Author names: First name, initial, last name, underline presenting author 

Author’s affiliations. Use numbering if more than one affiliation. 

Abstract: Please provide a summary of your work that is no longer than 300 words.

Keywords: please provide up to 5 keywords. Please try to stick to one line.

Introduction

The SFEM2024 is inviting abstracts covering one or more of the conference topics. Below are the instructions for layout and style to prepare your extended abstract on a poster. We encourage you to use this document as a template.

Interested contributors should submit an abstract (maximum 300 words) of the paper they propose for presentation in the English language by July 31, 2024. Notification of paper acceptance will be sent out by August 5, 2024. The SFEM2024 Technical Program Committee will review all received abstracts for potential inclusion in oral or poster sessions. To submit your abstract, please visit the following link: https://sites.google.com/view/twfem/sfem/sfem2024/submit-paper.

Content

The abstract should include the Title of the paper, Authors, Affiliation, Summary of the works (up to 300 words), and Keywords. No figures, tables, or references will be shown in the abstract.

Lay-out and style

Page set-up

Use A4 paper with top and bottom margins of 2 cm (0.79 inch) and left and right margins of 2 cm (0.98 inches). Do not include page numbers or any other page header or footer. Footnotes are not allowed.

Font

Times New Roman.

Paragraph formats

Avoid using empty lines between paragraphs or before and after headings if using the word template. Most required blank spaces are already incorporated in the styles. Apply a 0.5 pt. indentation to the first line.

Title

The title is typed in bold, 12 pt. Do not capitalise words in the title except the first word of the title or whenever required. A 12 pt. space is required after the title. Do not add any additional line if using the word template (already incorporated in the Title style).

Authors

The authors are listed in 12pt. Put first name and initials first. Use superscripted numbering if authors have different affiliation. A 12 pt. space is required after the list of authors. Do not add any additional line if using the word template (already incorporated in the template)

Affiliation

Affiliation and e-mail address are in 12 pt. italic. Only one affiliation per line, numbered with the superscripted numbers used in the authors list.

Abstract

Please provide a 300 word summary of the manuscript. Abstract are in 12 pt.

Keywords

Keywords are in 12 pt., italic for keywords.

Interactive (Poster) presentation

- The poster stands can accommodate posters that are 80cm in width and 110cm in height.

- Each poster must clearly show the Paper Number of SFEM2024, e.g. PO001.

- The presenter’s photo should be included on the poster.

- Tables and figures should have caption.

- Ensure that your poster’s text and figures are readable from a distance of 1.5 meters. Make sure that figures, tables, and accompanying texts (such as axis labels) are large and legible.

- The poster should include an introduction, a brief description of research methods, significant results, and conclusions.

- Use spacing to separate sections, tables, figures, and images to make the poster easy to read.

- Try to minimize the amount of text so that it doesn’t take more than 5 minutes to read. Focus on the most important points and be concise.

Oral presentation of poster papers

-The goal of your poster presentation is to attract attendees to view your work. Presenters are invited to give a one-minute summary, followed by a Q&A session at each poster stand.

- All presentations will be conducted in English.