Submission

Submissions should be made by authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system.

1. Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 200–300 words) online at the website provided until 21 November 2022.
2. The Conference Committee will notify authors of acceptance of their abstract by 30 November 2022.
3. If accepted, authors will be asked to submit their manuscript (short proceedings paper of 3-6 pages) before 10 January 2023. Authors of the accepted abstracts will be able to submit a poster, a slides presentation (in PDF) and/or a short video presentation (max. 3-5 minutes) as supporting material for the paper. Authors will be notified about the acceptance of their papers by 22 January 2023.
4. The manuscripts and presentations will be made available for discussions and ratings during the time of the conference, from 16 February to 2 March 2023.
5. All accepted proceedings papers will be published in one dedicated volume in the MDPI Proceedings journal Physical Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9984). The publication of proceedings papers is free of charge.
6. A conference Special Issue will be published in the open-access journal Universe (Impact Factor 2.813). Conference participants are encouraged to submit a full paper to the dedicated Special Issue. The extended papers should be prepared on the instructions for authors of Universe.

Proceedings Paper

Proceedings papers must be prepared in MS Word using the Physical Sciences Forum template (see below) and should be converted to a PDF format before submission. The manuscript should be at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references) in length and should not exceed 6 pages. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal website and ensure that your manuscript submission adheres to these guidelines.

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be organized as follows:

• Title;
• Full author names;
• Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
• Abstract;
• Keywords;
• Introduction;
• Methods;
• Results and Discussion;
• Conclusions;
• (Acknowledgements);
• References

2nd Electronic Conference on Universe Microsoft Word template file
For further enquiries, please contact us at ecu2023@mdpi.com.

Presentation Slides

Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation using PowerPoint or similar software, which will be made available online alongside the manuscript. Slides can be prepared in the same way as for any traditional conference. They should be converted to a PDF format before submission.

Video Presentations

Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. This is a unique way of presenting your paper and discussing it with peers from all over the world. Videos should be no longer than 3-5 minutes and should be uploaded in one of the following formats: .mp4 / .webm / .ogg (max size: 250Mb). Videos should be submitted with the full manuscript before 10 January 2023.

Posters

Posters will be made available on the conference website during and after the event. As is the case for papers presented at the conference, participants will be able to ask questions and comment on the posters. Posters can be presented without an accompanying proceedings paper. However, they will not be added to the proceedings of the conference. For detailed instructions on how to submit a poster, please contact us at ecu2023@mdpi.com.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

All authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. If no conflicts exist, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest." Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the "Acknowledgments" section.

Copyright

MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means that you can submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to the publisher with ease (if required).