Submission of Papers
The technical program of the conference will feature Regular Papers and Special Session Papers. Please submit Full Draft Papers in PDF format directly through the link below by the indicated deadline for consideration for inclusion in the relevant category (special/regular paper). Please note that you should first register to create an account on the system, if not done so yet, before submitting your contribution.
Authors are invited to submit their papers in PDF format using the paper style format templates posted on the submission page of the conference website. Full papers can be up to 12 pages in length. Posters and extended abstracts can be up to 2 pages in length. Articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be peer reviewed before acceptance, and all accepted papers (subject to registration) will be published in the conference proceedings and indexed in Scopus. A selection of papers will also be recommended for possible publication in reputable international journals.
All papers will be peer-reviewed before acceptance, and all accepted papers (subject to registration) will be published in the conference proceedings. Final accepted papers will be limited to 12 pages in length in the prescribed style and format given in the paper submission web page.
A selection of presented papers will also be recommended for possible publication in reputable international journals.
Templates
Authors should follow these templates for their contributions: LaTeX and MS Word.
Copyright Form
The Consent-to-Publish form has to be signed by the authors of each paper, at least by the corresponding author, and collected electronically together with the final version of the paper.
Springer Consent-to-Publish (Copyright Transfer Form)
Presentation guidelines and time plan
Format of Oral Presentations:
Regular presentations: A 20-minutes slot is allocated to each regular oral presentation, of which 15 minutes are assigned to the presentation, 3 minutes for discussion and 2 minutes to change sessions.
Plenary presentations: A 60-minutes slot is allocated to keynote presentations, of which 45 minutes are assigned to the presentation, up to 13 minutes for discussion and 2 minutes to change sessions.
Presenters and sessions chairs are advised to observe the above format strictly.