Each abstract for the Twelfth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst™ must be submitted by July 19, 2010.

Each abstract must be written in English and should be a brief, concise summary of results; it is limited to one page and the contents should not have been published previously.

Abstracts should include names, titles, affiliations, and complete mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of each author and co-author.

Abstracts
Abstracts should summarize the main facts and conclusions to be presented at the conference. (An abstract does not simply list what will be discussed.) The family or last name of each author and co-author should be underlined. Please indicate the conference topic that best fits your paper, or indicate other. At the end of the abstract, please provide the name of the author who is expected to present the paper at the conference.

The Organizing Committee of the Twelfth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst™ will accept or reject papers based on the abstracts and will assign papers to appropriate sessions.

Notification of abstract acceptance and full format and submission instructions will be emailed to authors and co-authors, by August 1, 2010. The full manuscript must be received by October 1, 2010. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed and the reviewers’ comments will be returned to the author by November 15, 2010.

A final Camera-ready paper must be received by February 15, 2011 for publishing in the conference proceedings. If an acceptable camera-ready copy of the manuscript is not received, the paper will be removed from the proceedings. If the paper is not presented at the conference it will not be included in the proceedings.

We regret that scholarship or travel funds are not available for conference attendees.

Submission of Abstracts & Papers
Electronic submission of abstracts and papers is required. Please complete the abstract and submit to sinkholeconference2011@pela.com.

Please use the following guidelines in preparing your abstract to be published in the program/abstract brochure. The margin settings used for the abstract is:

Paper Format Information:

Length. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words on one printed page (U.S. 8.5X11 inches) and include all contact information for the authors, including e-mail addresses. The proposed topic area should be indicated from the list of conference topics published in this call for papers, or you may indicate “other”. To facilitate our work, authors outside the U.S. are requested to electronically format their abstracts and manuscripts to 8.5X11 inch size, (not A4).

Point size and font. Use 12 point type for text, captions, and author contact information. For type within figures or tables, the 12 point size is preferred. We recommend selecting a serif text font such as Times Roman. Italics, bold, and bold italics may be used; we recommend sticking to one “family” of typefaces. Arial types of font tend to convert improperly.

Please note that the following deadlines will be enforced:

July 13, 2010: Abstract due
August 1, 2010: Authors notified of abstract acceptance
October 1, 2010: Draft papers due.
November 15, 2010: Authors provided with review and comments
February 15, 2011: Final papers due.