Before proceeding please read carefully the General Regulations

1. Submitting proposals.

Dates: From November 28th, 2011 to January 23rd, 2012.

Submitting: Please read the instructions about registration and submitting paper proposals

Format: Word / Open Office / PDF (the final publication will be in PDF), Times New Roman 12, spacing 1.5.
Abstract must be 500-700 characters with spaces; and development must be 7500-10.000 characters with spaces.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE AUTHORS IN THE PROPOSAL FILE. (You'll be asked to include this information separately in the online form )

2. Acceptance of the proposals by the Scientific Committee

Notification: from March 26th, 2012.

Important: The Scientific Committee reserves the right to decide the final presentation category. (Oral or Poster)

3. Inscription for the 7th CIDUI

In order to present a paper at the conference, at least the first author must register. The deadline for registration is May 31st, 2012 (April 30th if you want to opt for the reduced rate).

The entire process is done through platform, specifically enabled for this purpose. More information on the Registration section of the website.

4. Submitting full texts of papers

• All authors with accepted proposals have to send the final text, either if it is an oral, a poster or electronic presentation
• Only accepted proposals and those presented at the conference will be published.
• The full paper structure is the same as that one used for the proposal.
• The full text of the accepted papers will be sent through the same platform. Its contents will appear on the site (post-conference) and will have a maximum extension of between 25,000 and 35,000 characters (including spaces).

Dates: from March 26th to April 30th 2012.

The final result displayed on the website is responsibility of the authors, as readers will be told in the publication. To ensure the quality of the document we ask that you follow the template designed for this purpose.

5. Presenting papers during the Congress

In order to present the paper during the Congress, as a minimum, the first author must have made the corresponding registration and payment.

Oral presentations shall last ten minutes, and shall be followed by five minutes of discussion. To make sure the Congress runs smoothly, speakers are asked to set up and test their equipment and check their timing beforehand.

Speakers will have access to a computer, projector and internet connection. Oral presentations will take place in different time slots. Oral and poster presentations will all take place at different times

Alert:

All papers, irrespective of the means of presentation (oral, poster or e-poster), will receive the same accreditation (i.e., "paper") both in their final publications and in the certificates awarded to participants.

*Special monographic sessions for topic-related and specialized papers

In order to delve into some of the preferential topics of the congress, the organization, following a proposal from the Scientific Committee, has decided upon the grouping of certain communications, similar in theme, in one monographic session. These sessions will last two hours. There will be a maximum of three special sessions.