Abstract
Guidelines
The deadline for abstract submission is
August 31st, 2010.
Authors must submit abstracts for all individual papers,
posters and papers presented as part of a symposium. In addition, each
symposium chair must submit an overall abstract, which succinctly describes the
session.
PLEASE NOTE: We will publish abstracts in the
conference program exactly as submitted, except for minor editorial changes.
When you prepare your abstract, keep in mind its three purposes:
1. IMTA program reviewers will use it in evaluating your submission.
2. IMTA schedulers will use it to place your presentation in relation to
others.
3. Conference participants will use it in deciding which sessions to attend.
Requirements
Abstracts are to be submitted in electronic form. The
abstracts should be prepared in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx).
Please have your abstract available on your computer and upload it
using the Abstract
Upload Page.
Abstract title cannot exceed 10 words.
The body of the abstract cannot exceed 250 words.
Abstracts must be in English.
Acronyms and abbreviations should be spelled out for the first time they are
used and placed in parentheses.
Title, author names and author affiliation should be centred above the body of
the abstract.
Author names should be provided in the order of the first name, middle initials
and last name.
Institutional affiliation should appear on the line following the author’s
name. If the author has no institutional affiliation, the city and state of
residence should be given. If there are multiple authors, the institutional
affiliation should appear on the line following each author’s name, if the
authors are from different institutions. If the authors are from the same
institutions, then only a single mention of the institutional affiliation is
required.
A research paper abstract should include the purpose of the research, subjects,
data collection methodology, analytic procedures, and results. An abstract of a
theoretical paper, discussion paper or symposium should describe the central
issue, identify highlights and list conclusions.
Clearances
Authors are responsible for obtaining any clearances required
by their organisations, in advance of their submissions.
Paper Presentation Guidelines
Authors are also requested to submit an electronic copy of
their papers before the conference.
The Conference Proceedings will be published on this website and
posted as soon as possible after the conference.
To have a typographical uniformity of the IMTA Proceedings,
authors are requested to strictly follow the rules described herein when
preparing their manuscripts. IMTA will only publish the papers of those authors
presenting at the conference.
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