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General Guidelines for General Session and Mini-Symposium Talks

Participants are invited to contribute to the general sessions in one of the sections. For a contribution to a Mini-Symposium, an invitation from the respective organizers is required.

Abstract Upload

Authors wishing to contribute to the conference through the General Session or a Mini-Symposium are invited to submit a two-page abstract. Each participant is allowed to present one paper only. The deadline for abstract submission is November 30, 2011 (extended deadline: January 8, 2012) and notification of acceptance will be given by January 15, 2012. Accepted abstracts will be provided on a CD. Organizers of Mini-Symposia may invite contributors to submit full length papers for possible publication in special issues of international journals.

Before submission of an abstract, registration through the conference administration tool set CATS

login to CATS

is required. For information on the registration please refer to the registration button. Registration and abstract submission must be made online.

ESMC2012 abstract templates are available in *.tex and *.doc file formats. The preferred editing system is LaTeX. The abstract should be submitted as a pdf file in A4 format. Templates can be downloaded from here:

Templates for Abstracts

The format for Posters should follow the instructions that can be downloaded from here:

Instructions for Posters

In CATS go to the “To-Do List” and click “2.) Submissions”. Then in the field for the text of the “Title of submission”, fill in ASCII text, choose to which category you want to submit, and upload your two-page pdf-file. Finally, click the submit button. Add additional authors (minimum fields required to fill in are name, e-mail, and organisation) if necessary. Please, indicate the presenting author. This is also necessary in case of only one author. Then click the back button. A list of all data of the abstract is now displayed. You are done. Should you wish to modify your abstract, please click on the edit symbol (a pencil) which brings you back to the original site. You may re-upload as many versions of your abstract as required, but only the most recent will be considered by the selection committee. Applicants who intend to submit contributions should meet the following deadlines:

Abstract submission:

January 8, 2012
November 30, 2011

Notification of acceptance:

January 15, 2012

Abstract revision:

February 15, 2012

Author registration:

May 1, 2012


For inclusion of accepted abstracts in the book of abstracts and the final programme authors should ensure that the registration fee is paid by May 1, 2012 (the early registration rate applies until April 1).