Preparing your contribution
The conference will include plenary lectures (with the duration of 35 + 5 min) and contributed papers. The latter will be accepted either as oral presentations (15 + 10 min) or as posters.
Submission of abstracts will be accepted until the 18th of April 2010. The final decision on the acceptance of a paper as an oral presentation or as a poster will be made by the Local Organizing Committee, following a peer review by the International Advisory Board. A notification of acceptance will be provided by the 31st of May 2010.
Authors of all accepted papers for oral presentations are then invited to submit the full paper as a supplementary file, after which a second peer review will take place.
The official conference language is English.
Author Guidelines
Submission of a proposal implies: that the work in question has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis); that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the authorities responsible - tacitly or explicitly - in the institute where the work has been carried out. The Local Organizing Committee will not be held legally responsible in the case of any claims for compensation.
Abstract format
Abstracts should be supplied in an MS Word compatible format. Abstracts must be typed in English, with the maximum length of one A4 (21 cm x 29.7 cm) page on one side. Abstracts should be formatted in a 1.5 space format, in Arial font size 11 point. Pages should have 25 mm margins (top and bottom) and 30 mm (left and right). No headers or footers should be used.
All abstract submissions should contain a title, author(s)’ name(s), and author(s)’ affiliation institution(s), country and e-mail address, centered on the page, with a line on top and bottom from the text.
The title of the paper should be typed in Capitals (Arial font, boldface, size 16 point). The author(s)’ name(s), and author(s)’ affiliation institution(s), country and e-mail address should be typed in Arial font size 11 point. All affiliations should be written with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name. The name of the author who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication should be clearly underlined.
The list of keywords (5, maximum) should appear afterwards and, finally, the text (250 words, maximum) formatted in a 1.5 space format, in Arial font size 11 point. References are counted as text.
The abstracts of all accepted papers either as oral presentations or as posters will be printed in the Abstracts Book of the Conference.
Paper format
Papers should be supplied in an MS Word compatible format. Papers must be typed in English. The maximum length for papers is 10 one side A4 (21 cm x 29.7 cm) pages, including figures, tables and equations. Papers should be formatted in a 1.5 space format, in Arial font size 11 point. Pages should have 25 mm margins (top and bottom) and 30 mm (left and right). No headers or footers should be used.
Paper title
The title of the paper should be typed in Capitals (Arial font, boldface, size 16 point) and centered on the page. The author(s)’ name(s), and author(s)’ affiliation institution(s), country and e-mail address should be typed in Arial font size 11 point, and centered as well.
The list of keywords (5, maximum) should appear afterwards, typed in Arial font size 11 point.
Abstract
Below the paper title section, the heading 'Abstract' should be typed and inserted in the text of the abstract (250 words, maximum), formatted in a 1.5 space format, in Arial font size 11 point, which summarizes the material contained in the paper. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
Units
SI units should be used throughout.
Figures, tables and equations
Figures and tables should be inserted in the appropriate places in the text, centered and numbered consecutively throughout the text, and should have a caption underneath (title) explaining its components. Care should be taken so that the lettering is not too small. The use of color in figures and tables is permitted and encouraged. Both color and symbols improve legibility.
The equations should be presented as figures, centered and numbered consecutively throughout the text.
Acronyms
All acronyms or abbreviations should be defined upon appearance and used consistently thereafter.
Acknowledgements
All acknowledgements for funding organizations, etc., should be placed in a separate section at the end of the text before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
References
Authors are requested to use the APA referencing style. Details are available at http://www.apa.org/journals/authors/all-instructions.html#refs. The list of references should be ordered alphabetically according to the author’s first name and surname. All references should be cited in the text using square brackets. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
Supplementary material
Electronic multimedia files (animations, movies, audio, etc.) and other supplementary files to be published online along with an article or a book chapter are accepted. This feature can add dimension to the author's article as certain information cannot be printed or is more conveniently conveyed in electronic form.
Poster Format
Posters should have as maximum dimensions: 120 cm height and 90 cm width.
Abstracts scheduled for presentation in poster sessions will be grouped by topic, numbered and listed in the Final Program. The poster boards will be numbered in accordance with the program.
Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online formats and to include proof that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to have originated from the authors.
To submit a paper to this conference go to:
Step one of the submission process