The mission of the conference is to support and inspire students in the doctoral study programs of FEM CZU in Prague in their professional work. The conference aims to enable doctoral students of all years of study to present the results of their work, provide quality feedback on their work and strengthen professional cooperation between individual research teams.
Conference language
The working languages of the conference are Czech and English. Articles can be written in Czech or English. Electronic materials for presentations (eg PowerPoint presentations) must be prepared in English, but it is possible to present in Czech or English.
Organization of the conference
Participation in the conference is mandatory for FEM doctoral students in full-time and combined studies (except first-year doctoral students, for whom the conference is optional). Participation means sending an article, in which the doctoral student is listed as the 1st author of the collective, to the professional section of the conference. The submitted article will be presented by the student at the meeting of the professional section of the conference, the 1st author will ensure its presentation. The framework program of the conference includes plenary sessions (joint plenary sessions for the TT, Agrarian Perspectives and ERIE conferences) and sessions in specialist sections.
If you can’t attend the conference
Absence will be excused only for serious reasons (eg illness, study stay abroad, etc.). For that reason, doctoral students cannot be used to administer exam dates on the day and time of the conference. Unexcused non-participation in the conference may affect the payment of the regular scholarship or may be the subject of a record in the UIS for the needs of the annual attestation.
The students can excuse themselves from participating in the conference in writing, by sending a letter addressed to the Department for Science, Research and Quality of FEM( bartonovak@pef.czu.cz ) no later than June 16, 2024. The letter must contain the consenting opinion of the supervisor and the head of the department.
A student may be excused from the conference if, between October 1, 2023 and June 16, 2024:
- the student presented a publication at the conference, of which he is the first author, or
- the student published an article of which he is the 1st author in the Scopus or Web of Science database in the specified time interval, or
- the student’s article has been accepted for publication in a journal indexed in the SCOPUS or Web Of Science database and the student has a statement of acceptance of the article.
Meetings of the sections
The goal of meetings in professional sections is to provide FEM doctoral students with a platform for collegial evaluation of works being prepared for publication, or discussion about the design of newly established research. Discussions in the sections are structured according to the fields of doctoral study. The professional level and the organization of the review management of the conference are ensured by the selected guarantors of the sections, approved by the chairmen of the branch councils of the respective doctoral study programs.
Authors send articles to the review process of the conference through the editorial system after registration. The editorial system, in which registration is carried out and in which the review process takes place, is going to be launched on April 1, 2024.
According to the intention of the authors, the following can be sent to the review process of the conference:
- an article of the "scientific article" type - it is recommended in particular when the author (author collective) has completed part of the research and wants to have the prepared article evaluated before sending it to the peer review process of a quality scientific journal;
- article of the "overview study" type - recommended especially in the case of starting a new research, in addition to a critical evaluation of the current state in the given area based on high-quality and up-to-date literary sources, the article should contain the identification of a research opportunity and a proposal for one's research. This form is particularly (though not exclusively) suitable for 1st year DSP students.
An article that has already been published or accepted for publication at another conference or in a journal cannot be submitted to the conference review process. The originality check is carried out by section guarantors and reviewers in cooperation with the Department for Science, Research and Quality of FEM. Even if a standard publication is not prepared from the conference, such behaviour will be classified as a violation of publication ethics.
All submitted contributions proceed to the review process. The guarantor of the relevant section will ensure evaluation by one or two reviewers. In the case of two reviewers, this is a DSP student who has already published an article in a high-quality scientific journal or at a high-quality scientific conference (ie he has already created a J or D type output according to the Methodology for evaluating the results of research organizations as amended) and one FEM academic staff member. In the case of one reviewer, only a FEM academic employee evaluates the contribution. Instructions for reviewers and the review form are available in the conference editorial system. Each reviewer is entitled to a reward of CZK 500 for the processing of the assessment, paid in the form of an extraordinary scholarship (students) or in the form of a reward (employees, with an increase in levies).
Each article included in the conference program will be discussed as follows:
- presentation of the article by the author (max. 10 minutes);
- summary of the reviewers' (or reviewer's) opinions by the guarantor of the section, possibly asking selected questions from the opinions;
- author answering questions + discussion within the entire section.
Reviewers' opinions are available to authors well in advance of the conference. As part of the conference, the authors do not correct the articles according to the reviewers' comments. The proceedings of the conference are not published in order not to complicate the possibility for authors to publish articles in scientific journals.
Awarding and penalties
- Awarding a contribution in the professional section of the conference on the proposal of the guarantor of the section - a one-time extraordinary scholarship in the amount of 2,000 CZK/article.
- Unexcused non-participation in the conference - reduction of the regular scholarship by CZK 2,000 for 3 months (full-time students), record in the UIS system for the needs of the attestation of doctoral students.
- Sanction granted at the proposal of the guarantor of the professional section - reduction of the regular scholarship by CZK 2,000 for a period of 3 months (full-time students), record in the UIS system for the attestation of doctoral students.