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), Micrsoft Word (.DOC) or Postscript (.PS) format.
- Maximum 10 pages
- Please note that there is a 6 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)
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.
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 FAQ's.
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.
NEW 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 6-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 an email to calgary@iasted.org.
