Abstracts must be in English and consist of 400-600 words. They should be submitted in PDF format.
Short Papers
Short papers must be in English and consist of max. 2.000 words. References and figures won't count among the size limit. They should be submitted in PDF format.
Doctoral Consortium Papers
Contributions of max. 2.000 words are accepted. The same format as for short papers applies.
Industry Papers
For developers and implementers of novel technology in the fields of ICT in Agriculture. For business and industry representatives using, developing or deploying ICT in Agriculture. Papers of this type should be max. 2.000 words, written in English. References and figures won't count among the size limit.
Process
Papers will be accepted after double blind review process by at least two members of the Scientific Committee. To accommodate the double blind review process preferably submit a PDF file with your contribution.
HAICTA 2020 review will be double blind. Therefore, please anonymise your submission. This means that all submissions must have no author identifying information (your contact details will be recorded in the Conference Management System). Do not put the author(s) names or affiliation(s), and try to "anonymise" citations to your own prior work in your submission.
Camera-ready accepted papers will be reviewed before final acceptance for oral/poster presentation to ensure conformance to reviewers comments.
All accepted papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings*
Authors will choose the prefered means of presentation: Oral or Poster.
* at least one registration for each accepted paper must be confirmed before it can be included in the Conference Proceedings.
Basic Guidelines for the Preparation of Manuscripts
Authors wishing to submit a contribution should consider the following guidelines: Initial Submission Use the following Microsoft Word templates for your submissions. Use the "abstract template" if you'll submit an abstract or use the "paper template" if you'll submit a short or a doctoral consortium or an industrial paper. In case of poster, at least an abstract is required to be submitted.
Camera Ready Submission The same templates as the initial submission should be used according your type of submission.
Poster size (not applicable anymore. Please see e-Poster section) The poster size must be up to 77cm width x 130cm height.
NEW Guidelines for e-Poster presentation
Those of you who are going to make an e-poster presentation, please note 1. The e-posters will be presented on screens consecutively (one after the other) throughout the duration of the Conference 2. There are no specific guidelines regarding the design of the e-poster (i.e. fonts, structure, use of images and Tables). Just make sure that all elements of the e-poster are legible - it is advisable that you use at least 20pt fonts 3. You should design your e-poster on 16:9 dimensions with landscape orientation 4. Please send us your e-poster in .pdf and in .jpeg format until 18/9/2020
In addition, we plan to upload all posters on the 2020.haicta.gr website, in an area where they will be freely accessible for viewing. When you send your e-poster please indicate if for any reason you do not want your poster to be accessible from the Conference website
More guidelines will follow for participants who will present their work through teleconference