The Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico cordially invites you to submit proposals for our Annual Mentoring Conference:
Learning from the Past & Envisioning the Future
Albuquerque, NM October 27- 29, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kathy E. Kram, BU
Call for Proposals
Abstract Submission: June 15,2010
Acceptance Invitation: July 15, 2010
Complete Papers: August 15,2010
Our third annual conference will be held at the main campus of The University of New Mexico from Wednesday, October 27 to Friday October 29 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Last year over 275 professionals and students from a variety of fields participated in our conference. The theme for this year is “Mentoring Theory & Practice: Learning from the Past & Envisioning the Future”. The keynote speaker for the conference is Kathy Kram, Professor of Organizational Behavior at Boston University. Among her many achievements, Kathy Kram received the 2002 National Academy of Management Mentoring Award and has multiple publications on mentoring, including her seminal book Mentoring at Work, and her last co-authored volume with Prof. Belle Rose Ragins, the Handbook of Mentoring at Work: Theory, Research and Practice. For more information about the conference or our institute please visit: www.mentor.unm.edu
This year’s conference theme will focus on joining mentoring professionals from various disciplines to exchange ideas on how the role of established mentoring theories and practices will contribute to the future of mentoring. We invite you to share your thoughts on the past, present and future of mentoring theories and practices.
Abstracts should address the theme in any of the following categories:
* Pathways for Education
* Pathways for Professional Development
* Integration of Technology
* Integration of Diversity
* Building Communities of Practice
Abstracts must be submitted as papers, posters and/or round-table discussions. Proposals may be experiential in nature or reports of research. Abstracts for posters or round tables should state the problem or question addressed and an overview of the content. Round table submissions should include a statement of the background and expertise of the person submitting to lead the discussion.
Abstracts must be submitted through our website by June 15, 2010 and must be no longer than 250 words. For more information or to submit your abstract please visit our conference page on our website: http://mentor.unm.edu/conference.html
Abstracts will be reviewed and accepted papers will be affirmed by invitation by July 15, 2010; complete papers will be due by August 15, 2010. Accepted abstracts will be presented by the author(s) during the conference. Additionally, accepted presenters will be able to attend the conference at a reduced price. We look forward to this opportunity for interaction and engagement with mentoring researchers and practitioners.
(*) Conference convened in partnership with the International Mentoring Association & UNM Title V Educational Initiatives
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