Submission Guidelines

Illustrated (Poster) Presentations: due 1 February 2007.

(Papers will be accepted after 1 Feb for presentation).

Authors should submit an abstract of up to 250 words to be reviewed by the GFC2007 Program Committee.   

Two categories of double blind reviewed papers will be accepted. 

Refereed Papers: due 25 January 2007

(Papers will be accepted after 25 Jan for presentation but not for Best Paper Awards). 

Papers submitted in this category are those where research work or conceptual or theoretical development is complete.  Authors should submit a paper of no more than 5,000 words (including an abstract of up to 250 words), to be double blind reviewed.  Papers successfully submitted in this category and nominated by the referees are eligible for entry into the ‘GFC2007 Best Paper Awards’.  Details regarding these Awards can be found on the GFC2007 website.  

Papers successfully submitted in this category by a PhD student will eligible for the inaugural La Trobe University ‘Best PhD Student Paper Award”. 

Working Papers: due 25 January 2007.

(Papers will be accepted after 25 Jan for presentation).

Working papers are those for which a substantial amount of the research work or conceptual or theoretical development is complete. Authors should submit a 1,200 to 1,500 word extended abstract to be reviewed by the GFC2007 Program Committee.   

Submission Process 

All papers must be submitted electronically via the GFC2007 website click here. 

The following details will be requested on the submission form when lodging a paper.  These details are linked electronically to the paper to facilitate the blind review process. 

• title of paper
• author(s) names
• stream (track) identification
• affiliations (for publication)
• contact details including addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email addresses.

To indicate to the GFC2007 Program Committee how each paper should be reviewed, authors will be requested to choose the category for which their paper should be considered:  refereed research paper or working paper.  PhD student authors will be required to identify themselves.  

Please note that the submission and selection of a paper is an indication of a commitment to attend the conference.  If a paper is selected at least one author must attend the conference to present the paper.  

Please also note that although authors may write any number of papers, no delegate may present more than two (2) papers. 
 

Abstracts for Illustrated (Poster) presentations, refereed papers and working papers must meet the following requirements: 

• Times New Roman 11 point font (1.5 spacing for text)
• MSWord file
• Inclusion of paper title, but with all authors, affiliations and contact details excluded
• Abstract
• To ensure anonymity, removal of the ‘author name’ property automatically assigned to any MSWord file.  To do so, click Properties on the File menu, click the Summary tab, and remove all existing information in all boxes.