General Conditions for papers

1. The papers to be submitted must focus on the core topic of the Congress: “Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development”, and on the guidelines and objectives of the corresponding Chapter in accordance with the following possibilities: 1) Unpublished papers presenting research personally performed by the submitter, either individually or together with other people; 2) Unpublished papers of technical descriptions, interpretations and comments; 3) A substantially updated and adapted version of previous papers.
2. Every paper must include an abstract no longer than 150 words.
3. The reception of abstracts and papers will be confirmed by email immediately after being received.
4. Those persons who are planning to submit papers must first send the abstracts of such papers. After receiving abstract acceptance notification, the presenting authors will send the final paper which text must not exceed 2,400 words.
5. All abstracts and papers will be peer reviewed by the Organizing Committee of each Chapter who reserves the right to accept and reject abstracts and papers considering their accomplishment of form and content requirements for inclusion in the Congress Program.
6. Presentation of papers during the Congress will be made by their authors in one of the following ways: 1) Individual oral presentation; 2) Oral presentation at a panel or round table; 3) Graphic presentation by means of posters. The Organizing Committee of each Chapter will consider the characteristics of every paper and the available time during sessions so that presentations be made according to one of these alternatives.
7. Papers which are not selected will not be given back to their authors.
8. Presentation of papers during the Congress will have to be made personally by their authors; proxies will not be accepted to replace them.
9. Abstracts of the selected papers, whose authors have registered to participate in the Congress before August 31, 2010, will be included in a printed issue to be distributed to all the registrants at the beginning of the Congress.
10. The two most outstanding final papers selected in each Chapter will be awarded an acknowledgement certificate and will be part of the Congress Proceedings, which will include the most significant information of the Congress, its conclusions and recommendations, and information about the participants. This Congress Proceedings will be published after the end of the Congress.
11. Abstracts must be submitted either in English or in Spanish. In case they are accepted, authors must send the final papers in English or Spanish, preceded by the abstract in the two languages. It would also be advisable, though not compulsory, that the authors submit the final paper in both languages before the beginning of the Congress

General Policies and Requirements for the Submission of Papers

1. Abstracts
Abstracts to be presented at the Congress should define the precise subject of the presentation and respond to the theme of the Congress and the guidelines and objectives established for each of the chapters above mentioned. The text of the submission, will be headed by name of paper and author (or authors), respective affiliation, the corresponding Chapter to be submitted and separately, below it, the heading ABSTRACT, centered in the line.

2. Final Papers
The complete text of the final papers should not exceed 2,400 words or eight written pages. These could be complemented by no more than three pages of charts, drawings and bibliographic references. All pages should be headed by the name of the paper and its Chapter and the author (or authors).
Bibliographic references accompanying the papers should be included at the end and, according to international practice, i.e. author’s name, year, name of the work, page, edition, etc.

3. Format and Papers Presentation (abstract and final paper)

• Paper size should be A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Papers should be submitted in digital support using the following programs: 1) Texts: Word 97 or later version. 2) Spreadsheets and graphs: Excel 97 or later versions. 3) Drawings: AutoCAD 14 or later versions.
• Font: Times New Roman 12-point.
• Top margin: 3 cm. Bottom margin: 2,5 cm.
• Margins: Left and right: 3 cm.
• Justification: Fully justified. Spaced: 1,5.
• Space between different headings: double space
• Headings: Times New Roman 14-point. Bold and justified.
• Sub-headings: Times New Roman 12-point. Bold and justified.
• Leave two spaces between the heading and the initial paragraph of the paper.
• Page numbers in the center at the foot of the page: 11-point.
• Download template for Format and Papers presentation.

4. Copyright

By submitting the paper: 1) the author declares that it has not been and will not be published on any other event prior to World Congress and Exhibition: ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA, 2) the author accepts that, after the conference, the paper could be included in the proceedings of the Congress, 3) the author also accepts to include the following copyright statement at the end of the paper:

“Copyright ©2010. “name of  author”: The author assigns to UADI/CAI a license to reproduce this document for the congress purpose provided that this article is used to publish in full or in an abbreviated or edited form in the congress Internet website, on CD and in printed form within World Congress and Exhibition: ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA’s proceedings.”