Abstract Title: Centered and bold,
Upper-case only used for the first letter of the title
Name Surname1, Name Surname2, Name Surname 1,2, Name Surname 1,3
(Example: Edward Jones1, Jonathan Bark2, Susan Art1,2, Steven Hughes1,3)
1 Department, Research Institute/University, City, Postal Code,
2 Department, Research Institute/University, City, Postal Code,
3 Department, Research Institute/University, City, Postal Code
contact: email@corresponding.author
Short-form Abstract
Please provide a short-form abstract of less than 150 words. This abstract would be the published abstract in any program documentation.
Long-form Abstract
Please provide a long-form abstract of less than 500 words. This abstract will be used for review of your contributed submission and selection within the conference. Only one graphical representation can be included in this abstract body. The graphs should be high resolution (min 300 dpi), make sure the text in these figures can be read easily. The figure should also fit into the one-inch margins.
Speaker Biography
Please provide a biography of the speaker, less than 100 words. This may used for introduction purposes if your abstract is accepted to the conference.
Acknowledgements (optional)
Formatting Guidelines
The abstracts should fit within one-inch margins on all four sides of 8 1⁄2” x 11” paper. Please use 12-point Times New Roman font. If needed, indent each paragraph with a 1⁄2” tab. The body should be single-spaced and in paragraph form.
The presenting author’s name should be underlined as shown in the example. Affiliations e.g. departments and institutions, should be included for all authors/coauthors and noted using superscript numbers. The contact information (email address) should be provided for the presenting author.
An abstract’s content typically includes background, a definition of the research question to be addressed, approach, results and conclusion. Please check the subscripts – superscripts, equations and Greek letters before submitting. To ensure clarity and proper formatting, it would be best to avoid using complex symbols, special characters, or non-standard formatting, simple text is preferred.
The abstracts will be submitted in .pdf.
Acknowledgements: You may include an acknowledgements section. The word count of the acknowledgement is not included in the word maximum for the abstract.