Submission Guidelines

Abstracts must be submitted electronically via the online abstract submittal website by October 17, 2009. The abstract should provide an overview of the presentation in 300-500 words. Selection for program presentations will be based on quality ranking from reviewers. Notifications following completion of the reviews will be sent during early December 2009. Guidance for preparation and submittal of full papers (eight-page limit) for all presentations (both oral platform and posters) selected for the program will be provided with the notification.  Full papers for presentations selected for the program must be submitted electronically by March 1, 2010 in order to be reviewed and included in the symposium proceedings provided on a USB flash drive. Presenters must complete payment (fully refundable only if the paper/poster is not accepted) with early registration by March 1, 2010 for the full paper to be processed for inclusion in the symposium proceedings and to remain on the program. 

1. Click here to link to the abstract submissions Web site.
Please normally limit your submissions to two abstracts per presenter. There is no limit to the number of authored papers.
One submission for Poster does not count against the limit of two abstracts per presenter.

2. Follow the login instructions
New presenters will be directed to an Add Presenter information page. Otherwise login takes you to a page where your presenter information or abstract information may be selected for editing. Additional abstracts may also be added.

3. Add/Edit Presenter Information
Please enter information for all applicable items. Information for the required fields must be entered. Be especially careful and double check your email address and phone number.

4. Add/Edit Abstract Information
Please enter information for all applicable items. Information for the required fields must be entered. Errors will occur if you click cancel before responding to any error messages that may appear on top of the page.

Title: Provide a title.

Abstract: Provide up to 500 words. The Abstract and other information entered below will be used by the reviewers to select presentations for the symposium. The Abstract will appear in conference materials. Include only plain text (no graphics). Please limit the Abstract to no more than 500 words.

Supplemental Information: Provide up to 500 words. This is optional. Please provide supplemental information about your abstract to help the reviewers select presentations for CWE2010. Include only plain text (no graphics) that may offer additional information not contained in the abstract. Please limit the text to no more than 500 words.

Track/Topic: Select preferred track/topic from the list. Please select the track/topic that best describes your abstract. Select Other if you wish to propose an alternative in the text box. Click here to link to descriptions for track/topic.

Session Type: Select session type. Select the session type from the drop-down menu.

Notes: Optional information. This is optional. Please note here if the presenter has been solicited by a member (include their name) of the Scientific Committee for a specified track/topic. Please enter any information on the selected session type or track/topic for the reviewers' or session organizers' consideration. For example, the presenter believes the abstract may be suitable for consideration within several track/topics, or presenter is willing to be considered for poster type session if space on oral platform type is not available.

Student Advisors: Students provide information. Students should add information on their advisor(s). This information may be used to confirm student status if required for special purposes such as student sessions and scholarships. Please enter one name per line in this format:
Name (First/Given Last/Surname), Institutional Affiliation, Country, Email address.

Authors: Provide information on all authors. Please list all authors for the abstract (including the presenter) in any preferred order. Please enter one name per line in this format:
Name (First/Given Last/Surname), Institutional Affiliation, Country

Submit your abstract here.