Submissions have closed.

We are no longer accepting proposals for Papers, Case Studies, and PechaKucha. EPIC2021 is a global, virtual event and anyone can attend—registration opens July 1. If you have questions, please contact us: conference@epicpeople.org.

  • Submission deadline – March 26, 2021
  • Acceptance notifications – June 4, 2021
  • Registration opens – July 1, 2021
  • First draft submission – July 5, 2021
  • Final submissions video-recorded presentations – August 23, 2021 (PechaKucha August 6)
  • Final submissions of written Papers and Case Studies – September 20, 2021
  • Participate in EPIC2021 Main Program – October 18–21, 2021

The original text of the Call for Participation follow:

Invitation to Submit a Proposal

Our conference theme is ANTICIPATION:
There are no future facts. Yet we humans constantly create potential futures through art, imagination, research, storytelling, planning, and design. The EPIC2021 theme Anticipation invites us to explore how our work documents, anticipates, and crafts futures of its own. Our daily practices of research, design, and strategy create landscapes of possibility. How do we open new paths—and obscure others—as we work to understand people, interpret wants and needs, propel change, navigate risk, assign cause, predict outcomes, and assess consequence?

We invite you to join us in integrating anticipation into your work with a collective goal to make futures that would be better for many, not just a few. Read the full conference theme

The Program Committee invites proposals from everyone who creates and applies ethnography—from researchers, designers, and strategists, to analysts, product managers, executives, and academics. Contributions should integrate theory and practice—drawing on ethnographic frameworks and concepts coupled with practices from professional fields.

Submissions should be made to one of the following formats:

  1. Papers
  2. Case Studies
  3. PechaKucha

Key Dates

  • Submission deadline – March 26, 2021, at the last stroke of midnight on earth!
  • Acceptance notifications – June 4, 2021
  • First draft submission – July 5, 2021
  • Final submissions video-recorded presentations – August 23, 2021 (PechaKucha August 6)
  • Final submissions of written Papers and Case Studies – September 20, 2021
  • Participate in EPIC2021 Main Program – October 18–21, 2021

General Guidelines & Review Process

The guidelines in this section apply to all proposals. Please also read the specific requirements for each format—Papers, Case Studies, and PechaKucha. We want your proposal to be successful and we are here to help! We cannot review proposals prior to submission, but we can answer your questions about the formats, review criteria, and author/presenter experience.

How many proposals can I submit? How are proposals evaluated and selected? How are presentations and articles developed Are presenters required to register for the conference? Can I submit an article or talk I have given previously?

Papers

We invite Paper proposals from authors in all career stages, and welcome new authors who are deepening their research craft.

What Is a Paper? Review, Writing, and Presentation Writing and Submitting Your Proposal

Case Studies

One of EPIC’s greatest contributions is its focus on the transformative value of ethnography on the ground, in practice, making an impact. We invite Case Studies of projects across all domains of practice.

What Is a Case Study? Review, Writing, and Presentation Preparing Your Case Study Proposal

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