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What you will need to know.

Abstracts will be send in using the online conference tool, ConfTool.

All papers presented at the conference should report on original research or on technical developments and their applications, they should contain quality scientific or technical information and must not have been published previously elsewhere.

Abstracts will need to include the following:

Up to 150 word summary of the paper topic
A title for the paper
Names and affiliations of authors
An indication of the corresponding author and one set of email contact details.
Themes of the paper
4-5 Keywords
The abstract should be written in English

All abstracts must be submitted using the online paper management system conftool. Authors will be able to submit their abstracts from the 15th September.

Deadline to submit your abstract

24th July 2026 Closing date for abstracts

Review process

All abstracts and papers will be subject to a formal review process and authors may need to undertake some revisions as a result.

All those submitting an abstract should be aware that:

Authors must personally present their papers at the conference.
All authors shall comply with the strict timetable for abstract and full-paper submittal.
All authors shall take into account reviewers’ recommendations and comply with the review-process deadlines.
All authors shall comply with the document entitled “Guidelines for Authors on the Presentation of Manuscripts.

Papers publication

The final papers will be published in the conference proceedings and be distributed at the conference and SCOPUS and Web of Science. The entire manuscript for the final paper (i.e. text, figures, tables, references and abstracts) should not exceed eight (8) pages, or twelve (12) pages for plenary lectures.

Correspondence

Questions and correspondence should be submitted electronically to: ior@ior.org.uk