Call for Papers

Abstract submission

Interested authors are kindly invited to submit a one-page abstract (in English) for the TAP 2017 conference. Contributions should address one of the main topics of the conference. The template that should be used for writing the abstract is available here. The abstract should be prepared to be uploaded in pdf format. The submission of abstracts by email (tap2017@empa.ch) will be open until May 29, 2017. Please note that the Scientific Committee will take a decision on whether the paper is accepted or not. No further changes/reviews of the abstract will be requested. The authors will be notified for the acceptance of their abstracts until June 30, 2017. The deadline for the complete paper submission is scheduled for October 02, 2017. Any paper received after that date will not appear in the Proceedings.

 

Paper submission

Submission of accepted Papers

Authors will be informed until June 30, 2017 if the submitted abstract is accepted for either an oral presentation or for a poster. Both oral and poster presentations are requested to submit a paper following the authors' guidelines and using the paper template in MS Word format (Word-Template).

Send your paper as pdf file (size A4) and additionally in the original word processor format to . Include all figures, tables etc. in one file with a number of pages in the range of 5 – 15 pages in total (text, tables and figures). Please submit your full paper before October 02, 2017. Any paper received after that date will not appear in the Proceedings.

 

Oral Presentations

Please prepare your presentation in MS PowerPoint format and bring your file with you on a USB-stick Personal computers will not be used for presentations to avoid technical difficulties. Please provide your presentation as soon as possible but latest before your session starts. Assistants will help to upload your file to the presentation computer during a break before your session.

 

Poster Presentations

Posters shall be of size A0 (width: 841mm, height: 1189mm). Please note that your posters should be printed by yourself and should be brought to the conference by yourself.

 

Publication

All papers (oral and posters) will be published in electronic version on the TAP homepage after the conference.