Abstracts
Abstracts will appear by track and topic, and will contain the following fields: paper number, paper title, contact author name, and geographic ID. The geographic ID will allow you to sort abstracts submitted from a given section of the world: the Americas, Asia/Pacific, and Europe/Africa.
Abstract listings are divided into five parts: abstracts
awaiting acceptance, abstracts accepted awaiting session assignment, abstracts
accepted and assigned to session, abstracts rejected, abstracts withdrawn
author requests reinstatement, abstracts withdrawn no request reinstate
and abstracts removed. You can expand all sections by choosing Expand
All from the top of the screen. To close all sections, choose Collapse
All. You can expand/collapse an individual section by clicking on
the plus/minus (+/-) sign next to each section heading.
Accepts the abstract and invites the author to submit a draft for technical review
Click on a paper number to access the Paper Detail page.
Choose Accept to accept the abstract.
Rejects the abstract and advises the author his/her content is not suitable for the conference
Click on a paper number to access the Paper Detail page.
Choose Reject to reject
the abstract.
Removes the abstract from the conference; used for duplicate abstracts, dummy abstracts, etc.
Click on a paper number to access the Paper Detail page.
Choose Remove to remove
the abstract and fill in the reason form removal in the comments box.
Moves the abstract from your track/topic to another track/topic
Click on a paper number to access the Paper Detail page.
Choose Re-Assign Abstract
to re-assign the abstract.
NOTE: Once a selection is made, you will return to the paper listing. As you review each abstract and accept or reject, the paper record will automatically be removed from this view of the listing and be included in another listing: accepted abstracts drop to the accepted, awaiting session assignment list, rejected to the rejected list, etc.
Assigns the accepted abstract to a session
Select a session from the pull-down menu where you’d like the abstract assigned. You can assign one abstract at a time, or assign all abstracts to multiple sessions simultaneously.
Choose Assign Paper to Session to assign the abstract(s).
You can also assign an abstract to a session by clicking on the paper number on the Assign Paper to Session page.
Click on a paper number to access the Paper Detail page.
Choose Assign to Session to assign an abstract to a session.
NOTE: Once a selection
is made, you will return to the paper listing. As you review each abstract
and accept or reject it, the paper record will automatically be removed
from this view of the listing and be included in another listing: assigned
abstracts will drop to the awaiting session assignment list, rejected
abstracts will drop to the rejected abstract list.
Toolbar Location: Organize > Papers > Paper Status
Allows you to update the paper type and/or paper order of the abstract submitted.
Choose the appropriate track and session.
Click on the paper number.
Click on the "Update Paper" link on the detail window.
Choose the new paper type from the pull-down menu and click on the "Update Paper" button.
NOTE: If you are unsure of what the paper types are please review the definitions of each type.
Toolbar Location: Organize > Papers > Paper Status
Allows you to update the presentation order in which the papers will be presented at the conference.
Choose the appropriate track and session.
Click on the "Assign Paper Order" link in the upper right corner.
The page will display the paper number and title.
Choose the proper order from the pull-down menu and click on the "Update Paper Order" button.
Provides a “read-only” view of all abstracts
Abstracts will appear by track and topic, and will contain the following fields: Paper number, paper title, contact author name, and geographic ID. The geographic ID will allow you to sort abstracts submitted from a given section of the world: The Americas, Asia/Pacific, and Europe/Africa.
Abstract listings are divided into four parts: Abstracts awaiting acceptance, abstracts accepted awaiting session assignment, abstracts accepted and assigned to session. You can expand all sections by choosing Expand All from the top of the screen. To close all sections, choose Collapse All. You can expand/collapse an individual section by clicking on the plus/minus (+/-) sign next to each section heading.
Click on a paper number to access the Paper Detail to access abstract information and status.