Submission process and awards

Full papers - final camera-ready copy

Please respond to the feedback from the final review process and amend your papers accordingly.  It is essential that you submit three files as part of this final submission process:

1. The complete camera-ready copy of your paper in PDF format
2. The complete camera-ready copy of your paper in Word or LaTeX format
3. The completed Licence to publish file: docx
   1. On page 1, authors should add the final paper title, authors names in the right order. On the last page, the corresponding author should sign it.

These can all be uploaded to EasyChair.  To do this, ‘View’ your previous submission and then click ‘Add or update files’ from the menu on the right.

Please also ‘Update authors’ and identify the presenter for your paper at the symposium.

Final Papers must be prepared according to the camera-ready copy rules produced by Springer.  Please see the accompanying Springer Guidelines for Authors of Proceedings.

When viewing your original submission, the Top Menu in Easychair provides access to ‘Templates’ which includes the Word and LaTeX files and the Licence to Publish file.

SHORT INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:

1. Authors can choose to work with word or latex - see the most recent template. 
2. Please prepare the chapter in one-column format.
3. Please add under the title the authors’ names, institution, country, city, country (no street or any other address part – neither a complete private address -  should be added there, as this will show up on our webpage). Please see page 1 of the Author Instructions above.
4. Each chapter should begin with an abstract that summarizes its content in no more than 200 words. The abstract will appear online at SpringerLink and be available with unrestricted access to facilitate online searching, using e.g. Google, and allow unregistered users to read the abstract as a teaser for the complete chapter.
5. For authors working with word: please avoid inserting equations as graphic files. Use the Math function of Word 2003 or 2007, MathType or Microsoft Equation Editor to create your equations.
6. Please include all affiliations and e-mail addresses (or at least the email address of the corresponding author) in the chapter you submit to the book editors. The e-mail addresses will be used by SpringerNature to provide authors with a personal account where they can download a free copy of the eBook upon publication
7. Permissions for any material authors want to reuse from previous publication should be obtained by the corresponding publisher they want to reuse. Usually, authors can GET PERMISSION online by using RightsLink. In rare cases, they need to contact the publisher directly. Moreover, Springer is a STM signatory publisher. If authors wish to reuse materials published by another signatory publisher, they can check the corresponding guideline for permission.
8. Refer to springer self-archiving policy for non-open access book and chapters . If this book is NOT an open access one, please check the policies for self-archiving of books and chapters published via the subscription route. Archiving of pre-print on a recognized server, up to one chapter per volume from the same author, is allowed for proceedings.