Paper Submission Guidelines and Presentation

To Publish and Present a Paper at the

16th Annual Joint ISA POWID/EPRI

Controls and Instrumentation Conference;

49th Annual ISA POWID Symposium

1.0 Submit an Abstract

At www.isa.org/powersymp follow the “Submit Abstract Online” link. Complete the “Presentation Submission” application. The application must be submitted electronically and in English as soon as possible and not later than 19 December 2005. Presentations without a paper will not be considered. The sooner the abstract is submitted the more likely it is to be accepted. The program committee will review all abstracts and will give preference to those that are associated with the “Call for Paper’s” topical areas and relate to the program theme “Effective Integration of Safety, Security, and Reliability with Control Systems”.

Please note the paper submission dates. Your cooperation and participation in following the submission guidelines are important.

2.0 Preparing Your Paper for Submission

Papers should be created in Microsoft Word for IBM compatible PCs per ISA’s Guidelines for Publishing. All submissions and correspondence must have your Paper Number included in the subject (e-mail), filename, and printed on both the envelope & diskette if mailed.

Please use the following links to Paper guidelines and ISA EPRI Powerpoint template for your paper development and presentation.

3.0 Draft Paper Submittal and Review

31 January 2006: Draft Paper submission due

Email Draft Paper for review to techconf@isa.org with a copy to rcw4@ix.netcom.com .

All papers must go through the ISA review process. Each paper is peer reviewed by three power industry automation experts who evaluate its originality, clarity, completeness, accuracy and usefulness. The reviewers also assure the paper is understandable and non-commercial. The POWID Paper Review Chairperson will return your draft paper with the reviewer’s comments. You should review their comments and update/revise paper accordingly for final paper submittal.

4.0 Final Paper Submittal

11 April 2006: Final Paper and Copyright form due

For the paper to be published in the Proceedings, the final electronic version of the paper and the copyright form must be submitted to ISA staff by 11 April 2006.

Email: Send Final Papers to ISA Staff, Rodney Jones at techconf@isa.org. Rodney will confirm that he received your file with an email.

5.0 Author Assistance

Technical questions regarding the submission of papers please contact Rodney Jones, ISA Technical Divisions Administrator, at 919-990-9418 or rjones@isa.org or Robert C. Webb, POWID 2006 Program Chairperson at 650-839-1683 or rcw4@ix.netcom.com.

6.0 Presentation Guidelines

For authors presenting the paper please use these Presentation Guidelines