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Paper / abstract selection:
The selection notification was sent to authors on March 20th; followed by an e-mail with more informations on April 2nd.
Each corresponding author must send back their commitment form by April 10th, if applicable, send the final version of their paper by April
22th .
In total, more than 100 experts were involved in the reviewing process: each paper was proofread by two reviewers and sometime a third. 231 papers were selected for a presentation at Novatech 2019.
Calendar:
Notification of acceptance
for oral or poster presentation - March 20th and April 2nd
Authors to send their commitment form by - April 10th, 2019
Authors to send the final version of their paper by - April
22th, 2019
Registration opening and preliminary programme -
beginning of April
Documents available:
- Recommendations for your poster presentation
- PowerPoint template for your poster presentation
- 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)
- 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
contributions expected - THE CALL FOR PAPERS IS NOW CLOSED
> Two types of contributions to the conference are possible:
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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.
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Case studies and Awards: |
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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:
- For case studies -
The organising committee will take into account the following criteria for the case studies and Awards selection:
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 2019: 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.
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