The deadline for abstract submissions was February 1, 2006. The deadline for full paper submissions was July 1, 2006. Over 80 abstract proposal were received! Prospective authors can  click here to update their abstracts and submit their full technical papers.  Paper submissions from accepted abstracts should follow these guidelines:

ACCEPTANCE

Please note that all papers will be peer reviewed. You will be informed of final acceptance in August 2006 after the reviewers have reviewed your paper and have returned any comments to you.

COPYRIGHT

Papers submitted for the conference should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication. Authors submitting papers warrant that their work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and indemnify the conference organizers against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers become the legal copyright of the conference organizers, unless otherwise specifically agreed.

MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS

All conference participants will receive a copy of your paper on CD. Please follow these guidelines when writing your technical paper:

Your paper should be no more than ten (10) pages in length including tables and figures.

All papers should be in English . Please prepare the document in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect and have it carefully proofread by a colleague. Please visit www.icpiconferences.org, click on 'Call for Abstracts' and re-enter the site where you first submitted your abstract proposal(s). Please login with your email address and password as you did previously. If you forgot your password, please click on the link to request it and it will be e-mailed to you in a short period of time.  

Once you are logged in, click on the submission number of your abstract proposal. You can choose to edit your paper either using Option 1 or Option 2. On the Paper Upload page you will click 'Browse' to find the paper on your local machine. Once your paper has uploaded the system will show you a thumbnail version of the paper to view. If changes need to be made to your paper, you can make them on your version and again upload your paper to the conference web site. This enables you to make changes should you receive recommendations to do so from reviewers after July 1, 2006. The maximum file size for each uploaded paper is 10 MB.

The first page should contain the title of the paper, the author(s) name(s), affiliation(s) and contact details including email addresses, all centered, as well as the paper summary.

In addition to peer review, a CD of the proceedings will eventually be prepared that includes your accepted paper. Be sure your paper is accurate, clear, complete, grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical errors. We cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions in the final version of the published paper. Instructions for the format and layout follow:

LAYOUT

Page size: A4 portrait (A4 paper = 21 cm x 29.7 cm)< /FONT >

Margins: Left 2 cm; Right 2 cm; Top 3 cm; Bottom 3 cm

Page size USA & Canada: 8½ x 11 inches portrait (21.6 cm x 27.9 cm = USA & Canada) Margins USA & Canada: Left 2 cm; Right 2 cm; Top 2.5 cm; Bottom 2.5 cm.

Page numbers: Centered and numbered; first (front) page is 1, second page is 2, etc.

Footer/Headers: None

FIRST PAGE

Title: 16pt (pt = point size) Times Roman, bold, all upper case, centred followed by a two-line spacing. Author and co-authors: 12pt Times Roman centered, bold. Author and co-authors names are in one line followed by a line space. Author’s affiliation: 12pt Times Roman centered. Please give each author’s name, affiliation, address, telephone and fax number and emails with no spacing between the lines. All lines are then followed by two line spaces.< /FONT >

Summary: 12pt Times Roman, bold, maximum one page (should fit on the front page with the title of the paper, authors’ names, affiliations, etc.). The summary may continue to page 2.

TEXT

12pt Times Roman with single line spacing between paragraphs. Headings and numbering:

1. Major headings in uppercase left justified 12pt bold, one blank line above and below.

1.1 Intermediate headings in lower case left justified, underlined. One blank line above.

1.1.1  Minor headings in lower case left justified.

FIGURES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND TABLES

Figures shall be numbered consecutively with a brief title in bold at the bottom of each figure. Authors are encouraged to make use of color in all graphics, figures and photographs. Each figure shall be located in the document as close as possible after the first reference to it.

Tables will be numbered consecutively. Each table shall be located in the document as close as possible after the first reference to it. The table title must be in bold and placed above each table.

SYMBOLS AND UNITS

SI units shall be used. Use periods for decimal points, not commas. Example: 244.47 m.

EQUATIONS

Equations should be numbered in parenthesis e.g. (1) consecutively through the text. The ‘Equation Editor’ or function should be used.

REFERENCES

References to literature shall be according to the Harvard method where the reference in the text is noted as Author (date) or (Author, date) and listed at the end of the paper in author alphabetical order in the following format:

Baroux, B, 1988. Article title. Corrosion Science, 28, p.969

Cotton, JB, 1979. Book title. "Corrosion", pub Newnes-Butterworth, UK (ed. L.L. Shreir) p. 192 

Kruger, J, 1996, Paper title. Proc. 13th Int. Corrosion Congress, paper No.2. 

Once the paper has been returned to you with reviewers’ comments, you will be required to submit the revised version of the paper together with a brief biography of the main presenting author.

If you have questions, please email dsmith@icpi.org.

The Conference Program Committee thanks you for your submission!