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University Forum for Human Resource Development Conference 2024
Human Resources Development in a Digital Age
- June, 2024
- Oeiras
THE CONFERENCE
The 24th Edition of the UFHRD Conference to be held in Lisbon at ISCTE, in June 2024, will be an extraordinary opportunity for learning, researching and networking.
Main Topics
- Technologies for Workplace Digitalization
- Augmented Reality in the HRD
- Artificial Intelligence in HRD
- Employees Data Security
- Data Analytics in HRD
- Corporate digital Health Programs
- Corporate digital learning
- Digital transformation of HRD
LOCATION
The University
The ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon was founded in 1972 as one of Portugal’s first modern universities, with the central aim of studying labour and social dynamics in a rapidly changing world. Teaches about 100 training courses of all university education degrees.
4 Schools
Since its establishment, the university has expanded its disciplinary reach into five schools: ISCTE Business School, the School of Sociology and Public Policy, the School of Technology and Architecture, the School of Social Sciences and Humanities and the School of Applied Digital Technologies in Sintra.
Projects
The university is actively engaged in collaborative projects, networks and partnerships around the world, including a range of educational, training and research programs supported by the European Union.
The Campus
On campus, students find not only a robust intellectual tradition, with mentorship from teaching staff involved in cutting-edge research, but also a vibrant, multicultural environment.
Students
Of the approximately 10 000 students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, nearly 20% are international, coming from 80 different countries. ISCTE has over 450 agreements with universities from other countries.
Internationalization
Through its commitment to internationalization, innovative research and education aligned with professional standards, ISCTE prepares its students for competitive careers and thoughtful lives in the 21st century.
CONFERENCE FACILITIES
The meetings, parallel sessions and keyone sessions will take place in ISCTE facilities.
Registration will take place in the University building 2. IT support will be available in every conference room.
Delegates will have free access to the internet as Building 2 has Wi-Fi throughout. Our technical support team will provide appropriate networking facilities.
HOW TO GET TO ISCTE
WHERE TO STAY IN LISBON
Support for the conference (Pro-Rector)
Maria José Sousa
Maria José Sousa (PhD in Management with Habilitation in Management and Public Management) is Pro-Rector, a professor and a research fellow at ISCTE/Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
Conference Organizing Committee and Infrastructure
Academic leadership
Pro-Rector Maria José Sousa
Administrative support
ISCTE staff
- Acting a point of contact for queries raised through the website / conference email
- Liaising with the Finance department where requests for registration invoices were made
- Following up the multiple missing or incomplete registrations
- Liaising with delegates requiring ‘letters of invitation’ and ‘letters of acceptance’ for visa applications
Conference administration
ISCTE staff
- The University’s administrative team will provide support for the Conference
- Assisting with the online registration and paper submission portal
- Booking the rooms within the building
- Arranging catering
- Ensuring the availability of IT support for the conference
- Acting the key point of contact for trouble-shooting during the days of the conference
- Following up on paper submissions
- Organising the Conference Proceedings
KEY DATES
Calls for submission, Dates for abstract submission and decision
30th September
Call for papers
9th January
Final date for abstract submission
31st January
Decision notification to authors
12th May
Full papers submission
30th March
Early bird registration closes
31st May
Conference registration closes
12th – 14th June
UFHRD 2024
REGISTRATION
Early Bird registration
until 30th March 2024
320€
Full Delegate Fee
after 30th March 2024
370€
Doctoral
150€
Gala Dinner
70€
Complementary Conference Places
The following UFHRD Officers should be provided with a complementary place at the Conference (including Gala Dinner): Honorary Treasurer, Executive Secretary, President
Marketing and Publicity Plans
Publicity will be generated by promoting the conference on the following websites: AHRD; HRDI; and UFHRD.
- The 24th edition of the conference will be presented at UFHRD 2023 conference in Dublin.
- Website of the conference – to be online in October 2023
- Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin of the conference
- Employees Data Security
- University communication about the conference, and the extensive networks of the University’s faculty members and its global alumni community will also be utilised to promote the conference.
- UFHRD communication about the conference
Conference Outputs
The conference proceedings will be published in a volume with ISBN, and that volume will be available online.
Furthermore, we aim at publishing one Special Issues with the best papers. Potential journals among others are European Journal of Training and Development, Human Resources Development International, Personnel Review, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Human Resource Development Review and Journal of Service Research.
Streams, stream leaders and Keynote Speakers
The streams and stream leaders will have no changes in the UFHRD 24 Conference.
A stream about Digital Influence in Human Resources Development will be added to receive broadband contributions on the topic, and lead by Maria José Sousa.
The keynotes speakers will be invited in January 2024, and there will be 3 international keynotes and 3 national keynotes speakers. For the international keynotes I will intend to invite Professor Peter Totterdil, Professor Mathew Hughes, and Professor Wim Vanhaverbeke. The national keynotes probably will be Miguel Pina e Cunha, Carla Caracol and Henrique Duarte.
Refereeing Process
In line with the UFHRD conferences principles, only the abstracts are reviewed. Stream leaders will be selected according to their publications in the stream areas. The stream leaders will delegate two referees per abstract.
Abstracts will be ranked from 1 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) according to the following: significance/contribution to the HRD field; aim and purpose clear; theoretical foundations, appropriate methodology/analytical techniques; conclusions/likely conclusions; quality of paper presentation; relevance of paper to conference themes.
The authors will be notified of the rating and of the decision – Accept, minor revisions, major revisions, reject.
Paper Submission Procedure
Abstracts should be around 1500 words and should include a separate page stating the authors’ affiliation.
They should stress and sum up the paper’s importance, theoretical base, research purpose, research question, implications for practice, and conclusions.
Papers (maximum 6000 words) should comply with the following set of rules: Use single-spaces, and Arial 12-point font. Use margins (left, right, top and bottom) of 2.5cm. Justify each paragraph fully. Begin with an Arial 14-point font title. Follow up with a short 200 words abstract. Indicate up to 6 keywords. Use between 5000 and 6000 words in the text. Do not use more than three levels of heading and use the numbering convention: 1 Heading 1.1 Heading 1.1.1 Heading. Italic is accepted as well as bulleted or numbered lists. Figures and tables should be placed as close to their reference point in the text as possible. All figures and tables must have titles and must be referenced from within the text. Avoid colour diagrams as the proceedings will be printed in black and white. Images must be inserted as picture files (.gif, .jpg, .bmp, .pct, .png, .psd). References should follow the APA referencing style.
The timing of announcements is included in the conference timeline. Papers and abstracts will be submitted to the conference online EasyChair System.
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