Deadline

You must upload your electronic manuscript to the webstracts.com server no later than December 5, 2005. This is a firm deadline! The conference will not present papers that do not appear in the proceedings.

Preparing and Submitting Your Manuscript

See the Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts Web page for the detailed instructions on preparing your paper for publication in the APEC 2006 Proceedings.

Visas

International authors please begin the visa process immediately-it can take any where from 3-6 months to complete! Check The Information For International Travelers Web page for general information on obtaining a visa.

Please see the Requesting A Letter Of Invitation Web page for information on requesting a letter from the APEC offices. Please note that APEC can provided letters of invitation only to presenting authors who have paid their registration fees. If you need further assistance, contact the APEC offices.

Registration

All Presenting Authors are required, at a minimum, to register for and pay the normal registration fee for the Technical Session portion of the APEC Program. If you do not register for the conference before the submission site closes, then APEC will not publish your paper and you will be unable to present at the conference. Please register no later than December 5, 2005 to ensure that APEC publishes your paper.

IEEE Copyright

Webstracts will handle the IEEE Copyright transfer electronically this year. Webstracts.com will provide you with directions during the final manuscript upload procedure.

Language

APEC requires you to write and present all papers in English.

Expenses

All expenses related to preparing the camera-ready manuscript and presenting the paper at the conference are the sole responsibility of the author(s).

Mandatory Speaker's Briefing & Breakfast

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM; Lookout Room, Reunion Tower (Take the Observatory Level elevators)

All presenters in the Dialogue Session are required to attend the Dialogue Session Presenter's Briefing on the morning of the day their paper is scheduled for presentation. At this meeting, you meet your session chair and receive instructions on your setting up your presentation. All presenting authors receive a complimentary breakfast.

As a side note, the view from the top of Reunion Tower is great. The Speaker's Briefing And Breakfast is a change to see the view without paying for a ticket!

Presenting Your Paper at the Conference

Presentation at the Conference Required

Failure to present a paper may result in APEC not accepting papers from "no show" authors for one or more years.

Dialogue Session Setup

• The useable space on each poster board for the Dialogue Session is approximately 7.5 feet (2.3 m) wide by 3.6 feet (1.1 m) high, raised to a comfortable viewing height. At the author's briefing on Thursday morning, the session chair will provide a map indicating the location of your poster board.
  
  
• Each author must create, transport and present his or her poster presentation. APEC will not provide any facilities for printing a poster presentation.
  
  
• Mount your poster on the board Thursday morning between 8:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. APEC provides thumbtacks for your use.
  
  
• The dialogue presenters must remain near their posters for the entire dialogue session, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.
  
  
• Remove your poster by 5 p.m. on Thursday.
  
  

Questions

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the APEC offices.