PECS VIII ~ The 8th International Photonic & Electromagnetic Crystal Structures Meeting

Registration and Abstract submission...

• Abstract submission is open from August, 2008
  • Call for Papersfor Oral selection is now closed
  • Abstracts for Poster selection remains open until Friday March 6, 2009, and should be submitted adhering to the guidelines below
  • Post-Deadline Session submissions guidelines here
  • The language of the conference is English and all presentations - podium or poster - should be in English.
• Publication of Abstracts/Conference Papers
  
  • As with past PECS conferences, papers from PECS-VIII will be peer-reviewed and published in Elsevier's journal Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications.
  • The Conference Program of PECS-VIII will be published, with an ISBN number, and  deposited in the major University libraries internationally.
    It  is  therefore important that your abstract has been cleared  for publication before submission/entry into the database. Please  contact the Secretariat if you do not wish to have your abstract published in the Conference Program.
• POSTERS
  • Please create your Poster to fit in a space 1m wide x 1.2 m high. This is Portrait orientation.
  • You may choose to have your Poster displayed as a regular Poster (dimensions and orientation as above) - or perhaps multiple A-4 pages. Please just limit your compilation to the space available for your display - your "space" - on the numbered boards.
  • Posterboards will be numbered, and Velcro dots provided, attached to the poster boards.
  • Your poster should be displayed on the numbered board corresponding to your abstract number in the printed PECS-VIII Program Book, available with registration.

CREATING YOUR ABSTRACT .pdf DOCUMENT:

• A Template is provided as guidelines for your abstract.  Please adhere strictly to the font, author, affiliation, layout etc requirements set out in the attached file.
  Download Template here - either Word document, or Adobe pdf file.
• Once your abstract is complete, save as a .pdf file
• NOTE: With submission, you will be given the Name for your abstract file. COPY AND PASTE that name into the title of your .pdf file.
• Second Abstract to be submitted? Using the Template guide, save your 2nd abstract, repeating the process outlined above. Go back to the on-Line abstract submission link, and "register" again. You will receive a second, unique Registration number. Name your second abstract with the new Registration number in the same way.

SUMBITTING YOUR ABSTRACT on-LINE:

1. Go to the abstract submission/registration link. If you have attended an MTCi conference before you may already have a 5-digit Member number. If that number is not to hand, or you do not have one, enter your eMail address, press return and a 5-digit Member number will be sent to you, by return eMail.
2. Your 5-digit Member number is used for Abstract submission/s and registration, and for all access to the database - for payment, abstract modification, printing of receipt/tax invoice etc.
3. To be eligible to present an oral/poster presentation in the program, full and financial registration must be completed.
4. On-Line: Enter and save your demographic and other details. 
   In the Abstract section:
• enter the Title, Author, Affiliation details in the relevant text boxes on-line.
• From the pull-down menu, select the topic under which you would like your abstract considered.
5. up-Load: your completed abstract, saved as a.pdf file into your on-line Abstract submission (see .pdf file instructions, above).
6. Complete submission as per the on-line instructions.
7. Second Abstracts: Log-out and return to the abstract submission link. Using your 5-digit Member number, submit another abstract (Points 4, 5, 6 above). When 2nd .pdf file named and uploaded and submission completed, log-out. (Note: there is no fee for 2nd abstracts)

eMail the Secretariat if you require assistance with the submission process.

HINTS: "Member Number" not sent by return eMail?

• check the eMail address that you entered - incorrect spelling and spaces if copied and pasted, are the greatest cause of the problem!
• check your Junk Folder - if your SPAM setting is high, please add pecs8@mtci.com.au to your "Safe Sender" list.