Instructions

All extended abstracts shall be submitted in electronic format, as MS Word files, or Adobe pdf files, to gposadav@iingen.unam.mx

Each extended abstract’s content – in English - shall permit to the participants to focus their interest on it, It shall be comprehensive, correctly edited, not contain printing errors (possibly …if it happens, it will not be our fault) and, if you pardon us, be readable and understandable.

It shall include:

· A header, with the indication of the Conference present in the form (Capitals, Centered; Times New Roman, 8 pt, positioned 1.5 cm from the border).

· A precise, self explanatory final title. The title shall be identical to the one chosen for the initial abstract.

· Name/Names of authors and co-authors ( the name of the principal author shall be underlined).

· The organization/s you belong to, the address of the organization, and the corresponding e-mails of each author.

· Maximum 5 keywords sufficient to individuate the relevant topics.

· Maximum 4 pages all included.

· Formulas, figures, tables or pictures, have to be black or grey scale (no color).

· Conclusions.

· References.

Editing instructions for the Abstracts – in particular the 4 page limit - shall be strictly followed. The Organizing Committee will eventually revert to the Authors to modify, shorten or revise the Abstracts.

The editing shall be as follows:

· Paper format: Letter

· Margins: upper 2.5cm, lower 2.0 cm; sides 3.0/2.5 cm (mirror arrangement for front/back printing)

· Interline: single;

· Character: Times New Roman

· Character size: title, 14, bold, center (capital letters only as necessary) – authors, 11, regular, capital letters, center – organization, 11,regular,centered – keywords, 11, italic, bold, center – Abstract, 12, bold, left – text, 10, regular, justified

· Paragraphs: spaced by one single line

· For uniformity of language, the use of American English is recommended.

· Please do not include any formula, figure or image.

· Example abstract:

Extended_abstract_formatPECS2004.doc
or
Extended_abstract_format_PECS2004.pdf