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Instructions to the Authors

General instructions

  • The papers can be submitted in English or French. The papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word format (size A4).
  • Communications and extended abstract or paper should be anonymous.
  • Authors wishing their articles to be considered for publication should send a full paper instead of the extended abstract.
  • The layout of the text should be in a Word format with a 1.5 space, using 12 point Times New Roman font, and margins of 2.5 cm (top, bottom, left and right). The titles should be in bold and numbered as 1 and 1.1, 1.1.1, etc. Page numbering will be centred at the bottom of the page and begin with 1. Figures, diagrams and tables should be centred, with a numbered title and placed in the text prior to their content. Please refer to the templates bellow.
  • To submit your papers, please refer to the page "Submission & Program"

Specific instructions for full papers

  • Full papers should not exceed 8 pages (excluding references and annexes). Papers that do not respect this limitation in number of pages will be automatically rejected.

  • Full papers will start by the title of the paper (Times New Roman, bold, 14), an abstract and a list of keywords pertaining to the conference topics. All communications will be with the first author.

Specific instructions for Extended abstracts

  • Extended abstracts should be at least 3 pages, but not more than 4 pages in length, including the references.
  • Extended abstracts will start by the title of the paper (Times New Roman, bold, 14) and a list of keywords pertaining to the conference topics. Please indicate if your paper is to be considered for one of the special tracks or for the Doctoral Consortium on the next line.

Full paper template

  • For writing structured documents of the full papper, authors should follow the guidelines in the template below.

Extended abstract template

  • For writing structured documents of the extended abstract, authors should follow the guidelines in the template below.

Doctoral Consortium template

  • For writing structured documents of the doctoral workshop, authors should follow the guidelines in the template below.

Case Study template

  • For writing structured documents of the case study, authors should follow the guidelines in the template below.

Selection Requirements

  • All full papers submitted will be peer reviewed for possible journal publication.