CALL FOR PAPERS

Access all Areas?

About the Visitor Studies Group
The Visitor Studies Group is a membership organisation, which champions excellent visitor experiences.
We promote dialogue, facilitate debate and through skills-sharing opportunities provide continuing professional development for those working in visitor studies.

Our event

Following the success and feedback from our Access all Areas? event last year in Edinburgh, we are excited to offer a similar session in Manchester that focuses on access and accessibility within the cultural sector. Aimed at people who work in visitor studies, learning and engagement, Access All Areas?take a deeper look at current projects and training and discuss new challenges and resolutions to physical, sensory and intellectual barriers.

This also marks our first VSG event in Manchester and we are delighted it will be hosted at the Whitworthon Wednesday 11th November 2015.

Call for submissions: we want to hear from you!

We are keen to include presentations and case-studies from organisations and individuals who are working with current and potential audiences with additional access requirements, and examples of where audience research and consultation has influenced content, layout, policy and interpretation.

Our events are based on sharing ideas, projects and experiences and are intended to create wider discussions between delegates and opportunities for networking. We hope to include a range of session formats –case studies, interactive workshops, presentationsand panels sessions. These should last between 30 –60 mins. Please let us know what format best fits with your proposal – other creative formats are also welcome.

If you would like to be part of this event then please submit a proposal to us using the form below.Final date for proposal submissions is Monday 28th September 2015.

Please email your completed form to or if you have any questions or would like to talk through your ideas please contact Helen or on 0161 234 2797.

Name:
Organisation:
Contact details:
Please tell us why you believe your paper should be included at this event (maximum 100 words)
Abstract clearly indicating what your paper will explore (maximum 300 words)
Short biography of proposed speaker/s (maximum 100 words)
Return to by Monday 28th September 2015

All submissions will be reviewed by representatives of the VSG Committee. Where appropriate, you may be contacted to discuss your proposal in further detail.