PAPER GUIDELINES & DEADLINES


The Organizing Committee is open to new ideas and innovations in plastic piping, so please submit your title and abstract even if the subject matter is not covered on the list. Abstracts not accepted for oral presentation during the main program, may be considered for the poster gallery. If you only wish to be considered for the poster gallery, please request when submitting your abstract online. Some posters will be chosen for a 5 minute presentation during the main program. All approved abstracts will be published on the website and in the conference abstract book onsite. Full presentations will be published on the flash drive and distributed to the registered participants onsite.


Abstract, Authors:

Authors are advised to register for PPXIX Las Vegas when their Abstract is accepted. All presenters will receive the Early Bird registration discount. On receipt of a completed registration form and payment of fees the participant will be provided with a confirmation email. Please contact the conference organizer for any further services needed.


Deadlines:

All submissions must be made in the English language.

All submissions must be received by 15th November 2017 in order to be included in the selection process.

Authors will be notified about the presentations selected for the Conference by 15th December 2017

Authors are obliged to send this signed Presentation Acceptance form and their short bio until 5th January 2018 to ppxix@evacon.hu address.

Draft 1st paper submission deadline is by 1st June, 2018.

Revision of notifications on 1st draft papers deadline is by 20th June, 2018.

Full Papers for the flash drive  must be submitted to the session moderator directly and also copy it to Evacon Ltd by 10th July 2018 using the conference template and must follow the conference guidelines (see Guidelines for Authors).

Draft PowerPoint Presentations submitting deadline to the session moderator and to Evacon Ltd is by 15th August 2018 using the PowerPoint template and must follow the conference guidelines.

Onsite PowerPoint Presentations must be submitted to the session moderator directly and also copy it to Evacon Ltd by 30th August 2018 using the PowerPoint template and must follow the conference guidelines.


How to apply:

The abstract submission form available on the conference website (www.ppxix.com) and must be used for all submissions in order to be considered by the Organizing Committee. Presentations at the Conference will be in a PowerPoint format. Please send your abstract in 2800 characters through the online submission form including title of your paper, authors name, company name, email address.

You are kindly requested to enclose your biography in .doc and a clear photograph (head and shoulders) in .jpeg format (600 dpi) until the above deadline.


Please regard that, the followings are not allowed to include in the submitted abstract:

      Commercialism

      Product name (One mention in the body of the paper text or the charts is acceptable)    

     Company name (One mention on the abstract by the author’s name, not in the text and one mention in the body of the paper text or the charts is acceptable)

Company logo only (Acceptable on the first slide of the presentation)

Representative titles

Comparisons of plastic materials  is not allowed only exception is within product families (e.g. PP-R, PP-B, PP-H) or to traditional materials

Technical Merit (It is not acceptable to copy and paste a company brochure)


Authors are obliged to send their short bio until 5th JANUARY 2018 to ppxix@evacon.hu address.


Click here to download the Abstract Submission Instructions


Click here to download the Author Guidelines for Abstract Submission


The following documents are necessary for every type of presenters:

Presentation Acceptance Form

Manuscript Template

Author Guidelines - Conference Paper Preparation (for flash drive only) 


Power Point Presentation Template


Speaker instructions for ORAL presentations:

Notes for the authors of paper accepted for oral presentation


Speaker instructions for 5-MIN POSTER presentation (during main program):


Notes for the authors of paper accepted for poster presentation

Please regard all poster sizes should be under 45” X 90” in U.S. measures.

Speaker instructions for POSTER Gallery:

Author guidelines Poster preparation

Please regard all poster sizes should be under 45” X 90” in U.S. measures.

In case of any question please contact:


Conference organizer: 

Eva Ori – Evacon Ltd.

H-1136. Budapest, Tátra Str.34.

Telephone: +36-30-9514-480

Email: eva@evacon.hu 


PPXIX Conference Chair:

Sarah Patterson – Plastics Pipe Institute

105 Decker Court, Suite 825

Irving, Texas 75062

Telephone: +1-469-499-1051

Email: spatterson@plasticpipe.org 


PPXIX Conference Co-Chair/ Technical Program Chair:

Zoran Davidovski – Pipelife International Gmbh

A-1100 Wienerberger Str 11, Wien

Telephone: +43-664-524-8561

Email: zoran.davidovski@pipelife.com 


PPXIX Conference Co-Chair Exhibition:

Steve Sandstrum – Borealis

176 Thomas Road

Port Murray, NJ 07865

Telephone: +1-908-798-9752

Email: steven.sandstrum@borealisgroup.com
 



Conference website: www.ppxix.com