Thematic Panels

Call for Session Conveners

We invite scholars to express their interest in serving as conveners for a Thematic Panel or a Symposium.
Submission of proposals for Thematic Panels is open for all interested parties within the conference theme of Global Challenges and Local Innovations in Care or the broad themes suggested above;
a Thematic Panel is therefore a particularly good option for people willing to catalyze the interest of researchers on new themes.

Thematic Panel Conveners are responsible for

  • proposing the broad theme of a session, preferably but not exclusively within the theme of “global challenges and local innovations in care”,
  • assessing and ranking all abstracts submitted for their own session, finally selecting up to 4 papers,
  • identifying 1-2 discussants, including eventually the conveners themselves,
  • communicating with paper authors and supervising (together with local organizers) the paper submission to the closed conference forum in good time before the conference.

Regardless of format, conveners will

  • chair their respective session in the conference,
  • presenting the theme of the session, and
  • providing adequate time for paper presentations and their discussion.

Expressions of interest for both session formats should be max. 1 page long.
You are welcomed to download template for thematic panel proposal here.

Please send your expression of interest by 15 September 2026 to tcc2027@care-taiwan.org.
Information about accepted proposals will be sent out on 15 October 2026.