Speedam 2006 symposium

Author's Information

Submission of synopsis

Authors interested in submitting a paper are kindly requested to send a synopsis of two A4-pages at least. Files in .pdf or .doc format should be addressed by e-mail (speedam@unina.it) to the Symposium Secretariat before October 31st, 2005. The synopsis should be clearly headed with the title of the paper, the reference topic and eventual further keywords. The content should outline the subject along with a brief summary of the substance of the presentation, the techniques employed, the latest results in the field at issue, possible links with earlier studies, the goals achieved and the original contribution given. Key formulas, figures, tables and reference list are well-accepted. Furthermore, on the first separate page authors should indicate their name, accreditation and address -evidencing the principal author for further correspondence- together with the title of the paper. Authors will be informed by e-mail about the acceptance of their paper by January 15th, 2006. Selected authors will be requested to deliver their full length manuscript not later than March 31st, 2006.

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Preparation of the paper

Congratulations to the authors of the papers selected for the inclusion in the scientific program of SPEEDAM 2006 Symposium, which will be held in Taormina on May 23rd-26th, 2006. Authors of accepted papers should prepare the final manuscript using a desktop publishing software and following the instructions detailed in a pdf file you can download here. A template file is also available for Microsoft Word 97 or later.

The paper length should not exceed six (6) pages in A4 format, including tables, figures, appendix and references. One or two extra pages per paper are permitted with an additional charge of 50.00 € per page. Papers longer than 8 pages are not acceptable.

SPEEDAM2006_guidelines [pdf]

SPEEDAM2006_template [Word]

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Submission of the paper

Authors must submit their papers only in .PDF format, via Web upload.

Upload procedure will be available until March 31st.

The .PDF files must be conformed to the IEEE Standards. Please, embed all fonts and do not apply security settings to your PDF file.
In order to facilitate the authors in creating an IEEE-conformed PDF file, SPEEDAM 2006 has registered to IEEE PDF eXpress™ . Authors can use this free IEEE tool (see below) in order to check the PDF conformance or to create a PDF file compatible to the IEEE standards.
Otherwise, authors can create a conformed IEEE PDF file by using Adobe Acrobat Distiller^TM and by referring to this job options file, available on ieee.org.

Important: Only registered authors have access to paper uploading.

Registration is available from January 25^th. Please refer to the Registration section for further information.

IEEE PDF eXpress™ Procedure .

1. Access the IEEE PDF eXpress site by clicking on the IEEE PDF eXpress™ Logo.

First-time users	Previous users, but using it the first time for a new conference:	Returning users:
a. Click “New Users - Click Here”.	a. Enter speedam06 for the Conference ID, your email address, and enter the password you used for your old account.	a. Enter speedam06 for the Conference ID, email address and password.
b. Enter speedam06 for the Conference ID, your email address, and choose a new password. Continue to enter information as prompted.	b. When you click “Login”, you’ll receive an error saying you need to set up an account. Simply click “Continue”. By entering your previously used email address and password combination, you will enable your old account for access to this new conference.
c. You will receive online and email confirmation of successful account setup.	c. Check that the contact information is still valid, and click “Submit”.
	d. You will receive online and email confirmation of successful account setup.

2. For each conference paper, click “Create New Title”.

3. Enter identifying text for the paper (title is recommended but not required)

4. Click “Submit PDF for Checking” or “Submit Source Files for Conversion”

5. Indicate platform, source file type (if applicable), click Browse and navigate to file, and click “Upload File”. You will receive online and email confirmation of successful upload

6. You will receive an email with your Checked PDF or IEEE PDF eXpress-converted PDF attached. If you submitted a PDF for Checking, the email will show if your file passed or failed.

Options (choose one)	If the PDF submitted fails the PDF check:	If you are not satisfied with the IEEE PDF eXpress-converted PDF:	If the PDF submitted passed the PDF Check, or you are satisfied with your IEEE PDF eXpress-converted PDF:
Option 1	Submit your source file for conversion by clicking Try again, then Submit Source Files for Conversion	Resubmit your source file with corrections (Try again, then Submit Source Files for Conversion)
Option 2	Read the PDF Check report, then click “The PDF Check Report” in the sidebar to get information on possible solutions	Submit a PDF by clicking Try again, then Submit PDF for Checking	Submit your IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF to Speedam 2006
Option 3	“Request Technical Help” through your account	“Request a Manual Conversion” through your account	Submit your IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF to Speedam 2006

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Presentation of the paper

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME

Symposium starts on Wednesday, May 24th and closes on Friday, May 26th, 2006. Pre-registration is scheduled on Tuesday, May 23rd. Scientific contributions are scheduled in oral or in dialogue (poster)-sessions. In both cases, the presence of the authors is necessary, at least one per paper. The papers are scheduled for oral presentation in Room A – “Teatro” (1st floor), in Room B – “Auditorium” (ground floor) or in Room C – “Sala Verde” (4th floor) according to information on the timetable. Dialogue (poster) presentations are scheduled in the Poster Area at the intermediate floor.

ORAL PRESENTATION OF THE PAPERS

Videoprojector+personal computer are available in the conference rooms A, B and C. Speakers can use their own laptop (mobile computer). Otherwise they can use either a DVD/CD-Rom or USB PEN-Drive on the room-computer, where Microsoft Power Point 2003 and Acrobat Reader 7.0 are installed. Please do not include audio data. All presentation files will be deleted at the end of the Symposium and no copy will be saved. The time scheduled for each presentation is about 15 min. Questions to the authors are welcome: they can be allowed at the end of each presentation or at the end of the session, according to the decision of the chairman. Speakers are kindly invited to complete (typewriting or using capital letters) the form “Speaker Information Sheet” available on the SPEEDAM website or at the Conference Desk. The data of this form are useful to the chairman in order to correctly introduce the speaker of the paper. The file containing the paper presentation can be sent to the SPEEDAM secretariat by e-mail (Speedam@unina.it) not later than May 10th 2006; the e-mail “subject” must be “papernumber – Presentation”. The organizers recommend speakers to bring a backup copy (DVD, CD-Rom or USB PEN-Drive) of their presentation at the conference. The presentation file can be also directly transferred on the computer storage unit at the secretariat desk during registration or at arrival time. In this case, the file must be named “papernumber – Presentation” and crearly marked on the DVD/CD cover, together with the speaker name. One the day of their presentation, speakers are also invited to contact their session-chairman at the “chairmen meeting point” 15 minutes before the starting of the session. Both chairmen and speakers are requested to respect scheduled times.

DIALOGUE PRESENTATION OF THE PAPERS

The poster should be in maximum A0 (84 cm x 120 cm) format and only vertically oriented. No specific guidelines are provided for preparation of the poster. Speedam organizers suggest only to clearly show the title (minimum 72 pt) and authors name + affiliation (minimum 48 pt) and to use at list a 24 pt font for the body-text and figure captions. At list one author per paper must be present during the dialogue session (90 min). posters have to be placed in the reserved space from 60 min to 30 min before the session starting and removed in 60 min after the session. Otherwise posters will be destroyed by organizers. In the Poster Area authors will find everything they need to fix poster on their locations.

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Author's form

Download here (pdf or doc), fill and send the Author's form to the speedam secretariat.

Deadline: May, 15th 2006

Conference proceedings will be published on IEEE Xplore

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