ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstract submission requires prior author pre-registration in order to access the abstract submission forms. The abstract is submitted on-line using the appropriate link on the conference website. Abstract submission requires the following information: paper title, author and co-author information (affiliation, contact of main author, etc...), abstract text (200 words max), main topic and 2 sub topics under which the contribution is submitted, desired type of presentation (oral or poster) and whether the author considers the possibility of submitting a longer version of the paper, on the same subject, in a special journal issue after the conference. The electronic system will assign an abstract number to each submission, serving as paper identifier. The main author will receive an abstract receipt acknowledge email.

FULL TEXT SUBMISSION

Upon abstract acceptance, full text 6-pages submissions are to be provided by the authors using an electronic processor such as TeX/LaTeX or Word. The final file format is PDF according to the guidelines, templates and style files provided in the electronic packages below.

• TeX/LaTeX guidelines and style files
• Word guideline and template

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Authors are invited to use electronic presentations, either in Powerpoint or PDF format. Back projectors will also be available on each room for viewgraphs. Each author may bring a its presentation on a CD, floppy disk or PEN Drive and upload it at the electronic presentation desk close in the registration hall the latest 30 min before the session starts. All speakers in a session must meet 10 minutes before the start of the session in order to introduce themselves to the session chairs and to ensure that their presentations are available in the computer in the room.
In order to facilitate movement between sessions, the session chairs will hold speakers strictly to the schedule.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

In order to ensure a certain degree of uniformity, and to assist those who are unfamiliar with the production of posters for the presentation of scientific and technical information, we would ask you to respect the following guidelines insofar as possible.

Display boards
The display boards are 1.5m high and 1.0m wide. A poster panel (1 side) is available for each poster.

Poster presentation
Since the aim of a poster presentation is to stimulate questions and promote discussion, it should give a general impression of the work that has been performed and the results achieved, without too much detail. Details should be left for the paper that will appear in the Proceedings. A-1 (60 x 84 cm) or larger size sheets should be used. Text should be easily readable from a distance of 1-2m and headings from a distance of 3-4m. An easily readable font should be used and the following character sizes are recommended:

• Text and figure captions: 6-10 mm high
• Titles: 15 mm high
• Sub-titles: 10mm high

Drawings and graphs should be kept as simple as possible and should be easily legible at a distance of at least 2m. Very detailed tables and small photographs should be avoided.
The panels will carry the sequence number of your paper. You are requested to provide the title of the presentation, author's names and number of your paper on top of your poster. It is suggested to include the 100-word abstract of the paper in the poster. You are welcome to use logos in this document for your poster.
Flow sheets are usually arranged from left to right and from top to bottom for an attractive and logical flow of information. It is recommended that the sheets be numbered in the order in which the authors wish them to be viewed.

Prints
It could be helpful for the viewer to have a print of the paper as complementary information. This could be made available as a hand-out and should be provided by the author.

You are requested to display your poster at the start of the conference Monday morning June 12. It will be exposed during the whole period of the Conference, till the end of the conference. The official poster session will be scheduled on short notice.

The posters should be mounted with double sided tape or pins, which will be available in the poster area.