PROGRAM DEADLINES:

1.         Submission of paper proposals - August 18, 2006

2. Notification of acceptance/rejection of paper proposals and

            instructions for paper preparation for inclusion 

            in the proceedings - September 30, 2006

3.         Initial manuscript received by proceedings chair - November 2006

4.         Speaker letter of instructions mailed - December 2006

5.         Session organizer/moderator letter mailed - December 2006

6.         Final camera-ready manuscript received by

            Publications committee and registration paid

            for the conference - August 1, 2007

7.         Advance registration and program mailed - June 15, 2007

8.         Conference proceedings distributed - September 15-19, 2007

ADDITIONAL NOTES TO AUTHORS:

1.         The published CD ROM of the conference symposium papers will be distributed at the conference.

2.         Instructions for preparing manuscripts in electronic format will be issued with acceptance notification.  Authors will be asked to provide a draft to be reviewed for gross errors and overall completeness and then return for corrections. The review is not to be considered a technical peer review for journal publication purposes.

3.         After acceptance of the paper the author will be required to provide the paper in electronic format to the Proceedings Chair. You’ll find an MS Word template and author guide instructions on the web at:

                    http://www.asabe.org/pubs/templates/confproceeding2007.doc

            The template will automatically format the document and help speed processing time at Headquarters. At a minimum, it would be helpful if you would fill in the table at the beginning of the template and complete the cover page.

            Authors are encouraged to submit their papers for possible publication in a peer-reviewed journal such as Transactions of the ASABE, Applied Engineering in Agriculture and Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health. For further information, contact the ASABE Publications Department.

4.         Eight single-spaced pages is the limit for all papers.

5.         Conference registration fee will be due with final paper submission.

6.         The official language of the symposium will be English.

7.         A visa and passport may be required of international presenters to facilitate travel. To request a visa travel document visit

                               http://www.asabe.org/meetings/visa/visa.cfm