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We are seeking presentations that discuss: 

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•  Business and professional skills of a successful leader: “soft skills”, including leading effective meetings, negotiation skills, public speaking, project management etc. 

•  Leadership styles and employee engagement: making your team successful and engaged.

•  Transformational leadership and crisis management. 

•  Leadership skills in today’s digital age, including e-leadership in virtual teams.

•  Leaders in the world of instability, polarization and uncertainty.

•  Leadership: why emotions matter. 

•  Leading innovation and sustainability: managing new technologies, including recyclable materials, renewable resources, clean energy, etc. 

•  Leading and managing educational change and improvement.

 

Types of participation at the conference

Ø  oral presentation via Zoom

Ø  pre-recorded video presentation

Ø  audience

 

We are happy to announce that this year we are inviting faculty to submit a 100-word proposal for a 45-minute Zoom webinar for students and/or for faculty. Please submit proposals by March 10th to conf-samgtu@bk.ru.

 

DEADLINES

Registration Deadline (a registration form should be sent by e-mail conf-samgtu@bk.ru): March 20, 2021

Power Point Presentation Submission Deadline for an oral presentation: April 5, 2021

Video Submission Deadline for a prerecorded video presentation: April 5, 2021

Full Paper Submission Deadline (if publication in the journal is preferred): May 20, 2021

 

All Power Point Presentations will be reviewed by a board of international faculty. Invitations for an oral presentation in Zoom will be sent in case of a positive decision not later than April 10, 2021.

 

Zoom presentation format:

Students prepare reports and PowerPoint presentations within the scope of the conference theme. The speech should be based on students’ own creative ideas and/or research. It should have a distinctive structure including introduction, main body and conclusion. Presentations can be made either individually or in the groups of 2-3 students.

Language: English.

Timing: 7 minutes.

 

Prerecorded Video presentation format:

Students prepare creative videos to disclose their vision of the conference theme. The video can be taken either in formal or informal settings. It can be made individually or in the groups of 2-3 students. All video files will be presented via YouTube channels, where they will be discussed and assessed.

Language: English.

Timing: 4 minutes.

 

Presentations that earned the most points upon review by the faculty board will be honored with I, II, III place awards. All members of the conference will get Certificates of Participation. The presentations will be assessed by a board of faculty and global leaders from Russia, the USA, Canada and Great Britain.

 

The proceedings of “Leaders of a New World: the Skills, Vision, and Mindset of Change” will be issued in September 2021 in the journal “Vestnik of Samara State Technical University. The Series: Psychology and Pedagogics”, which will be available electronically. The journal is included in the list of peer-reviewed scientific publications (http://vak.ed.gov.ru) and is indexed in the national information-analytical system RISC.

 

Scientific mentors of all participants are invited to publish their research on the topic in the proceedings of the conference, both individually and with their students. The suggested length of the paper is 8-15 pages. Languages of publication: English, Russian. Author Guidelines will be sent to you immediately after registration. 

 

No fees are charged for participation or publication.

 

CONTACT

 

Ekaterina Gradaleva

Conference Chair
PhD, Associate Professor
Samara State Technical University

e-mail: conf-samgtu@bk.ru

tel.: +79270057100

 

 

Maria Houston

Conference Co-Chair
PhD, English Faculty
TAMUT, USA

e-mail: mhouston@tamut.edu

tel.: +14129790806

 

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