The Scientific Committee encourages you to submit your abstracts to the Conference. The abstracts should be written in English, the official language of the event.

Deadlines:

Abstract Submission Deadline: DEADLINE EXTENSION: July 22th, 2009
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection:September 1st, 2009
Final Paper Submission Deadline: October 1st, 2009

Types of contributions:

Attending in person:

Oral presentation: : each presentation will last 15 minutes and will be presented in parallel thematic sessions. We will inform you about the reference of your session and the time of your presentation once the abstract has been accepted.

Poster presentation: Your poster will be exhibited during the conference poster session.
Poster sessions will provide an opportunity for authors to display the results and conclusions of the presented paper. Authors are offered to present their works face to face to individuals and small groups.

Not-attending:

Virtual presentation:

If you wish your paper to be published in ICERI 2009 Publications, but you are not able to attend ICERI 2009 Conference in person, you can register for a “virtual presentation”.

The virtual authors are not required to make a presentation. The instructions for virtual authors are:

• Virtual authors should submit their abstracts before the 15th of July through our on-line submission form. DEADLINE EXTENSION: July 22th, 2009
• When an abstract is accepted, the paper should be submitted on-line too.
• After the review process, virtual authors will be able to submit a PowerPoint presentation, if they wish. (optional)
• Virtual contributions should reach a quality standard to be published in ICERI publications. No presentation is required.
• Virtual participants should register at the on-line registration form.
• Registered virtual authors will receive a copy of the ICERI 2009 Abstracts CD, ICERI 2009 Proceedings CD, participation and author certificate and an invoice of the registration fee. The shipment will be made by post after the conference dates.

Submission guidelines for ORAL, POSTER and VIRTUAL Modalities

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

1. Abstracts should only be submitted via on-line.
2. The deadline for abstract submission is 15th of July, 2009. DEADLINE EXTENSION: July 22th, 2009
   
3. There is a limit of two contributed submissions per registered author.
4. All abstracts must be submitted and presented in English.
5. Abstracts should be based on any of the topic areas listed in the section “topics” of this website or related areas.
6. Abbreviations should be defined the first time they appear in your text. Example: HEA (Higher Education Area), before being used as an abbreviation only. Please, do not define or use abbreviations in the title.
7. Please, avoid complex mathematical formulas. For the symbols ≤ or ≥, type instead <= or >=.
8. Tables, charts or other graphics may not be included and will be deleted by the editors.
9. Abstracts may not be longer than 3500 characters including spaces.
10. Authors should indicate their presentation preference:
1. oral
2. poster
3. virtual
   
   The Programme Committee reserves the right to decide on the final allocation and presentation method.
11. Each author will have his/her access and password codes:
1. After having registered as author, you will receive a confirmation by e-mail with your login and password codes.
2. After registering your abstract, your will receive an email with your abstract id.
   If you do not receive any confirmation by e-mail please contact the Conference Secretariat: iceri2009@iated.org (Please, check your email address).
   If you wish to make any corrections to an abstract already submitted or if you wish to submit other abstracts, you should use your personal access codes. Corrections to abstracts can only be made until the deadline of 15th July 2009. DEADLINE EXTENSION: July 22th, 2009
   
12. The Notification of acceptance/rejection of the abstracts submitted will be sent to you via e-mail by 1st of September 2009.

FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION:

1. If your abstract has been accepted, you should submit your Final Paper preferably via the on-line form. There is a limitation of 12 pages. The papers should be written in English, the official language of the event.

The template of the Final Paper is available here:
	word format		rtf format

2. Contributions will only be published at ICERI 2009 publications if at least one of the authors of the paper is registered before the 1st of October 2009. (in person or virtually).

3. If you wish to be a session chair, please e-mail your request to iceri2009@iated.org and indicate the topic area in which you are interested. Registration for the conference is required to be a session chair.