Format: Entirely in-person
Dates: November 11–13, 2026
Location: Chavón La Escuela de Diseño, Dominican Republic
The call for proposals opens Tuesday, January 27, 2026 and closes Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM (any timezone worldwide).
Submission Categories
Paper Presentation
Duration: 30 minutes total (approximately 10 minutes presenter remarks, 20 minutes audience engagement)
Incorporates research methodologies, theoretical frameworks, objectives, outcomes, and impacts across creative practice, teaching, or research contexts.
Case Study
Duration: 30 minutes total
Focuses on creative practice, teaching approaches, student work/perspectives, or research within specific contexts. Examples include teaching cases, policy initiatives, and documented creative projects.
Panel Discussion
Duration: 60 minutes (minimum 20 minutes dialogue among panelists, followed by audience Q&A)
Requires minimum 3 confirmed panelists. Panels should unite diverse researchers and educators to dialogically introduce a group project or engage a particular topic with diverse perspectives.
Design Your Own (DYO) Session
Duration: Flexible; 30 minutes recommended (minimum 10 minutes discussion)
Open new frameworks and session formats exploring unconventional scholarly exchange approaches. Examples include unconference discussions, embodied demonstrations, performance-based presentations, and simulations.
Peer Review
All submissions undergo anonymous peer review regardless of format.
All session types must include structured opportunities for participant discussion and dialogue.
