Accepted Author Guideline

ONLINE SUBMISSION

Author's Information Update is available.(July 31, 2012)

IMPORTANT DATE

Notification of Paper Acceptance* Friday, July 20, 2012
Confirmation due for participation in ISSM Friday, July 27, 2012
Speaker Registration Due (All speaker including interactive poster session required) Friday, August 24, 2012
Final paper for distribution / Presentation File for distribution due (Both data must be submitted in PDF format) Friday, September 7, 2012
Copyright Form due Friday, September 7, 2012
Final Presentation data due Tuesday, October 9, 2012
ISSM 2012 Monday, October 15-Wednesday October 17, 2012

* To confirm the result of acceptance:
Visit https://www.semiconductorportal.com/issm/result.cfm with using your ID and password which were informed to you at your abstract submission. The result of abstract selection will be available on July 20, 2012.

1. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The official language of ISSM 2012 is English.
The translation service will not be provided.

2. PRESENTATION LENGTH

1) FOR ORAL SESSION AUTHORS
The total presentation length is 20 minutes including 15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions and answers. There will be author's interview period scheduled after the session of the presentation.
The presentation material of the oral session authors is limited to TEN slides at maximum including one cover sheet.

2) FOR INTERACTIVE POSTER SESSION AUTHORS
ISSM "Interactive Poster Session" combines the regular poster session with 3-minute presentation to the entire audience. There will be "NO" question & answer period for the 3-minute talk. The presentation material of the interactive session authors is limited to FOUR slides at maximum including one cover sheet.

3. PROGRAM SCHEDULE

The detail program schedule will be available by middle of August.
http://www.semiconportal.com/issm/program.html

Outline of ISSM 2012 (tentative)

Monday, October 15 Morning Opening/Keynote session
Afternoon Oral session
Interactive/ Poster session
Networking session
Evening ISSM reception
Tuesday, October 16 Morning Keynote session
Afternoon Oral session
Interactive/ Poster session
Wednesday, October 17 Morning Keynote session
Afternoon Oral session

4. INFORMATION CHANGE

All authors are requested to update the information on the title of presentation, speaker, and contact at the ISSM website with using your ID and password which were informed to you at your submission of abstract. In case that you miss you ID and password, contact ISSM 2012 Japan Office at issm_2012@semiconportal.com

5. SPEAKER REGISTRATION DUE - Friday, August 24, 2012

Both Oral and Poster authors are required to register and are kindly asked to do so by August 24.
Registration details and link to the online registration site can be found at
- Speaker Registration
- 日本国内の方で銀行振込をご希望の方

6. FINAL PAPER DUE - Friday, September 7, 2012

Final paper word template
Both oral speaker and interactive poster speaker are requested to submit the final paper.
Please plan to submit your final paper, formatted to IEEE specifications, by September 7.
Each paper must be no longer than four pages (A4 size) using "ISSM Final paper word template " and submitted in PDF format.

Please have your paper proofread by several people before you submit it.
Once your paper is proofread and all information is correct, please upload your paper in PDF format at the ISSM website with using your ID and password. In case the file is in excess of 2MB, it needs to be compressed into a ZIP file.

Author Biography - Please include a brief one-paragraph author biography at the end of the paper. This will allow the session chairs to properly introduce you, before you give your presentation.

7. Presentation FILE FOR CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS DUE - Friday, September 7, 2012

Powerpoint presentation template (need to convert into PDF file to submit)
Both oral speakers and interactive speakers are requested to submit presentation data.
Presentation for distribution will be included in the Conference Proceedings. The presentation data is requested to use "ISSM Presentation template " and submitted in PDF format.

For Oral speaker : maximum 10 pages
For Interactive poster speaker : maximum 4 pages
In case the file is in excess of 2MB, it needs to be compressed into a ZIP file.
Make sure that your presentation data for the conference proceedings will not contain any proprietary information.
Authors may want to add some slides for actual presentation data which is due on October 9.

8. COPY RIGHT FORM DUE - Friday, September 7, 2012

Copyright form
Both oral speaker and interactive speaker are requested to submit
Click here to download the copyright form.
Print out Copyright form , fill in a blank, and submit in PDF format through website. In case you have any problem on file conversion, fax to +81-3560-3566.

Please return by September 7, 2012.

9. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION DUE - Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Powerpoint presentation template
Both oral speaker and interactive speaker are requested to submit
To ensure that all presentations are visually consistent, click here for PowerPoint template. Your presentation must be received by October 9. Once it has been proofread, please upload your presentation material at the ISSM website with using your password and ID same as submission of the paper.
Our online submission system for final paper and presentation materials accepts only for the electronic data files up to 2MB each. If your final paper or presentation material size is over 2MB, please compress your file into zip file. If your final paper or presentation material size is over 2MB, please compress your file into zip file.
All speakers are requested to use the template
For Oral speaker : maximum 10pages
For Interactive poster speaker : maximum 4pages
Even if the actual presentation is the same as the presentation for ISSM Proceedings, still all authors are requested to submit the final presentation materials.

10. POSTER GUIDELINE FOR INTERACTIVE SESSION AUTHORS

Click here for the detail for poster of interactive sessions.

For further questions, please contact ISSM Japan Office at Semiconductor Portal: +81-3-3560-3565 or email issm_2012@semiconportal.com