate editor of the Journal of Tourism Research — publishing in JTR
11.30am Dr John Williams — Pitfalls of Statistics and how to avoid them
12.00pm Lunch
1.00pm Break out sessions by stage in PhD
2.30pm Afternoon tea
3.00pm Break out sessions by stage in PhD
4.30pm Plenary — Closing remarks and panel discussion (review panel)
5.30pm Break for dinner
6pm Evening Dinner and Awards

N.B. Subject to change and will be adjusted depending on numbers and methodology used by students

8 Awards

Awards for best paper in the early, mid and late stages of the PhD (corresponding to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year) will be made at the colloquium dinner.

9. Paper Format

Paper submissions should conform to the ANZMAC conference format, with additional information included in the submitting email; year of study and areas in which the candidate would like feedback.

Paper Formatting Guidelines

All competitive papers must be submitted following the guidelines for a full paper. Authors of papers that are accepted can then select the option to be published as the full paper or an extended abstract.

Font: Times New Roman 12pt
Margins: 2.5cm all sides
Spacing: Single Spaced, with one blank line between paragraphs.
Abstract: Maximum of 150 words
Title: No more than 2 lines of text
Total length: 7 pages (including title, abstract, main body, tables and references) Referencing style: Australasian Marketing Journal format
Order of Paper for Submission

1. Title and Author
2. Abstract
3. Introduction/Background
4. Main body of the paper including tables 5. Reference list

Note: Should the research on which the paper is based involve any form of sponsorship, the name of the sponsoring organization should be declared on the front page of the final version of the paper or abstract submitted and on the first page of the power point presentation delivered.

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