SUBMISSION TYPES
– Paper (short and long)
– Poster
– Workshop
– Symposium
– Demo
– Doctoral consortium
– Tutorial / View point paper

More elaborate descriptions of each submission type are given below.

PAPER

A paper submission is suitable for original research that is completed at the time of submission and, regardless of the length of the paper, are self-sufficient scientific contributions. Papers can be full papers (12 pages max., including all) or short papers (6 pages max., including all) in Springer LNCS format, and should describe work that is not presented, published, or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

Paper submissions can uploaded via this link: https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/Persuasive2017

Make sure you follow the LNCS formatting guidelines for your paper: https://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by the review committee.  When accepted, a camera ready version of the paper must be submitted before its deadline. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and be devoted a timeslot for oral presentation. At least one author per submission is required to register before the end of the early registration period and be present at the conference. Inclusion in the proceedings is conditional upon successful registration.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: November 22, 2016
Decision notification: January 13, 2017
Camera ready version: January 27, 2017

Note: If your paper is accepted, please read the following information carefully before submitting your camera ready version!

All papers accepted for publication in LNCS should strictly adhere to the layout characteristics that can be found on http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 (there are various templates here that can be of assistance). In addition, for each paper a Consent to Publish needs to be filled out completely (!) and signed, and this needs to be sent together with the photo-ready (final) version of the paper. Please use the prefilled Consent to Publish form posted here.

POSTER

A poster submission is suitable for descriptions of small studies/experiences, of project outlines, or of work in progress. Authors should submit a 2-page abstract (including references).

Poster submissions can be send to: poster@persuasivetechnology.eu.

Make sure your poster submission follows the formatting guidelines that are described in the Poster Template (click to download).

Posters will be displayed and presented during a dedicated session of the conference. Accepted posters will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings. Yet inclusion in the adjunct proceedings is conditional upon successful registration. Poster presenters are required to register before the end of the early registration period and be present at the conference in order to describe the content to viewers.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: January 30, 2017
Decision notification: February 7, 2017
Camera ready version: February 21, 2017

WORKSHOP

Workshops are meant to gather a number of people to work interactively on a (future) topic and exchange ideas. Approved workshops will be announced on the website. They will take place during a half- or full-day session before the conference, on April 4. Apart from the physical and virtual space in the workshop venue, all aspects of tutorials and workshops are the responsibility of the session’s organizers (e.g. adjunct proceedings, schedule, review, promotion, supporting material).

If you want to organize a workshop, please submit a proposal as a 4-page description to workshop@persuasivetechnology.eu, including a description of the topic, motivation, organization, expected outcome, and supporting materials. Accepted proposals will given a time slot, conditional upon successful registration of the organizers before the end of the early registration period.

Accepted workshops will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings. Yet inclusion in the adjunct proceedings is conditional upon successful registration.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: November 22, 2016
Decision notification: January 13, 2017
Camera ready version: January 27, 2017

SYMPOSIUM

A Symposium is a 60-minute presentation by 3-4 individuals who address a common theme or topic.   A minimum of 15 minutes should be reserved for questions from the audience and dialogue among presenters.  It is recommended that a symposium includes presenters from at least two different institutions.

Submissions should include a general overview of the session of max. 500 words and an individual abstract of each presenter within the symposium, including their affiliation, of max. 500 words each. Submissions can be send to symposium@persuasivetechnology.eu.

Accepted symposia will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings. Yet inclusion in the adjunct proceedings is conditional upon successful registration.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: January 30, 2017
Decision notification: February 7, 2017
Camera ready version: February 21, 2017

DEMO

If you want to demonstrate a piece of  persuasive technology during the demo session so that attendees can try and interact with it, please submit a max. 2-page description to demo@persuasivetechnology.eu, including the authors, a description of the system and its purpose, its status of implementation and deployment, the contents of the demo to be shown at the conference, and the equipment. If you want to show a commercial product, then you might be asked to pay an exhibition fee.

Make sure your demo submission follows the formatting guidelines that are described in the Demo Template (click to download).

Demo presenters need to bring their working demo and the hardware on which it runs (laptop, mobile phone, …) themselves. Accepted demo’s will be presented during a dedicated session of the conference, conditional upon successful registration  before the end of the early registration period.

Accepted demo’s will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings. Yet inclusion in the adjunct proceedings is conditional upon successful registration.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: January 30, 2017
Decision notification: February 7, 2017
Camera ready version: February 21, 2017

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

On April 3 2017, the Doctoral Consortium of Persuasive Technology 2017 will take place, right before the PT2017 conference.The Doctoral Consortium is a special session of the conference where PhD students in the early phases of their research can receive advice in a constructive atmosphere. Students present and discuss their research with other PhD students and a panel of established researchers in the area of persuasive technology.

Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit a 2-page abstract to dc@persuasivetechnology.eu, describing their research question(s), its position with respect to the state of the art, their research plans and methodology, ideas, and results achieved so far.

Accepted abstracts will be included in the Doctoral Consortium session after successful registration. The panel of established researchers will read these abstracts, and after a PhD student’s presentation (closely linked to the abstract), the panel will give the PhD student feedback on scientific contributions, future directions, methodology, etc.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: January 27, 2017
Decision notification: February 17, 2017
Camera ready version: February 24, 2017

TUTORIALS / VIEW POINT PAPERS

Tutorials and view point papers are intended to help people attending the conference organize a related scientific meeting on a specific topic or instruct on a specific practice. Apart from the physical and virtual space in the workshop venue, all aspects of tutorials and workshops are the responsibility of the session’s organizers (e.g., proceedings, schedule, review, promotion, supporting material).

If you want to organize a tutorial or view point paper session, please submit a proposal as a 4-page description to tutorial_viewpoint@persuasivetechnology.eu, including including the name of the organizers, the components of the committee, a description of the topic, motivation, organization, expected outcome, and supporting materials. Upon approval, the tutorial / view point paper session will be devoted a dedicated space on the conference website, conditional upon successful registration of the organizers before the end of the early registration period.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: November 22, 2016
Decision notification: January 13, 2017
Camera ready version: January 27, 2017

All types of submissions must be written in English. All types of submissions, except papers, should be sent electronically as pdf files through the conference submission system (*submission type*@persuasivetechnology.eu). Paper submissions must uploaded via this link: https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/Persuasive2017. Also, for paper submissions, make sure you follow the LNCS formatting guidelines: https://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

Attention will be paid in the reviewing process to originality, technical soundness, quality of writing, ethics, validation, and connections with other work in the domain of persuasive technology. To support the blind review process of long and short papers, submissions need to be anonymous. Names and affiliations must be removed from the title page, excessive self-citation in the bibliography must be kept to a minimum and citation to the authors’ previous work in the text body must be in third person (e.g. avoiding “As we described in [1], …” and using instead “As <Author Name> described in [1]).

When accepted a camera ready version of the paper (as .pdf) including source files (e.g., .doc, .docx or LaTeX files) must be submitted. At least one author per submission is required to register before the end of the early registration period and be present at the conference. Inclusion in the proceedings is conditional upon successful registration.