How to submit

Authors are requested to submit abstracts on line after having uploaded their profile data (login). The data submitted can be later modified, going to My page after login. When submitting your abstract, you will be asked to select the most appropriate conference theme. If the topic of your abstract is not relevant to any of the listed sessions, or the session you may have been invited to participate in is not listed, you should select the “Other option". Selecting this option will not affect its evaluation, and all accepted abstracts will be accommodated in the appropriate conference session.

Authors must select one of the following options:

  • oral presentation only;
  • poster presentation only;
  • either oral or poster presentation (no preference)

Authors should be aware that the number of papers that can be presented orally is limited, and that a presentation delivered as a poster is considered to be equally important to an orally-presented paper.

Please note that although an individual may be a co-author on several abstracts intended for oral presentation, the number of abstracts that will be accepted for each lead author will be limited to two per person (and one for a single session). We therefore recommend that no more than two or three abstracts for oral presentations be submitted per person (as a lead author). These restrictions do not apply for poster presentations.

The deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to February 15th, 2010.

Abstracts will be evaluated starting earlier than the deadline. We strongly encourage submissions in advance of the February 1st deadline. Acceptance decisions will be made no later than March 31st 2010.

All presenting authors (oral or poster presentations) must register for the conference before April 1st, 2010. Failure to do so will mean that the presentation will be deleted from the programme and the book of abstracts.

Criteria for selection

All abstracts will be reviewed and evaluated by the appropriate session coordinator and members of the conference scientific committee. Selection criteria include scientific quality, topical significance, and relevance to the conference themes, as well as the objectives of the technical and/or poster session.

By March 31st 2010 a notification of whether your abstract has been selected or not for an oral or poster presentation will be Emailed from the secretariat to the corresponding author.

Book of Abstracts

All abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation will be published in a book of abstracts. A copy of this book will be included in the conference package. Submission of an abstract implies consent by the authors to have the abstract published by the conference in the book of abstracts.

Although conference proceedings with full papers will not be published, session organizers are encouraged to explore alternative publication options (books, special issues of journals, etc.) for papers and/or posters presented in their sessions.