Guidelines for Preparing Paper Proposal

Technical Papers presented at MEOS 2009 will be selected from paper proposals submitted to the Programme Committee. The Programme Committee will consider all paper proposals submitted by the deadline.

Paper Proposal Form

A paper proposal, containing a maximum of 300 words, should contain the following information:

Description of the Proposed Paper: Summarize the scope and nature of the work upon which the paper will be based and describe how this paper will differ from other work in the area.
Results, Conclusions: Describe the results to be presented in the paper and state specific conclusions of the work.
Area of Interest: The Programme Committee requests that all paper authors indicate which of the technical categories and subcategories the paper proposal relates to (e.g. 4b, 11g, etc). Up to three may be indicated.

Programme Committee Procedures

Paper proposal are evaluated on the basis of the information supplied in the form opposite and the abstract in accordance with the following criteria:

The paper proposal should contain significant new knowledge or experience in some field of relevance.
Data in the paper proposal must be technically correct. It must present the results of field experience.
The substance of the proposed paper must not have been published previously in trade journals or other professional or technical journals.
Prior to paper proposal submission, clearance must be obtained. Any problems concerning clearance should be outlined when the paper proposal is submitted.
The proposed paper may present information about equipment and tools to be used in exploration and production. Such paper proposals must show the definite applications and limitations of such equipment and should avoid undue commercialism and extensive use of trade names.
The paper proposal must be written in English.
If the paper proposal form is reproduced on a word processor or submitted via email, it is critical that all information requested on the original form be included.

A Word About Commercialism

The Programme Committee has a stated policy against the use of commercial trade names, company names and language that is commercial in tone, in titles, text or presentations. Use of such terms will result in careful scrutiny by the Programme committee evaluating paper proposals and the presence of commercialism in the paper may result in it being withdrawn from the programme.

Technical Categories

Use the list of technical categories and sub-categories on the Call for Papers page to indicate those that best describe the paper.

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