Novatech - Call for abstracts

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW LAUNCHED!

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR EXTENDED ABSTRACT

Your extended abstract must be submitted online by December 1st, 2018. Please ensure that it matches the Novatech themes. It must be 2 to 4 pages long, written in English or French, conform to the guidelines to authors and to the Novatech template document. It must, on the first page, include a French-English translation of the title and of the 10-line summary (we can undertake this translation – rate TBC – if required, after the selection).

SUBMIT YOUR EXTENDED ABSTRACT

Guidelines to authors

Novatech template document

	key dates / deadlines: Extended abstract submission: December 1st, 2018 Notification of acceptance: March 1st, 2019 Registrations: March 2019

ARE YOU SUBMITTING A CASE STUDY? PARTICIPATE IN THE NOVATECH AWARDS 2019!

The Novatech Awards will reward and highlight projects in the public realm, along with strategies and policies integrating stormwater management, French or international, in 3 categories: Urban renewal – Town planning strategies – Participation and citizen appropriation. Learn more...

contributions expected

> Two types of contributions to the conference are possible:

Scientific and technical proposals: Urban stormwater management

Presenting methods or results of research, with a clear link to practical operation or experience, and based on literature studies, laboratory experiments, modeling or field-based studies: innovative technical projects which include an evaluation of performance and performance against criteria, reporting; long term operational experience, comparisons of different strategies, scales and approaches (structural or non-structural); thoughts on governance and keys for change.

	Case studies and Awards: Integration of stormwater management in urban planning, policy and projects

Urban planning, design and architecture projects; planning and public policies, from precinct to watershed scale. These illustrative presentations will highlight the challenges and opportunities of integrating stormwater management into the urban landscape, combining several aspects (technical, economic, financial, historical, regulatory, social, etc.).

Selection

- For scientific and technical proposals -
The scientific committee, with the support of several working groups of the IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on urban drainage and of technical and scientific experts, will select the extended abstracts and divide them into oral and poster presentations. The selection will take into account the following criteria:

Connection with the conference themes
Innovation (approach originality, subject interest, results never presented before)
Quality of the presented work (including literature studies for the scientific proposals)
Experience and information transferability
Clarity of the proposal (approach, aims, conclusions and drafting quality)

- For case studies -
The organising committee will take into account the following criteria for the case studies and Awards selection:

Integration of stormwater management in the project and connection with the Novatech themes
Innovation
Transferability and potential to provide lessons for broader application
Clarity of the proposal

The selection and distribution into oral and poster presentations will also take into account the consistency of the sessions and the time available. Authors may submit more than one proposal but will be allowed to make only one oral presentation. The paper length is not a criteria for selection.

promotion

Conference proceedings: only papers presented at the conference, oral presentations and posters, are published in the online proceedings. Participants will receive a printed version of the abstract compendium at the conference.
Posters: each day during the conference, the best poster will be awarded.
Novatech Awards 2016: if you are presenting a case study, it is possible to apply to the Novatech Awards. Winners benefit from a strong communication within technical press partnerships.