Abstract Submission

Deadline for Submissions: 8 July 2024 (midnight)

If you are interested in presenting a session at the LeanHE 2024 Conference, please follow the link at the bottom of this page to submit an abstract for review.

Once the deadline for abstract submissions has been reached, each submission will be anonymised and reviewed by panel. Successful applicants will be contacted by 23rd July 2024.

Theme

The theme for the LeanHE Conference 2024 is "Sustainability in Lean: bridging innovation and tradition.” To help us curate and develop the conference schedule, please consider which of the following sub-themes may apply to your proposed session.

1. Defining sustainability in Lean
   
2. Processes now and for the future
   
3. Lean tools and techniques to improve sustainability
   
4. Building a sustainable Lean culture
   
5. Making and sustaining improvement
   
6. Sustaining ourselves and our wellbeing
7. Sustainability using digital technologies
8. Lean and the environment
9. The future of Lean thinking
10. Educational sustainability / Sustaining as an HEI
11. The culture of tradition / innovation
12. The Lean HE legacy
    

Session Proposals

As an in-person conference, we want to maximise interactivity and opportunities to teach and learn from our Lean HE peers. As such, we particularly welcome interactive, practical sessions but are interested in sessions of all types, including:

1. Oral presentation - e.g. sharing direct experiences or insights
   
2. Workshop - e.g. a hands on, interactive session
   
3. Discussion - e.g. Campfire session or World Café
   
4. Demonstration - e.g. how to apply a concept or tool
   
5. Pecha Kucha - e.g. quick story telling through slides
   

If you are new to conferences, or have not presented before, feel free to contact the CI (Continuous Improvement) team or the Lean HE community for support and advice: leanhe2024@admin.cam.ac.uk. We will also be offering resources and tips for creating and delivering engaging content in the run-up to the conference via this website.

Note: By submitting an abstract you will be designated the corresponding author for that abstract and all communications regarding the abstract (submission, review, presentation etc.) will be sent to the email address provided. It is your responsibility to communicate with any co-authors regarding your presentation.

Important Information regarding abstracts and conference sessions:

1. As part of the new Encore service for LeanHE, after the conference you may be asked to deliver your session again virtually for members of the network who are unable to attend the conference in person. If your submission is accepted, the organisers will be in touch to discuss viability.
   
2. Applicants are welcome to submit more than one proposal for consideration. These need to be submitted separately and although they will be initially reviewed anonymously by the panel, the organisers reserve the right to limit sessions from the same organisation or host.
   
3. Abstracts and content within sessions should be original and ideally not presented at previous conferences.
   
4. As the conference is peer-to-peer and unsponsored, sessions aimed at promoting or selling 3rd party products or services will be rejected.