Writing a Full Paper

The RCM 2008 full paper submission system opened for the submission of full papers on Friday, 7 March 2008. Full papers had to be submitted by Friday, 18 April 2008. Use of the RCM 2008 template was mandatory and only full papers following the instructions provided below were considered.

The maximum 6 page, 2 column, full paper had to be submitted using the Full Paper Template.

Full Paper Template

RCM 2008 Copyright Agreement

Copyright Form

This agreement relates to all the material published concerning RCM 2008 such as, but not limited to, the conference proceedings, presentation slides or other electronic forms. Please note that part or all of the conference may be filmed for www.iet.tv

In submitting a paper to RCM 2008 the authors assign to The Institution of Engineering and Technology copyright ownership of the submitted work, this assignment to be effective as of the day of registration of the material at RCM 2008. The copyright form must be signed by one of the authors.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology 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 Institution of Engineering and Technology 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:

RCM 2008 Organisers
The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Event Services
Michael Faraday House
Six Hills Way
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 2AY
UK

Fax: +44(0) 1438 765659
email: eventsa3@theiet.org

Please contact the organisers at your earliest convenience if you are unable to assign copyright to the Institution of Engineering and Technology, or do not wish to be filmed.

Oral Presentation Guidelines

Each author presenting a paper should also submit PowerPoint slides (in MS PowerPoint 2000 or XP) by Wednesday, 4 June 2008 to eventsa3@theiet.org . Authors are asked to include their unique paper number with their email. The slides will be loaded onto the lecture theatre computer prior to the relevant session. This will save you time and aid the smooth running of your talk on the day. Delegates should bring a copy of their slides on a memory stick with them to the conference as a back up.

Visual Aids

For RCM 2008, we will only permit the use of PowerPoint presentations. If you have any further requirements please contact the Event Organisers at eventsa1@theiet.org prior to the conference to ensure that there are facilities in place to support your presentation.

Please note that the laptops within the lecture theatres are installed with the following software: Windows 2000/XP and PowerPoint 2000. The IET cannot be held responsible if authors arrive at the time of presentation with an incompatible presentation. Please contact the event organisers as soon as possible with any queries regarding audio-visual aids.

Useful Presentation Tips

Do not put too much information on visual aids:

• A maximum of six or seven lines including the title (not more than 20 words).
• Avoid abbreviations, mathematics and tables of results (graphs or histograms are much better).
• Lettering should be lowercase, medium or bold and at least
  “this size” (Arial 22)
• NEVER USE - computer printouts, photocopied pages of books, hand-drawn transparencies
• Keep diagrams as simple as possible

Downloads

Please find below useful downloads for authors:

Abstract Template
Full Paper Template
Copyright Form
Copyright Form

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