Twenty-first Annual Meeting
Organic Matter Down Under
Sydney, Australia, 26 September – 1 October, 2004
We encourage you to take the opportunity to make a presentation at the meeting, either in oral or poster form.
Abstract Submission
Abstracts to be submitted by the extended deadline of May 31, 2004.
Abstracts may be submitted by post or e-mail (Word, WordPerfect). Please enclose a copy of your abstract on a diskette/CD if submitting by post. Indicate whether an oral or poster presentation is preferred.
Abstracts should be sent to:
Ms Rhonda Norton
Sydney TSOP Meeting 2004 Secretariat
CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development
PO Box 883, Kenmore, Qld, 4069, Australia
Fax: + 61 7 3871 4444
E-mail: Rhonda.Norton@ccsd.biz
Abstract Guidelines
Abstracts up to 3 pages (including figures) will be accepted. Leave 2 cm margins on both sides; use 1.5 line spacing and a 12-point Times New Roman font. The title of each abstract should be in 12-point bold and include names of the authors (12-point) and their affiliations (10-point). Figures in Abstracts should be suitable for black and white reproduction; colour figures may be acceptable (at additional cost) in full-length papers subsequently submitted to the International Journal of Coal Geology (see Guide to Authors link below). After review and notification of acceptance, abstracts will be included in the Meeting Abstracts and Program Volume.
Oral Presentations
The oral presentations are scheduled for 25 minutes, including five minutes for questions. Power Point presentations to be provided on CD or sent to the Program Secretariat by e-mail prior to the meeting, for loading on to the conference computers. Facilities for slide and overhead projection will also be available for the presentations.
Poster Guidelines
Each presenter will get ONE poster board (approximately 2.4 m wide by 1.2 m tall or 8 ft wide by 4 ft tall) to display their poster. Posters are to be put up for display by Tuesday morning. Please bring some Velcro and/or push pins.
Submission of Papers to Meeting Proceedings Volume
We encourage all authors/presenters to submit full papers based on the oral and poster presentations to be published in the meeting proceedings volume of the International Journal of Coal Geology. Please have your paper ready for peer review by December 1, 2004. Guidelines for authors can be found at the web site for the International Journal of Coal Geology http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/01665162
Papers for publication in this conference volume should be sent to:
Dr. Tim A. Moore
Solid Energy New Zealand
P.O. Box 1303
151 Kilmore Street
Christchurch, New Zealand
email: tim.moore@solidenergy.co.nz