Submissions should be made by authors online by registering with https://ieca2021.sciforum.net/, and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system.
- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 200–300 words) online on this website until 30 September 2021.
- The Conference Committee will notify the acceptance of the abstract by 11 October 2021.
- In case of acceptance, the author will be asked to submit a copy of their abstract (in Word, please follow the template attached) and a presentation in one of the following formats: poster presentation in PDF, or slides presentation in PDF or as a short video (max. 5 minutes) before 10 November 2021. Authors will receive a notification about the acceptance of their presentations by 20 November 2021.
- The abstracts and presentations will be available on sciforum.net for discussion and rating during the time of the conference, from 29 November to 13 December 2021.
- The open access journal Animals (Impact Factor 2.752) will publish a conference Special Issue. Conference participants are encouraged to submit a full paper to the dedicated Special Issue and will receive a 30% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC), in case their paper is accepted for publication after peer-review.
Authors can prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with their abstracts. Slides can be prepared the same way as for any traditional conference, avoiding to include any elements with copyright issues. They should be converted to PDF format before submission, and be submitted along with a copy of the accepted abstract by 10 November 2021.
Authors are also encouraged to submit a video of their slides presentations. This is an unique way of presenting your work and discussing it with peers from all over the world. The video should be no longer than 5 minutes, avoiding to include any elements with copyright issues, and be prepared in one of the following formats: .mp4 / .webm / .ogg (max size: 250Mb). Videos should be submitted with a copy of the accepted abstract by 10 November 2021.
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 to this conference, you retain the copyright of your work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish it online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your work to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).
Abstracts prepared in Microsoft Word must be converted into a single file before submission.
- Abstract_Template.docx