Submitting your presentation summary paper for proceedings
Your paper will be compiled with information from the other presenters into a conference summary, which will be posted as a free PDF download on our web site.
- If you offered to make a presentation, you have also assumed responsibility for sending a written summary of your presentations before the event.
- An abstract can suffice as your written summary for our Annual Researchers’ Forums, and/or if you have concerns about publishing conflicts. If you are presenting work that is already published we can use your abstract and a link to the published paper.
- We do not accept PowerPoint slides in lieu of a paper.
- Our conference summary is not a peer-reviewed document
Please send this information:
| Title | Keep it brief and make sure that your topic is clear. This should match the title on the event agenda. |
| Presenter’s information | Name, affiliation, email address, phone number, postal address, web site if you have one. In the conference summary we will include only your name, affiliation, town, and email address. |
| Co-authors | (if applicable) Names, affiliations, email addresses. Clarify who is lead author if it is not you. |
| Length of your summary | There is no maximum size. Most people send in 4-6 pages, single spaced, including illustrations and references. |
| Formatting of your text | Use Microsoft Word and keep your formatting very simple. Your formatting will be stripped and rebuilt so it matches the rest of the document. |
| Web sites | If you referred to web sites or other references in your presentation, please be sure to include them in your paper. |
| Illustrations and captions | Figures and tables should be referred to in your text. Include captions for each figure and table. We assume that the illustrations are yours, or that you have obtained permission to include them. We will include photo credits if you provide them. |
| Published work | Copyright laws mean we cannot accept a paper that has been published. If your presentation was about something you have published, send us your abstract, the citation and a link to the publication. |
| References | Use the author-date system when citing published works or acknowledging unpublished material in the text. List these references alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. Please use the reference style you are most accustomed to using such as APA, or other. |
| Acknowledgements | Just a reminder — you may wish to acknowledge your funders and partners in your summary as well as in your “live” presentation. |
Send your paper by email, as an attachment, to office@cmiae.org.
Your paper will be stripped of formatting and the formatting for the master document will be applied. Your text will receive a light copy-edit. You will have an opportunity to look at your paper before it goes public
Please be sure to explain all of your acronyms.
Would you like to see samples of the conference summaries we have prepared for other events? Look at the “Resources” section of our web site for a list of event summaries and other resources, choose a conference, and follow the link to view.
