ECEC'2003 - Deadlines and Requirements

10th
European Concurrent
Engineering Conference

ECEC'2003
DEADLINES AND REQUIREMENTS

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Authors are invited to electronically submit extended abstracts (2-4 pages, 2000-6000 words) of their papers, or final paper proposals (6-12 pages) , written in English, along with a cover sheet for review by the Technical Program Committee. The submissions are due to arrive by email to: Philippe.Geril@UGent.be before DECEMBER 15, 2002- JANUARY 25, 2003. Or in order to speed up the electronic committee distribution process use the abstract submission page. Accepted formats are text, Word or PDF formats only. The abstracts have to include the title of the proposed paper, all authors with affiliations; the full address of the principal author(with phone and fax numbers and email address); and a list of keywords related to the paper contents; and choice of presentation (lecture or poster). They will be reviewed by three members of the International Program Committee. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by January 30 February 5 2003.

A SPECIAL SUBMISSION-REVIEW LINKED ECEC WEBSITE IS NOW LINKED HERE

Only original papers, written in English, which have not previously been published elsewhere will be accepted. In case you want to organize a panel discussion, please contact the program chairmen.

An author kit with complete instruction for preparing a camera-ready copy for the proceedings will be emailed to authors of accepted papers. One camera-ready copy of the papers accompanied by an electronic version in MS Word or PDF must be in by March 10, 2003. The final manuscript for extended papers are expected to be 8 pages long, accepted regular papers are expected to be 5 pages long , whereas the short papers are approximately 3 pages long (A4, two-column format). In order to guarantee a high-quality conference, the final papers will be reviewed to check whether the suggestions of the program committee have been incorporated. The nominees for the best paper awards will be selected as well, from the papers accepted as extended papers..

Early Bird Submission Deadline	November 30, 2002
Submission Deadline :	December 15, 2002 - January 25, 2003
Acceptance Notification:	January 30 - February 5, 2003
Camera-Ready Copies :	March 10, 2003

REGISTRATION FEES

Registration Fees	Author	EUROSIS Members	Other Participants
Pre-registration before March 5, 2003	EURO 475	EURO 475	EURO 535
Registration after March 5, 2003	Pre-registration required	EURO 535	EURO 595

Registrion fees should prefereably be paid in EURO's, but can also be paid in the equivalent amount of U$. Payment is possible by CreditCard (Euro-Master Card,
VISA Card ,Diners, American Express)

Included in the registration fee:

Free entrance to all sessions
One copy of the proceedings
Free entrance to the exhibition
If there are tutorials: free access to a professional development seminar, including material
All coffee and tea during the morning and afternoon breaks
Lunches during the full conference days
The social event for one person, including the conference dinner
Study Tour to a company in the immediate vicinity of the conference site

Authors are expected to register early (at a reduced fee) and to attend the conference at their expense to present the accepted papers. Without early registration and payment, the paper will NOT be published in the conference Proceedings. In the case of multiple authors, one author should be identified as the person who will act as correspondent for the paper. Prices for students are available on request, as well as group prices for participants coming from the same university department. (from 5 participants onwards)