Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries - AHT2012

Author information

Submit your full paper via the online submission system.

The submission process

The submission system is now open; however you may find the information below useful in preparing your submission.

Submitting a full paper

To submit your full paper you will need to re-enter the on-line submission system. Please check very carefully that all the information you have provided is correct. Here is a summary of what you should have provided:

• Click on the number of the paper you wish to submit
• Check the title is still correct
• Check your paper is no less than three, no more than six pages long
• Browse to upload your pdf camera-ready file. Please do not page number your file. Please contact Jim Lucas if the PDF format presents difficulties
• Ensure a biography of the presenting author is entered
• Ensure all authors are listed on the final page. Again using lower case letters except for the first letter of each name
• Ensure affiliations are correct. This is for the organisation you represent, eg London Power Associates Ltd and not professional affiliation e.g. The Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Click finish to complete. You will receive a confirmation email

The full paper submission system will be open for the submission of full papers from Tuesday 1 May 2012. Full Papers must be submitted by Tuesday 10 July 2012 or they will be withdrawn from the conference. Use of the full paper template is mandatory and only full papers following the instructions provided below will be considered. Please leave enough time when writing your paper for your company or employers approval/review if this required as extra time for this process cannot be granted.

Accepted papers

Each paper must have at least one author registered by Tuesday 10 July 2012, to avoid the paper being withdrawn from the conference proceedings. Author’s presenting two or more papers must pay the additional paper fee. The author must be present at the conference to present the submission either orally or by poster presentation.

You are reminded that The IET or other associated societies cannot meet any travelling or subsistence expenses for authors, either prior to or during the conference.

Download a full paper template (Word document)

Processing and publication of personal data

The personal information we receive from delegates will also be required after the conference. This is in order to render an account of the conclusions arrived at during the conference, for statistical purposes, and for the dispatch of information on relevant conferences in the future.

Personal data will be stored by The IET for future mailings and information on forthcoming conferences. Personal data may also, in certain cases, be released to other companies participating in the conference for the distribution of information and offers directly from them.

AHT 2012 copyright agreement

Copyright form (Word document)

Copyright form (PDF document)

This agreement relates to all the material published concerning AHT 2012 such as, but not limited to, conference proceedings, presentation slides or other electronic forms. Please note that part or all of the conference may be filmed for IET.tv.

In submitting a paper to AHT 2012 the authors assign to The IET copyright ownership of the submitted work, this assignment to be effective as of the day of registration of the material at AHT 2012. The copyright form must be signed by one of the authors.

The IET shall have the right to register copyright to the article in its name as claimant, whether separately or as part of another medium in which such work is included. Also, The IET shall have the right to grant reprint permission to third parties and to receive reasonable royalties in such instances.

If a copyright form is not received copyright will be assigned to the corresponding author’s affiliation.

Authors reserve the following rights

• The right to use all or portions of the submitted article in future works of their own
• All proprietary rights, such as patent right

Copyright forms should be emailed, faxed or posted to:

AHT 2012 Organisers
The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Event Services
Michael Faraday House
Six Hills Way
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 2AY
UK
Fax: +44(0) 1438 765 659
Email: jlucas@theiet.org

Please contact the organisers at your earliest convenience if you are unable to assign copyright to The IET, or do not wish to be filmed.

Presentation information

Oral presentation authors only

Each author presenting an oral paper will be asked to submit PowerPoint slides (in MS) in advance of the conference. Authors will be asked to submit this via email to Jim Lucas by Friday 2 September. The slides will be loaded onto the lecture theatre computer prior to the relevant session. Delegates should bring a copy of their slides on CD/memory stick with them to the conference as a back-up.

• Please submit your PowerPoint slides by no later than Friday 02 September 2012
• Presentations should last no longer than 15 minutes as we allow two minutes per presentation for questions from the audience
• Please submit your PowerPoint slide file via email to Jim Lucas
• Delegates should bring a copy of their slides on a memory stick with them to the conference as a back up

Poster presentation authors only

Poster template (PDF document)

In addition to your written paper included in the conference publication, the poster session is your opportunity to present your work directly to other registrants and to discuss it with them. It is a particularly useful format for small group discussion and debate.

Try to attract the registrants to your poster. Unless they come to it, you cannot expect to have a discussion with them. The display should therefore be visually appealing and should contain the essence of your paper in a form that is easy to understand.

Your display should consist chiefly of keywords, diagrams, photographs, etc. Colour photographs are particularly attractive in a poster display. Diagrams and graphs should have clear captions. All lettering should be easy to read. Handwritten text or diagrams are not recommended. All graphs and diagrams should be drawn with thick lines (preferably 1mm or more in width). Use colour to emphasise important features.

The poster display is important. You are recommended to take as much trouble with it as you did in preparing your written paper.

Your display

You should clearly display the following information on your poster board:

• The title of your paper
• The authors’ names and their affiliations
• Your usual contact details (e.g. an email address) to allow delegates to follow up discussion.

Display board

Display board sizes are A0.