IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of Abstracts
18th August 2014

Notification of Acceptance
31st August 2014

Final Paper Submission
30th October 2014 16 November 2014

Final papers should be submitted electronically (converted in Portable Document Format (PDF)), through our submission website, at http://www.webchairing.com/IAHS2014/intra.

Authors must register before the final paper submission deadline.

A person may co-author several papers provided that each paper is presented by different co-authors. Each valid registration entitles the author to the submission of one, and only one, paper to the conference.

We are sorry to inform you that the deadline for the submission of abstracts to the 40th IAHS World Congress on Housing has been exceeded. If, for some reason, you missed the deadline and still wish to try to submit your paper, please contact the conference secretariat at iahs2014@itecons.uc.pt.

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING YOUR ABSTRACT AND MANUSCRIPT

All papers accepted for presentation at the 40th IAHS World Congress should be written in English, using the paper format indicated below and not exceeding 10 A4 pages. Authors should carefully check their manuscripts for correct grammar and spelling.

• Each paper should clearly state the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable.
• First page must contain: the title of the article, authors' names and institutions, keywords and abstract. These items must on no account exceed one page.
• English language
• 10 A4 pages maximum (including all text, figures and references)
• Maximum file size must not exceed 4Mb
• Proceedings Style should be strictly used for all submitted papers. Please check and carefully follow the instructions and templates provided here:

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING YOUR ABSTRACT AND MANUSCRIPT

All abstracts and final papers must be submitted electronically using the Conference's Paper Submission System. Detailed instructions are provided on the submission site. Complete all the required fields in the proper format when registering your paper. The Online Paper registration lists all necessary instructions.

Authors must also indicate the conference topic to which the paper is submitted.

Authors should fill in the information on the contact author. This will automatically trigger the sending of a submission acknowledgement, by e-mail, to the "contact author". By the notification deadline the authors will be contacted, by e-mail, regarding the acceptance of the paper.

Anyone unable to use the web-based submission procedure can send an e-mail to the secretariat with: title of paper, author(s), affiliation(s), contact details, list of keywords, the abstract, and an attached PDF file containing the paper.

Only PDF files will be accepted. If you do not have the necessary tools to generate PDF files, you can use free online services at http://createpdf.adobe.com/ or http://www.pdfonline.com.

A person may co-author several papers provided that the others are presented by another co-author. Each valid registration entitles the submission of one, and only one, article to the conference.

At least one author must be registered and have paid the requisite fee by October 30th 2014 for the article to be included in the conference programme. A person can co-author several papers provided that the others are presented by another co-author. Each valid registration entitles the submission of one, and only one, article to the conference.

By submitting your paper to 40 th IAHS World Conference authors warrant that neither that paper nor any related paper with essentially the same technical content has been submitted to any other conference. The conference proceedings will be distributed to the participants in a CD-ROM.

USEFUL GUIDELINES FOR ORAL PRESENTATION

Papers accepted for presentation at the 40 th IAHS World Conference will be presented in parallel sessions on 16th to the 19th December.

Oral presentations will last no more than 15 minutes, after which 5 minutes will be allowed for discussion.

Each room will have a computer and video projector for authors / presenters to show their slides, in MS Powerpoint or Adobe PDF formats.

The authors presenting the papers must be in the room where their work is to be presented at least 15 minutes before the start of the relevant Parallel Session so as to copy / transfer the files to the computer.

The authors must also find the moderator of the Session and let him/her know who will be presenting the paper.