BRING PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN TO YOU: HOST THE SOPHIA NETWORK MEETING 2025
This is the call for proposals for hosting SOPHIA Network Meeting in 2025. Deadline for proposals is noon on December 1st 2024. The host country will be selected by the Executives and will be informed at the latest by December 29th 2024.
Please send a completed proposal to:
President Emma Swinn emmajswinn@gmail.com
Treasurer Sylwia Falinska sylwia@kinderfilosofie.nl
Secretary Joos Vollebregt joosvollebregt81@gmail.com
Network Meeting Co-ordinator Tugce Buyukugurlu tugce@philotopia.com
Network Meeting Co-ordinator Support Anni Nielsen annin@sdu.dk
Hosting a SOPHIA meeting is an opportunity to raise the profile of your institution and awareness of philosophy with children in your country and community. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet others from across Europe practicing and researching philosophy with children and can help to produce long-term relationships and advocacy for philosophy.
Proposals should follow the outline below and will be selected according to which proposal best fulfils the criteria.
If you have any questions about the proposals or procedure, please contact tugce@philotopia.com
SOPHIA EXECUTIVE CHOOSE HOST COUNTRY/COORDINATOR USING THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
- Reliable contact (replies promptly to e-mails etc)
- Free venue
- National advertising of SOPHIA in Host country
- Should stimulate Philosophy with Children in Host country
- Should generate new members for SOPHIA
- Accessible for travel throughout Europe
- Accommodation available near to venue
- Accommodation reasonably priced (members pay their own accommodation)
- Lunch, coffee, tea and water etc. provided
- Technical equipment provided (for videos, power points, etc.)
- Technical equipment and venue suitable for Hybrid meeting (meeting will be available for online attendants and audio & video equipment to link the room to the online community will be necessary)
PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN YOUR PROPOSAL:
- HOST/S
- MAIN CONTACT
- MARKETING / ADVERTISING OF MEETING WITHIN HOST COUNTRY
- SUGGESTED DATES
- PROPOSED TIMETABLE
- SUGGESTED THEME/S TO TIE MEETING TO LOCATION (will be discussed with Executive Team)
- ADDITIONAL MATERIAL / EVENT DETAILS (additional events that draw attention to the host country’s activities, research or other efforts in the field are encouraged)
- VENUE & SUPPORT AVAILABLE
- VENUE’S HYBRID FACILITIES
- TRAVEL
- ACCOMMODATION
- CULTURAL EVENT – in order to distinguish between online and in-real-life events we are suggesting that hosts propose a cultural event to introduce visitors to their country / town. This could be an arranged walk on the day after the meeting, for example, or an evening tour of local sites.
- ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS – We suggest that your proposal include an online only contingency plan in case COVID restricts travel. The event should be able to shift completely online in case of travel disruption. You may also want to plan a hybrid event.