Instructions for final papers submission
ForewordThe large majority of the "abstracts" submitted were not easily understandable by a general reader who is not acquainted with the context.
In most case they did not contain : background (work context) and/or aim (reason for writing the paper) and/or method followed and/or results (basic findings) and/or conclusions/consequences.
Instead, the Authors' CV, achievements, etc. have generally been widely detailed.
Considering that :
- The majority of the abstracts were submitted at the last moment;
- Their number, much higher than expected, made it impossible to contact almost all the Authors and ask for proper re-submission without affecting the Congress organization schedule;
- The Organizers wish to avoid the risk of non-accepting possible good papers because of abstracts' inadequacy;
The Scientific Committees have often decided to postpone the final assessment until after the full paper has been received, thus increasing also the possibility that the Congress be an opportunity for a wide review of the state-of-the-art of Project Management.
Therefore, to allow a timely and proper assessment, all the submitted papers, irrespective of their final destination, must strictly adhere to the following guidelines and instructions.
Papers that do not comply with these guidelines and instructions will not be considered for publications.
NB 1 : Papers should focus on methods and technologies of Project Management, underlining their innovative aspects and practical value for participants to the Congress
NB 2 : Papers not new, already presented or published will not be considered too.
NB 3 : Papers and presentations should be free of commercial sales content. Please refrain from including unnecessary marketing/advertising materials and information, which would be sufficient reason for not considering the paper.
Presenters will generally have a time availability of 25 minutes, including Q & A. Consequently a maximum number of 15.ppt slides (in the MS-Office Power Point format, not later than 2003 version) is allowed. The first slide of all presentations should be according to the attached downloadable template (click here to download).
Instead, the Presenters are free to use the other templates also for all the slides.
Outstanding/innovative presentations will be given longer time : the concerned Authors will be directly contacted.
When submitting the final paper, the Author should also permit publishing the paper on Internet and in all the Congress documentation and proceedings, including the ISBN hard copies.
Lack of such a permit will imply the exclusion of the concerned paper from the Congress documentation.
The final papers can be submitted by e-mail at :
Deadline for final submission is July 31, 2008
Paper Title
(Position, Company or University, City, Country)
Second Author
(Position, Company or University, City, Country)
Abstract
An abstract of not more than 150 words should appear in the first page of the paper. It should be self-contained and understandable by the general reader outside the context of the article. It should be free from formulae, acronyms and references. The abstract will usually contain the background (the context of the work), the aims (the reasoning for writing the paper), the method (what was done or what method was followed), the results (basic findings), the conclusions (the most important consequence(s)) of the paper. The abstract should be followed by a list of up to 5 keywords.
Keywords
Project management, "Project Management to run", IPMA World Congress, Roma, Italy
1. Typewriting
All submitted papers must follow the typewriting instructions. The length of the paper should be of a maximum of 6 A4 pages, including appendices.
Please leave one line empty after each paragraph.
Papers should be written in English. Use single line spacing throughout with wide margins on A4 paper (as in this file). Use Times New Roman (10 pt) font in the MS-Office Word format, not later than 2003 version, throughout the paper. All sections and subsections should be numbered in Arabic numerals.
1.1 Authors
Authors should provide full mailing address(-es), including e-mail. The corresponding author should be clearly indicated, in a footnote appearing on the first page of the article.
1.2 Figures - Tables and Equations
Figures, illustrations, graphics and tables should be centered, numbered consecutively and have a self-explanatory short title under them. Avoid the use of vertical lines in tables. Figure resolution should be higher than 150 dpi.
The paper margins should be as shown on Fig. 1 below.
Fig 1: Paper margins of full papers
Example table is shown below (Table 1):
| Survey 1 | Survey 2 |
| Data 1 | Data 2 |
| Data 3 | Data 4 |
Table 1: Data collected from surveys 1 and 2 respectively
All equations (very short and simple ones, if necessary) should be displayed on a separate line. Equations which are cited in the main text should be numbered consecutively on the right margin, using Arabic numerals in parentheses.
A+B = x C (1)
2. References
References should be listed alphabetically by author at the end of the paper and referred to in the body of the text by Name (year) (e.g. C. Hatcher (1973)). The references' list should be prepared according to the following format :
Author(s), (year), Title (edition), Publisher (Country/City).
Proceedings of the Congress
One week after the congress ends, papers will be available for downloading from the congress website. An individual password will be assigned upon registering for the congress which will allow you to enter the area reserved for the downloading.Alternatively, you will be able to order a printed copy of the papers book when registering for the congress. Cost will be Euro 60,00 each. You will be able to collect your copy on-site from the Congress Secretariat.