School of Public Policy - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Seminar on Technology, Policy and Regions - Fall 2006
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Seminar paper

Each student participating in the course for credit will prepare and present a final seminar paper. 

• The paper is to be on a topic related to the themes considered in the seminar, with the topic mutually agreed by the student and instructor.  You can select an individual research or thematic topic that particularly interests you.   Alternatively, you can prepare an extended book review, which examines a particular book in the context of related literature and issues.  The book chosen should be consistent with the themes considered in the seminar and should not be a book that we have discussed in class.
• Topics will be agreed by the end of the third week of the seminar. 
• The paper should be about 4,500 - 5,000 words in length and use a customary reference-citation method.
• A draft version of the paper will be presented at the seminar, towards the end of the semester.  The draft should be made available no less than 2 days before the seminar, so that participants can read it.  Drafts may be distributed electronically.
• A final version of the paper is to be submitted by December 8, 2006, in an electronic format (MS Word, HTML, or RTF). Email to instructor.

Completed papers - earlier seminars | 1999 | 2001 | 2004

Presentation guidelines

• Seminar paper presentations are organized into panels, with a chair for each panel. The chair is responsible for keeping the session on track and facilitating discussion.
• Paper presenters. Important - each paper presentation should *not* exceed 15 minutes. This will allow 3-4 minutes for discussant comments, then about 5 minutes for open discussion. Presenters will be given warnings at 12 minutes and 14 minutes. At 15 minutes, your time slot will be regarded as complete!
• An overhead slide projector will be available. If you wish to use overheads, please prepare them on plastic overhead slides. Do not prepare too many overheads, since this will likely cause you to overrun your time. Probably 4-6 overheads is reasonable.
• To avoid time lost in connecting computers and inserting disks, we will not be able to use an LCD projector.
• Please circulate your paper in electronic form to all participants on the Monday before the date of your presentation. Discussants - if you do not receive the paper, please check back with the author. For participant email addresses, select "Class". At the bottom of the list is a link "Group mail to class list" that should allow you to email everyone in the class with one click (including instructor). Please email paper as an attachment in MS Word, HTML, or RTF format.
• The paper that you circulate to participants should be regarded as a good draft. You will have the opportunity to revise your paper, based on comments received, and submit at the end of the semester.
• Designated discussants should read the paper carefully and offer constructive comments and raise questions, as appropriate. Please prepare no more than 3-4 minutes of comments.
• The schedule is tight, but is very comparable with the amount of time allowed for paper presentations and discussions at major professional conferences.
• The seminar presentations will be publicized and hopefully we may welcome some additional participants.

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