The Call for Abstracts is now closed.
Key Dates
| Abstract Submission Open: | Monday 24 August 2009 |
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| Abstract Submissions Close: | Wednesday 16 December 2009 |
| Notification of Abstract Submission: | Friday 4 December 2009 |
Abstract Themes:
The Conference will address the following themes and we welcome abstracts which explore the concepts embraced under these themes.
- Resources
- Agriculture including wine, grains, wheat
- Aquaculture
- Political Fads and Law
- Specialised Parks including technology and marine parks
- Tourism
- Listed property trusts
- Population growth and carrying capacity (density)
Other Themes
The Program Committee welcomes abstracts that may not fall into the themes above and for the author to nominate another theme to be included into the program.
Presentation Length
- Oral presentations will be 25 minutes plus 5 minutes question time (30 minutes in total)
Guidelines
- All presenting authors must register and pay to attend the Conference. All authors must attend at least the full day of their presentation and preferably the full Conference
- The presenting authors name should be underlined and all author affiliations should be included.
- Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words.
- Abstracts should be submitted in 12 point Arial font.
- The abstract must be single-spaced and a clear line between paragraphs.
- Abstracts should be text only. Graphics, pictures or graphs should not be submitted.
- Abstracts must be free of typographical and grammatical errors.
- Submission of abstracts implies the author’s agreement to publish the abstract in the final Conference program and any other publications associated with the Conference including the Web Site.
- Successful abstracts must be presented by the author/s
- Acceptance of abstracts does not imply any payment from the Conference Committee. Authors must arrange and pay their own accommodation, travel etc. to attend the conference, unless otherwise stated.
- Acceptance or otherwise is at the discretion of the Conference Program Committee whose decision is final.
- All abstracts must be submitted by Monday 30 November 2009
Preparation and Layout
In formatting your submission the maximum 250 word abstract should be submitted in the manner stated above.
Abstracts should comprise of the following elements with each element beginning a new paragraph.
- Title
- Authors
- Organisation/Affiliation including state and country
- Abstract text
Abstract Template Download
The abstracts must contain sufficient information, so that if it is published, it will be a complete report independent of presentation.
The text should not contain statements alluding to results or conclusions not presented in the text.
Abbreviations: standard abbreviations may be used for common terms only. Uncommon terms, the abbreviations should be given in brackets after the first full use of the word.
Special Characters: To avoid character corruption any special characters should be entered using either Times New Roman or Symbol font
