Guidance for Authors submitting to ICE Conferences Submission of a full paper

To submit your paper, please follow the following steps: 1. Log into Editorial Manager at http://www.editorialmanager.com/ice-conferences/ using your username and password. 2. On the main menu, click on Submissions needing revision. 3. Hover over Action links and click on Revise Submission.

4. Change the article type in the drop-down menu to *Conference Name* full manuscript and click on Next.

5. You will be taken directly to the attach files page, where you will be required to upload five files: a. Manuscript - File type: .pdf Formatting guidelines follow this document. b. Author Agreement - File type: .pdf May be downloaded from http://www.iceconferences.com/ICE_Events/media/Forensic-Engineering/Copyrightagreement---proceedings-and-broadcast.pdf. It must be printed, signed and scanned before submission. c. Author Biography - File type: .doc .docx .txt Biography no more than 150 words. d. Author Photo - File type: .jpg Please send a black and white photograph of your head and shoulders, at least 200x200 pixels at 300dpi. e. Conference registration form May be downloaded from http://www.iceconferences.com/ICE_Events/media/Forensic-Engineering/ForensicEngineering-2013-Manual-Registration-Form.xlsx When you have attached these files, click Next. 6. On the following screen click Build PDF for my approval.

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7. Editorial Manager will now build a pdf of your paper for approval. This may take a few minutes. PLEASE NOTE YOUR PAPER WILL NOT BE SUBMITTED UNTIL YOU HAVE APPROVED THIS PDF. Follow the link to the Submissions Waiting for Author's Approval page. Hover over Action Links next to your abstract title:

Click on View Submission to load your preview pdf. If you would like to amend your submission hover over Action Links again and this time select Edit Submission. Please note that any amendments must be confirmed by returning to Attach Files (stage 6) and following instructions to build the revised pdf. When you have confirmed that the pdf is correct, hover over Action Links again and this time select Approve Submission. You will be asked to confirm that you want to submit the abstract. Once your abstract has been submitted you will be able to log into your account and view its progress in the approval process. You will no longer be able to edit your submission. 8. When your paper has been reviewed and a decision reached you will be notified by email. The next step depends on the decision that has been reached: Accept Your paper has been accepted for the conference. You will be contacted by the events team in due course. Follow the link in the email and log in to Editorial Manager. On the main menu, follow the link, Submissions Needing Revision, hover over Action links for the appropriate submission and click on Revise Submission. Follow the submission process from step 1 of this guide, referring to the reviewers comments. Your paper has not been accepted for presentation at the conference, but please submit a poster to be displayed in the exhibition area. To do so, follow the guide for paper submissions, changing the article type to *Conference name* - Poster. Your paper has not been accepted for this conference.

Please Revise

Please submit a poster

Paper Rejected

Guidance for Authors submitting to ICE Conferences Format of papers

Please supply your paper as a PDF file. File type All papers are to be submitted as pdf files. Length Your text must be no more than 10 pages of A4 paper including all tables and illustrations (approximately 5000 words), and produced according to the following requirements1. Fonts All text should be written in Arial or Helvetica Margins Set 25 mm (1 inch) margins all sides if using European A4 paper (297 x 210 mm), or 15 mm (0.6 inch) margins top and bottom and 28 mm (1.1 inch) margins left and right if using American A4 paper (278 x 215 mm). All text and figures must fit within this 247 x 158 mm (9.75 x 6.25 inch) area. First page On the first page leave four lines of 12pt blank. On the fifth line type the title of the paper, in upper and lower case text, aligned to the left margin, unjustified, using Arial 18pt bold or similar (as the title shown above). Then leave two lines of 12pt space. On the next line, using Arial 12pt aligned to the left margin, unjustified, type the first authors name in bold, followed on the same line but in plain text by the authors affiliation, city and country. Repeat for each author, starting each on a new line. After the last author, leave two lines of space. Start the main text on the following line. Main text Set the main text fully justified to left and right margins, font size 10 pt. Start all paragraphs flush left, with one line of space between paragraphs (as on this page). Use single line spacing for paragraphs. Section headings First-level section headings should be in 14 pt Arial bold, upper and lower case, aligned to the left margin, with one line of space above, no space below, as in these instructions. Second-level headings should be in 12 pt Arial bold, upper and lower case, aligned to the left margin with one line of space above, no space below. Third-level headings should be in 12 pt Arial plain upper and lower case, aligned to the left margin with one line of space above, no space below. Do not number sections. Figures All figures must be included within the number of pages allowed and within the text area. Line illustrations should be embedded in position in the MS Word document you use to write the paper. When you have finished writing, convert this document to PDF and then submit the PDF. Alternatively, illustrations may be pasted in position onto the top copy printout (ensuring that pasted figures are firmly attached). Lettering on drawings should be a similar size to the main text

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(to ensure they will be legible after a 22% reduction). The use of tints (shades of black) will not reproduce well. Please use cross hatching or something similar. Photographs should be scanned at 300 dpi and embedded in position in to the MS Word document you use to write the paper. Captions are required for all figures and tables. Captions should be set as 12 point Arial. Figure captions should appear beneath figures, table captions should appear above tables. Coloured tints and shading should not be used as they do not reproduce properly in black and white. If an area needs to be filled you should use a method such as cross-hatching or a simple grey tint. All maps, plans, elevations and sections must have a scale or key dimensions, and all maps and plans must have a north point. Units must be provided for all numerical values. Illustrations and tables must be referred to by number in the text, and identified by their number in the captions. Use of colour in figures You may submit figures in colour. However, the hardcopy version of the conference proceedings may be produced in black and white. Therefore, please amend any figure that uses tints/colour differentiation to make sure they are clearly readable in black and white. A figure with colour tints converted to black and white will end up looking like this pie chart below with no differentiation between the tints, rendering the figure illegible.

Cross-hatching however is still visible and serves as a useful differentiation tool. Therefore, please use cross-hatching instead of tints.

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Photographs Photographs need to be very sharp and must be scanned at a resolution of at least 300 dots per inch (dpi), which is 120 dots per cm, when the image is 4 inches, or 10 cm, wide.

Unclear photo

Clear photo

References When writing your paper, please use the Endnote feature in MS Word to store your references. Then convert this to a PDF for submission. Please use the Harvard reference style. Mathematics Equations should be printed clearly in black (and only black), using standard conventions and notation, also using a standard font please use the symbol fonts in MS Word rather than any other program. When distilling the PDF it is essential that all fonts are embedded. References, terminology and notations Any standard reference system may be used. Terminology should be defined. A notation of mathematical terms and symbols should be included where applicable. Queries If you have any queries on the preparation of papers, please contact the conference organiser directly or email events@ice.org.uk