Submit Papers

Academic papers and industry/professional papers will use a two-stage submission process of abstract, followed by a full paper.

Stage 1: Abstract Submission, April 11, 2022

Initial submissions must be anonymous and must not contain the name(s) of the author(s) or any reference to their affiliation. Authors should submit an abstract of 300-500 words with up to five images, no later than March 28, 2022. (Authors may submit multiple abstracts, if for different projects.) Documents that do not comply with this rule will be excluded from the evaluation process.


Abstracts will be reviewed on the basis of:

  • Alignment and fit to conference themes
  • Originality and rigor
  • Clarity and communication

References:

The reference list will not be part of the word count. References should be included in Normal style according to APA guidelines (www.apastyle.org), e.g.

Redström, J. (2017) Making design theory, Cambridge MA, USA: MIT Press.

Keywords: End your abstract with a maximum of six keywords that succinctly indicate the paper’s content.

 

Selection

At most, 100 abstracts will be accepted at stage 1 to go forward as paper submissions at stage 2.

Stage 2: Full Paper submission, June 13, 2022

After the notification of the abstract acceptance, full papers should be submitted according to a template, which will be provided to the Authors.  At this stage, files should be submitted in PDF version and should be anonymous without containing the name(s) of the author(s) or any reference to their affiliation. Documents that do not comply with this rule will be excluded from the evaluation process.


Authors selected for stage 2 should submit papers as follows:

Academic papers – 4000-5000 words with up to five images
Professional papers – 1500-3000 words with up to three images


Papers will be reviewed on the basis of:

  •       Alignment and fit to conference themes
  •       Originality, significance, and coherence
  •       Rigor of method
  •       Clarity, tone, and communication

The abstract and reference list are not included in the word count. The paper should be submitted in APA format.


Camera-ready Papers should be submitted no later than August 8, 2022.

After the notification of full paper acceptance, the final stage  (camera-ready) of text, tables, and illustrations of a manuscript, including proper formatting should be submitted in both MSWord (.doc or .docx) and PDF format according to the conference template. 

Please use a file name beginning with the principal author’s last name, followed by the name of the track (Ex.: Smith_ClimateEcosystem.doc). 

At this stage, the paper should include the name(s) and the affiliation of the author(s).