2013 Water for Mega Cities  Conference - Challenges and Solutions
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Abstracts submission deadline April 1, 2013

Abstract Submission: Abstracts are being sought for Conference oral presentations and panels (see list of topics). English is the official language for both abstracts and presentations. ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED VIA THE AWRA WEB SITE ON OR BEFORE April 1, 2013. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee for originality, technical merit, currency, and relevance to the Conference topics. If your abstract is accepted, you will be given the opportunity to publish a short paper in the Conference Proceedings (see below for more information)

Notification of Acceptance/Placement: Acceptance notification will be made via email to the corresponding author by April 19, 2013. It will also notify the corresponding author that A PROCEEDINGS PAPER OR ABSTRACT IS REQUIRED ONLINE BY JULY 1, 2013 for review.

Conference Proceedings: A proceedings of conference papers (maximum 6 pages) will be produced and made available on the AWRA website. Proceedings papers will be reviewed by the Technical Committee. The corresponding author will be notified for any corrections needed for publication. CORRECTED proceedings papers or abstracts will be due July 26, 2013.

Post-Conference Publication: Authors of selected papers may be invited to submit their papers to be considered for publication in a special issue of Journal of American Water Resources Association (SCI indexed journal). All papers will be peer-reviewed according to JAWRA publication requirements. This task will be carried out by Publishing Committee Chairs/Guest Editors. For more information on the Journal go to:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1752-1688/homepage/ProductInformation.html.

Cancellation Policy: Late cancellations and failures to give scheduled presentations are disruptive and leave gaps in the program that are distracting to all attendees. Before submitting an abstract, authors should be confident that they will attend the meeting and make the presentation or find a replacement. If cancellation is unavoidable, the presenter should notify Patricia Reid at pat@awra.org by AUGUST 26, 2013 otherwise a fee will be charged. Late cancellation fees may be waived on a case by case basis by contacting Patricia Reid.

Before submitting your abstract, please have all the following information with you:

  1. Name, title, affiliation, full mailing address, email address, phone and fax numbers of the main contact and the presenting author.
  2. Name, affiliation and email address of co-authors.
  3. Type of presentation (oral, special pre-arranged session or panel)
  4. Abstract Title (please try to limit to 10 to 15 words).
  5. Abstract (350 words or less) NO GRAPHICS