FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS FOR
INITIAL PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Please ensure that your paper adheres to the following format:

  • Only generated electronic documents
  • NO SCANNED submissions will be accepted
  • All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format.
  • Maximum 10 pages
    • Please note that there is a 8 page limit on final paper submissions before extra page charges apply
  • Times New Roman
  • 10 point font
  • Single spaced
  • Letter-size paper (not A4). Letter-size paper is 8.5" x 11" (21.6 cm x 27.9 cm)

NEW Please note that IASTED no longer accepts initial paper submissions that are not in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format. You can convert your document to PDF format on Adobe's Website.

There is no template for the inital paper, however, if you would like to use a template, you can use the final submission template found here.

Plagiarism

NO PLAGIARIZED PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. IASTED employs anti-plagiarism technology and will investigate every allegation of plagiarism.

For more information on IASTED's policy on plagiarism, please see Review Process.

All conferences require the initial submission of a full paper, including:

  • A maximum 200 word Abstract
  • Keywords
  • The paper contents
  • References

Authors are responsible for having their papers checked for style and grammar prior to submission to IASTED. Papers may be rejected if the language is not satisfactory.

NOTE Please do not include author contact information (name, address, e-mail, phone number etc. underneath the title of your paper) on the PDF of the paper you submit.

The anonymous submission of your initial paper is required for the review process. In the final version of your paper, you must include your full author information.

For final paper submissions, there is a surcharge for each page over the 8-page limit. Please take this into consideration when preparing your initial submission.

*** Do NOT submit the same paper to more than one conference. ***

If you have any questions regarding the formatting of your paper, please email calgary@iasted.org.

NOTE Once you have made your initial submission, please wait until you have received notification of acceptance before submitting any revisions to the format or content of your paper. If your paper is accepted, revisions can be included when you submit your final manuscript.

If your initial submission changes a great deal, please send your updated paper in PDF format to calgary@iasted.org with the paper number as the subject heading. We only allow one update. DO NOT send your updated paper submission to pdfportal@iasted.org or papersubmission@iasted.org, they will be deleted automatically.