ITP Rangahau & Research Symposium 2025

The 2025 ITP Rangahau and Research Symposium will be held December 1-5 in Hamilton, Dunedin, and Online. The symposium will have several strands including:

A Virtual symposium event held online (December 1) – Chair: James Savage (Programme & Book of Abstracts)
A Pacific Stream hosted by Unitec (December 1) – Chair: Daisy Bentley-Gray (Programme)
An in-person symposium event hosted by Wintec (December 2-3) – Chairs: Jonathon Ryan; Aimee Pilkington (Programme and Book of Abstracts)
An in-person symposium event, OPSITARA, hosted by Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin (December 4-5) – Chairs: Scott Klenner; Paula Petley (Programme and Book of Abstracts)

In-person registration for the Wintec Symposium is available via this form, and for OPSITARA is available via this form.

The purpose of the 2025 ITP Rangahau and Research Symposium is to showcase the diversity of research undertaken by staff and postgraduate students across the vocational sector. All research disciplines and methodologies of inquiry are welcome, including (but not limited to) applied and technological research, rangahau Māori, creative practice, and pedagogical research.

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2025 Rangahau and Research Symposium.

Abstract Submission Process

Please submit your Abstract through this link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ITPRS2025/. When you create your submission you will need to select which event you are submitting for (Wintec, Virtual, or OPSITARA).

If you do not already have a Microsoft CMT account, you will first need to register for one and verify your email. Please use your institutional email address so we can verify your affiliation (please do not use a personal email address). After creating your account and logging in you will reach the Author Console page. Click on the ‘Create a New Submission‘ button and fill out all the required fields as instructed, then click ‘Submit‘ at the bottom. You will be taken to a printable confirmation page, and will also receive an email confirmation of submission.

If you make a mistake during submission, you can edit any part of your completed submission from the Author Console page up until the submission deadline. If you are submitting a creative practice presentation and would like to upload supporting documentation, you can add Supplementary Material to a submitted presentation on the Author Console page.

All abstracts will be peer reviewed.

Submission Dates

Abstract submission for these events will be open from June 16 until September 8 2025 through the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ITPRS2025. When submitting, make sure you choose the correct event from the drop-down.

Key Dates

16 June	Call for abstracts opens
~~1 September~~ 15 September	Extended Abstract submission deadline for Wintec ITP Symposium, OPSITARA, and Virtual Symposium.
~~22 September~~ 26 September	Extended Abstract submission deadline for Pacific Stream
10-24 October	Notification of initial abstract decisions & reviewer comments
17-31 October	Deadline for revisions and responding to reviewer comments
22 October	Registration for in-person attendance open (Wintec) (OPSITARA)
31 October	Draft programme released (Virtual) (Wintec).
1 December	Virtual Symposium (Programme & Book of Abstracts) and Pacific Stream (Programme)
2-3 December	In-person event at Wintec (Programme & Book of Abstracts)
4-5 December	OPSITARA – In-person event at Otago Polytechnic campus (Programme and Book of Abstracts)

Presentation Options

This year the ITP Research Symposium is being run as a week of research events. There are three in-person symposium events and one virtual event in which people can share their rangahau and research. There are no options for remote or pre-recorded presentations for the in-person events, however there is a virtual event for those that cannot present in person.

Corresponding authors may submit at most one abstract per category. The organizing committee may offer to accept a submission in a different format than the type selected.

In-person Symposia

Type	Format / Description	Submission Guidelines
Research Presentation (in person)	A fifteen-minute in-person presentation plus five minutes for questions.	Submit a title and an abstract (maximum 300 words). The following information should be included: The aim/objectives of the study The context / relevance of the research / problem statement A description of the methodology and method(s) An indication of the results The significance and implications of your research Citations and references should NOT be included in your abstract.
Creative Practice Presentation	A display, performance, or interactive presentation of creative work. Examples include (but are not limited to): a musical performance; a static work of art (sculpture, painting, installation, fashion design, photography etc.); an audio-visual work (game/interactive experiences, short film, animation).	Submit a title and an abstract (maximum 300 words) explaining the creative practice that you intend to present. Please also include any technical requirements needed for the creative presentation (e.g. space requirements, piano, sound system, audio visual system). Optionally, you may also upload supporting documentation such as photos of the artwork, audio files of music, links to games or video clips of films, animations or performances (up to 20MB per file). Hyperlinks to larger files may be included at the end of the abstract if needed.
Research Poster	Posters must be A1 size (portrait or landscape). The presenter will be expected to stand by the poster during the poster session(s) so that conference attendees can ask questions while viewing the poster.	Submit a title and an abstract (maximum 300 words) containing the following: The aim/objectives of the study The context / relevance of the research / problem statement A description of the methodology and method(s) An indication of the results The significance and implications of your research If you are presenting in-progress work, results from a literature review, teaching practice, or useful tools, methods, or resources feel free to submit a shorter abstract with a different structure. Citations and references should NOT be included in your abstract.
Research Community of Practice Meeting	A meeting of a Research Community of Practice in a particular field (e.g. Health and Wellbeing, Business etc.). Accepted meetings will be assigned a slot during the symposium. The submitting author(s) will be expected to organise the meeting with support from the symposium chairs. We will allocate a timeslot for your meeting in the conference programme that does not clash with talks on the same topic.	Submit a title (preferred form ‘RCoP Meeting: Field of Research’).Submit a title (in the preferred form ‘RCoP Meeting: Field of Research’) and a short abstract (maximum 150 words) containing the following: The research field of the meeting. Whether this is a meeting of an established Research Community of Practice or a new group The planned format of the meeting (e.g. panel discussion, speed-dating etc.) The significance and implications of your research Please include any confirmed co-organisers or panel members as authors when making your submission. We will follow up with all ‘authors’ for further organisation.
Talanoa (Pacific Stream only)	10-minute presentation plus five minutes for questions. This option is available to Pacific postgraduate students and staff.	Submit a title and a short abstract (150 words) Briefly discuss the content/ aim/ objective (s), methodology, results, and implications of your research. Citations and references should NOT be included in your abstract.

Virtual Symposium

Only the two submission types below are available in the virtual symposium.

Type	Format / Description	Submission Guidelines
Online Presentation	A fifteen-minute online presentation plus five minutes for questions.	Submit a title and an abstract (maximum 300 words). The following information should be included: The aim/objectives of the study The context / relevance of the research / problem statement A description of the methodology and method(s) An indication of the results The significance and implications of your research Citations and references should NOT be included in your abstract.
Research Community of Practice Meeting	A meeting of a Research Community of Practice in a particular field (e.g. Health and Wellbeing, Business etc.). Accepted meetings will be assigned a slot during the symposium. The submitting author(s) will be expected to organise the meeting with support from the symposium chairs. We will allocate a timeslot for your meeting in the conference programme that does not clash with talks on the same topic.	Submit a title (preferred form ‘RCoP Meeting: Field of Research’).Submit a title (in the preferred form ‘RCoP Meeting: Field of Research’) and a short abstract (maximum 150 words) containing the following: The research field of the meeting. Whether this is a meeting of an established Research Community of Practice or a new group The planned format of the meeting (e.g. panel discussion, speed-dating etc.) The significance and implications of your research Please include any confirmed co-organisers or panel members as authors when making your submission. We will follow up with all ‘authors’ for further organisation.
Pre-recorded Presentation	A pre-recorded presentation of up to ten minutes.	Submit a title and an abstract (maximum 300 words). The following information should be included: The aim/objectives of the study The context / relevance of the research / problem statement A description of the methodology and method(s) An indication of the results The significance and implications of your research Citations and references should NOT be included in your abstract.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.