Abstracts

Authors are invited to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the 18th SETAC Europe LCA Case Study Symposium / 4th NorLCA Symposium 2012 within the proposed  case study topics or special sessions.

Abstracts can not be submitted for interactive events; the Eco-design event and the Life Cycle Market place.

Publication in IEAM
We are pleased to announce that authors are also invited and encouraged to submit their abstracts to potentially result, upon decision from the Scientific Committee, in an invitation to write a full scientific article to be published in the SCOPUS-rated journal Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM). The selected papers will be subject to standard peer review and will be published in 2013, either in a special Issue or in a special section of an issue (depending on the number of papers).

Only abstracts submitted for the symposium (oral or poster presentations) can be considered for full paper invitation.

If you are interested in having your abstract reviewed for a potential full paper in this IEAM special issue, please indicate this during the abstract submission process.

Deadlines
Please keep the following deadlines in mind when considering abstract submissions:

* Submission of the manuscript will be done through the IEAM on-line submission system; instructions will be sent to each corresponding author, whom work has been selected by the Scientific Committee for appearing in an IEAM issue.

Abstract format
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• The same abstract format is used for submissions for both a potential publication in IEAM and an oral/poster presentation. Authors are allowed to use the same abstract for both types of submissions (paper in IEAM and Symposium presentation) – see details below.
• Consider the sessions listed in the scientific programme before submitting.
• Abstract title: max 200 characters (with spaces)
• Abstract text: max 3500 characters (with spaces)
• Keywords: max 4
• Name and affiliation of authors and co-authors
• Please indicate during the on-line submission process if you:

            -       if you wish your abstract to be considered for a full paper in IEAM.

Submission guidelines

• Only on-line submitted abstracts will be considered.
• If you do not receive e-mail confirmation 24-hours after submission, please contact SETAC.
• Authors will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of their abstracts within 3 weeks after submission deadlines (see deadlines table).
• Authors will be notified by 31 August 2012 if they are invited to write an article for the special issue of the journal “Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management”. Please note that, in such cases, the deadline for submitting the full paper is 1 November 2012.
• By submitting your abstract you give the organisers permission to publish it in the abstract book that will be distributed to all attendees to the Symposium.
• Please note that the presenting authors will have to be registered for the meeting before 1 October 2012, the payment should be with SETAC before 10 October 2012. Please also note that the acceptance of your abstract and invitation to present at the Symposium does not include a free registration nor any other financial compensation.
• Accepted abstracts from presenters not having registered by the 1 October 2012 will be cancelled and excluded from the programme and the abstract book.

For questions about the abstract submission, please contact SETAC.