- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstracts (from about 200 to 300 words) online on this website until 1 September 2023 10th November 2023 .
- After submission, your abstracts will be assessed. You will be notified by 30 September 2023 10th December 2023 in a separate email about whether your contribution has been accepted for a poster presentation or an oral presentation via the platform Zoom.
- During the duration of the conference, a number of live online sessions will be programmed. The live-streaming platform we are using is Zoom. During each session, the participants will have the possibility to ask questions during a Q&A session. Detailed information about the topics and dates will be shared soon.
- All abstracts accepted for presentation will be collected in a book of abstracts, which will be published on the website after the conference.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
If the abstract is accepted for a poster presentation, the author will be invited to submit a poster presentation file (PDF). The slot for the poster presentation is 5 mins.
Please prepare the Poster referring to the following items:
· Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
· File format: PDF (.pdf).
· Size in pixel: 1,080 width x 1,536 height–portrait orientation.
· Size in cm: 38.1 width x 54.2 height–portrait orientation.
· Font size: ≥16.
You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
Oral Presentations:
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We would advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 10-12 mins to leave at least 3 mins for the Q&A.
Detailed Requirements of Author
1. Please note the submitting author will receive all correspondence about the abstract. Thus, the submitting author’s details should be the same as those of the presenting author.
2. The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
3. The presenting author must be listed as the first author. If you are considered for the journal Plants, the author positions can be changed.
Publication Opportunities
Participants of this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to our Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Plant Sciences" in the journal Plants (ISSN: 2223-7747, IF 4.5) with a 10% discount on the APC.
If this is the case, the authors are asked to disclose that their work as an extended version of the IECPS 2024 abstract in their cover letter. Expanded and high-quality papers from the conference can be articles if they fulfill the following requirements:
(1) All submitted papers will undergo MDPI standard peer-review procedure. Accepted papers will be published in the open-access format in Plants and collated on the Special Issue website.
(2) The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.