Call for Papers

Contributed papers should be in the form of either oral or poster presentations. Participants wishing to present papers are invited to submit an abstract. Please indicate when you submit an abstract the oral or poster form you prefer. Please refer to the Final Program for the number assigned to your presentation. The scientific committee will take the final decision on the acceptance and form of the presentation. The deadline for abstract submission is post poned to June 15th, 2007. Both a short and a long abstract must be submitted.

• Short abstract. The short abstract submission is possible through the web site. In addition to the name and affiliation of authors, the body of the abstract is limited to a maximum of 1200 characters, and cannot contain figures and other objects. This submission is mandatory to be registered as authors and will be considered if the registration fee has been paid by June 15th, 2007. The short abstract will be printed in the Abstract Proceedings Book of the Congress only if the author has paid the registration fee within June, 15th 2007. The Abstract Proceedings Book will be given to all registered participants.
• Long Abstract. Authors must also submit – in addition to the short abstract of max. 1200 ASCII characters - a one/two page detailed abstract which may also include figures and tables. This more extensive abstract will be made available to the Scientific Program Committee and will also be made available on the CD of Long Abstracts (on an “as it is” basis) given to all registered participants.

The maximum permitted size of the detailed abstract is two A4 pages or 2.0 MB, whichever is less. The detailed abstract has to be submitted as .pdf file as an "first_author’slastname.pdf" file. Proofread your abstract after conversion, then upload via the on-line abstract submission system on the Congress web site. The long abstract file can also be submitted by e-mail attachment to the Secretariat before the deadline (June 10th, 2007). Since abstracts will be processed as received, all authors are responsible for providing complete and accurate abstracts.

A template of the Long Abstract has been prepared and can be downloaded following the underlined link. The paper size of the abstract must be 21 x 29.5 cm (A4) with a margin of 3 cm on the top, 2 cm at the bottom, and 2.5 cm on the right and left. The abstract should be formatted using "Times New Roman" font throughout, single-spaced paragraphs, capitalized titles using 14 pt. type, and 12 pt. type for the body text.

Both short and long abstracts may be submitted in exceptional cases as a Microsoft Word “.doc” files. In this case the Secretariat will provide the conversion to a document.pdf of the long abstract, but it can not guarantee a correct conversion. The address for the Secretariat is reported on the web site and below.

Important

• The abstracts of authors who have paid/pay the registration fee not later than June 15^th, 2007, will be published in the Congress Proceedings.
  
• The abstracts of authors who have not paid the registration by June 15^th, 2007, will be published in the Late Arrivals Workbook.