Abstracts
Meeting attendees can submit, view, and search abstracts on the BIW08 area of JACoW. See Submission Guidelines and Accessing the JACoW Database for submission instructions.
All speakers and poster presenters must submit a manuscript for publication in the proceedings; see Author Information for manuscript preparation and submission guidelines.
Please note: The Program Committee uses submitted abstracts to make decisions on oral and poster presentations and to create the scientific program. Invited speakers, as well as tutorial and Faraday Cup Award presenters, are also asked to submit abstracts for inclusion in the program book. This will assist attendees in selecting their daily program.
Important Deadlines
Abstract submissions: February 29, 2008
Manuscript submissions: May 2, 2008
Submission Guidelines
- The abstract should be a concise one-paragraph summary of the major points of your research in 1200 characters (about 250 words).
- The abstract system accepts only plain ASCII text; no subscripts and superscripts, special math symbol, characters not found in American English, etc. (This refers to abstracts. Your eventual manuscript will be fully formatted, preferably in Word although LaTeX will be accepted if necessary.)
- The abstract should be entered as one continuous paragraph—no carriage returns.
- Equations are usually not appropriate for abstracts.
- The “auspices” (acknowledgement of funding) should not exceed 200 characters.
- Footnotes, if used in the abstract, should also be limited to 200 characters. Put each one on a line of its own by using a carriage return.
- After submission, the next window will allow you to designate the co-authors; the primary or “corresponding” author; and the presenting author. By default, the person who submits the abstract is assumed to be both the corresponding author and the presenter. Be sure to enter all co-author names so that they will appear in the index.
- You may log in and change your abstract and the related information (such as author lists) at any time until the end of February. Then we will close the abstract database and begin our committee work.
- Please upload only materials that are cleared for release—no classified documents (even at the "sensitive" or "for official use only" levels) or corporate-confidential materials.
Instructions for authors submitting manuscripts, posters, or preparing oral presentations are available on the Author Information Web page.
Accessing the JACoW Abstract Submission Database
- Log in to the BIW08 JACoW database to submit and manage abstracts.
- If you do not have a JACoW account, you can create one at that same link. The same account will be used later for submittal of your manuscript.
- During the submission process, you will be asked to categorize your abstract by subject matter and to express a preference for oral or poster presentation.
- The deadline for abstracts is February 29. The Committee may consider post-deadline abstracts under special circumstances, such as breaking news or important technical results that were not available at the deadline. These items might be announced on the Web site or at the conference itself rather than in the abstract book. This should be considered an extraordinary rather than a mainstream means of entry into the program.