Guidelines / Submission of Abstracts/Papers
Abstract
Submission Deadline: 20 September 2010
A soft copy of the abstract of not more than 400 words should be submitted to the panel organizer whose contact details are provided with each panel write-up. It should clearly state the title, theme, objectives, sources of data, and major expected findings. The abstract should be in a narrative format and not in bullet points. References cited should be complete and given in a standardized manner as given in the author’s guidelines available on the Conference website. It should include the author’s full name, a brief bionote of the author/s of no more than 30 words, complete contact address (email as well as postal), telephone and fax numbers. The bionote should be inserted with a footnote on the first page using an asterisk (*).
Example of an Author’s Bionote: Dr. Rubina Ahmad is a professor at the Department of Sociology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. She is an author and gender activist, and has worked with various UN and international organizations on gender issues.
A screening committee will review the abstracts. The approved abstracts shall be posted electronically on the SDPI’s SDC website: www.sdpi.org
Paper
Submission Deadline: 20 September 2010
The paper should be concise not exceeding a maximum of 8,000 words, approximately 25 type-written pages (1.5 line spacing, 12 font size, Times New Roman font), including all tables, figures and standardized references as given below.
An abstract of 150 words should be provided at the beginning of the paper. The paper should include the author’s full name, a brief bionote as author of no more than 30 words, complete contact address (email as well as postal), telephone and fax numbers.
Speakers are requested to follow a standardized reference style available at the Conference website  .
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