Abstract Submission Guidelines for Authors and Presenters
Present your research at SPIE Security + Defence Follow these instructions to develop a successful abstract and accompanying manuscript for the conference and for publication in the Proceedings of SPIE in the SPIE Digital Library.
Abstracts Due Extended
28 April 2021
Author Notification
24 May 2021
Manuscripts Due
16 August 2021
How to submit an abstract
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Go to the conferences page (link below), browse the conference topics and choose one that most closely matches the topics of the work you wish to present. Click "Submit an Abstract" from within that conference, and you'll be prompted to sign in to your spie.org account to complete the submission wizard.
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Browse the conference programme and select conference(s) that most closely matches the topics for your area of research. Important: each abstract may be submitted to one conference only.
What you will need to submit
A completed electronic submission should include the following:
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Title
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Author(s) information
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500-word abstract for technical review
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300-word summary for the program
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Keywords used in search for your paper (optional)
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Your decision on publishing your presentation recording to the SPIE Digital Library
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Some conferences may indicate additional requirements in the Call for Papers
Note: Only original material should be submitted. Commercial papers, papers with no new research/development content, and papers with proprietary restrictions will not be accepted for presentation.
Submission agreement
Presenting authors, including keynote, invited, oral, and poster presenters, agree to the following conditions by submitting an abstract. An author or coauthor will:
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Register and attend the meeting.
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Present as scheduled.
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Publish a 4-page minimum in Proceedings of SPIE in the SPIE Digital Library.
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Obtain funding for registration fees, travel, and accommodations, independent of SPIE, through their sponsoring organizations.
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Ensure that all clearances, including government and company clearance, have been obtained to present and publish. If you are a DoD contractor in the USA, allow at least 60 days for clearance.
Acceptance Notification sent to Contact Author - new date
18 June 2021
Manuscripts Due - new date
18 August 2021
Review and program placement
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To ensure a high-quality conference, all submissions will be assessed by the Conference Chair/Editor for technical merit and suitability of content.
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Conference Chairs/Editors reserve the right to reject for presentation any paper that does not meet content or presentation expectations.
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Final placement in an speaker or poster session is subject to the Chairs' discretion.
Publication of Proceedings in the SPIE Digital Library
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Conference Chairs/Editors may require manuscript revision before approving publication and reserve the right to reject for publication any paper that does not meet acceptable standards for a scientific publication.
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Conference Chair/Editor decisions on whether to allow publication of a manuscript are final.
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Authors must be authorized to transfer copyright of the manuscript to SPIE, or they must provide a suitable publication license.
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Only papers presented at the conference and received according to publication guidelines and timelines will be published in the conference Proceedings of SPIE in the SPIE Digital Library.
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Oral presentations are recorded, and the slides are synced with the presenter's audio. Only those with author permission will be published in the SPIE Digital Library.
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SPIE partners with relevant scientific databases to enable researchers to find the papers in the Proceedings of SPIE easily. The databases that abstract and index these papers include Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Ei Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
