Submit your Abstract

Your completed abstract must be submitted via the online process. Guidance on how your abstracts will be assessed are given below.

The closing date for Oral abstracts is Monday 8 March.

The online abstract submission process involves 5 steps;

STEP 1 - Contact details, enter details of the submitting author

STEP 2 - New Paper, enter Title, Presentation Type, Theme, Authors and affiliations & Brief Biography

STEP 3 - Paper Upload, upload your Word formatted abstract

STEP 4 - Show Paper, check the details are correct. Edit this paper if changes are required.

STEP 5 - Logout – you will receive an email with an Ei Access Code. This will allow you to update any details and register for the conference without having to re-enter your details

Accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Abstract Book and on the IAL website. Those authors whose abstracts are accepted, for either oral or poster presentation, can elect to submit a voluntary full paper for publishing on the IAL’s website.

Please ensure you have the necessary information together before starting the online process.

Presenting authors are responsible for the accuracy of the content and spelling as abstracts will be published as submitted. Please ensure that your submission fully complies with the format specifications.

Authors will be required to provide permission to the Conference Organising Committee to publish the abstract and the contact email of the lead presenter.

Consideration of your Abstract

Abstracts received will be assessed by a sub-group of the Program Committee to determine the suitability for oral or poster presentations.

Abstracts for oral presentations will be selected on the following basis:

· Address the conference aims and session themes

· Be relevant to a wide audience

· Focus on new insights or learnings applicable to others if a practice or policy paper

· Focus on new data, interpretation and significance if a research paper

Concurrent sessions will aim to build a coherent theme with a balance between research and practice.

Abstracts for poster presentations will be selected on the following basis:

· Those who self-nominated for a poster presentation

· Topics which are broadly relevant to irrigation and water management but not directly aligned to the conference session themes

· Projects and research in the early stages, ie where the focus is on updating delegates on what you are planning, or in the early stages of doing

· Projects or research with a narrow focus

Please note the poster presentation sessions will be active sessions with specific topic tours led by a guide. Poster authors will be expected to briefly outline the key points of the poster to stimulate questions and discussions from the audience. This will be a great opportunity to get feedback on a project you have recently commenced, or on early results from a research project.

Author Guidelines

One Water Many Futures requires an extended abstract of up to two pages. The abstract should be written in the style of an abstract with section headings given for guidance. All instructions for lay-out and style are provided in the word template document.

Once you have downloaded this document we suggest you save it under a different name and use this document to write your extended abstract.

The abstract should contain a very brief introduction outlining the issue and objectives of the work presented, followed by a very brief summary of what you did.

The results and discussion should occupy more than half of the abstract. A one sentence conclusion should end the paper, followed by any acknowledgements and references.

All Presenters must be registered delegates and the closing date for registration is Friday 16 April 2010.

Failure to register by this date will result in the presentation being removed from the program.

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