Fifth International Conference on Managing Pavements

August 11-14, 2001 * Seattle, Washington USA * Washington State Convention & Trade Center

General Information for Authors

Submission deadline for final papers: April 16, 2001.
Papers received after April 16 may be eliminated from further consideration and and may not be included in the conference proceedings.

Paper and Abstract Preparation Guidelines
The Specifications for Papers should be followed closely.

Author Notification
You will be notified that your paper has been received. If you do not receive this notification, it is your responsibility to verify receipt of the electronic documents.

Conditions of Acceptance
Your paper has been accepted on the understanding that:

you or an alternate presenter will register and attend the conference and be able to participate in presentations, workshops and poster sessions.
you provide a poster presentation in addition to the written manuscript.
your paper has not been previously published or presented at any other conference.
any modifications recommended by the reviewers are incorporated.

Poster Presentations
All authors are required to mount a poster paper. Further details regarding posters is available at Poster Preparation Guidelines.

Submission of Electronic Version of Paper(s)
Submit your paper of up to 15 pages in length including tables, figures and photographs (graphics may be in color) according to the Specifications for Papers referenced above. Authors should submit files for papers in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. Please note that the final format is .pdf. We will accept papers in Microsoft Word, however, it is highly recommended that you convert your paper to .pdf. Unless you submit you paper in .pdf, we are unable to guarantee the conversion to .pdf. All graphics (tables, figures and photographs) must be embedded (do not link), either within the text or at the end of the paper.

2 Mb maximum file size; Adobe Acrobat pdf format
Restrict filenames to eight (8) characters or less (plus a three-character extension)
Use the last name of the corresponding author in the filename
Do not use the name of the conference in the filename

Short Abstract Submission
Please include an abstract of up to 250 words to be included in a book of abstracts to be handed out at the conference. The conference proceedings will be handed out at the conference, but will only be available on CD ROM.

Submission Instructions
We request that you submit your short abstract using the On-line Information Form. On this form you will be asked to include your short abstract and to respond to the reviewer comments. In addition to completing this form, you should submit your final paper as an attachment.

Files may be e-mailed as attachments to: pavements@engr.washington.edu

Diskettes may be mailed to: Pavements Conference Secretariat
c/o Engineering Professional Programs
10303 Meridian Ave N #301
Seattle, WA 98133-9483 USA

Submission deadline: April 16, 2001.

Conference Registration
All conference participants including presenting authors must register and pay the conference registration fee. Conference registration information will be included in the Advance Program to be mailed in March. This information is available on the conference web site also: Registration Information.

For Authors and Presenters:

Technical Program

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