Conference papers must be prepared using the Proceedings template (word template here and latex template here), and following this organization:

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

Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and converted to PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should be at least four pages (including figures, tables, and references). There is no page limit on the length, although authors are requested to keep their papers as concise as possible.

Please carefully read the rules outlined in the Instructions for Authors on the journal website and ensure that your manuscript submission adheres to these guidelines.

Microsoft Word

Authors must use the Microsoft Word template to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose on the text and make the layout very difficult.

LaTeX

Manuscripts prepared in LaTeX must be collated into one ZIP folder (include all source files and images, so that the Conference Secretariat can recompile the submitted PDF). When preparing manuscripts in LaTeX, please use the LaTeX template file.

Presentation slides

Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint (or similar) to be displayed online along with the manuscript. Slides can be prepared the same way as for any traditional conference. They should be converted to PDF format before submission.

Video Presentations

Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. Videos will be available at Sciforum. The video should be no longer than 10 minutes and be prepared in one of the following formats:

• .MOV
• .MPEG4
• .MP4
• .AVI
• .WMV
• .MPEG-PS
• .FLV

Posters

Posters will be available on this conference website during and after the event. Like papers presented on the conference, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters can be presented without an accompanying proceedings paper and will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. 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 iecbm2020@mdpi.com.

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 there are no conflicts, please state “The authors declare no conflicts of interest”. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the “Acknowledgments” section.

MDPI, the owner 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 Communications paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper but grant MDPI the nonexclusive right to publish this paper online via the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to that publisher (if required by the publisher).