<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>CALL FOR CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS</b></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><b><br></b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>31st Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management</b></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA</b></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>July 8-11, 2018</b></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"> </div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://iafcm.org"><img src="cid:5AD106B1-9B0B-4AD2-9088-BB4DD7306F33" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></a></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"> </div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><a href="https://iafcm.org/index.php/iacm-2018-call-for-submissions/">Call for Submissions</a> | <a href="https://iafcm.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/">Submission Guidelines</a> | <a href="http://iafcm.org/2018/openconf.php">Submit your Paper</a></b></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i><b>Submission Deadline: February 5, 2018, 5:00 p.m. US Eastern Standard Time</b></i></span></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><b>President: </b>Deborah Cai | <b>Conference Program Chair:</b> Laura Rees</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><b>Executive Director:</b> Brandon Charpied | <b>Local Arrangements Chair:</b> Cheryl Rivers</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;">We invite you to present your work at the 2018 meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) to be held at Convene (formerly The Hub) in Center City in downtown Philadelphia. IACM was founded to encourage scholars and practitioners to develop and disseminate theory, research, experience, and practice for understanding and improving conflict management in interpersonal, organizational, societal, family, and international settings.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;">Submissions present new material, distinct from published works (including those that will appear in print before the conference) and from presentations at other conferences. We encourage submissions that contribute new knowledge and understanding to the broad areas of negotiation and conflict management. A variety of research methods are welcome. We also encourage innovative interdisciplinary submissions highlighting dialogue between theory and practice.</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;">Authors can lead on a maximum of three submissions. The conference submission system will open on October 27, 2017. The deadline for submissions is February 5, 2018. You will receive an additional email to let you know the system is open. Types of conference submissions (theoretical, empirical, or applied) include the following:</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Full papers (30 pages maximum; qualify for conference paper awards)</li><li style="text-align: left;">Extended abstracts (1000 words minimum)</li><li style="text-align: left;">Symposia, debates, roundtables, workshops, novel sessions (10 pages maximum for symposia, 5 pages maximum for all other formats)</li></ul></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px;">Full papers and extended abstracts may also be submitted to be considered for inclusion on one of the special topics panels that will run throughout the 2018 conference. These topics are:</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Conflict and religion</li><li style="text-align: left;">Conflict in government</li><li style="text-align: left;">Conflict and media</li><li style="text-align: left;">Conflict and race</li><li style="text-align: left;">Conflict in communities</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://iafcm.org/index.php/iacm-2018-call-for-submissions/">Call for Submissions</a> | <a href="https://iafcm.org/index.php/submission-guidelines/">Submission Guidelines</a> | <a href="http://iafcm.org/2018/openconf.php">Submit your Paper</a></b></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin: 0px;"><br></div></div><br><div id="bloop_sign_1509111455527415040" class="bloop_sign"><div><b><font color="#263d90">BRANDON CHARPIED | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR</font></b></div><div>International Association for Conflict Management</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:7112D380-02E8-44D6-99B3-E8991B27E9C1"></div><div><br></div><div><b>Join us at IACM 2018 in Philadelphia, PA USA</b></div><div><b>July 8 - 11 2018 | Visit <a href="http://IAfCM.org">IAfCM.org</a> for More Info!</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>