Call for Proposals and Presentations

Authors are invited to contritute to the 2nd Annual SIAM Central States Section Conference by the following formats.

Mini-Symposia

SUBMIT A PROPOSAL

A mini-symposium consists of one to five sessions. Each session consists of three to four 25-minute presentations. Prospective mini-symposium organizers are asked to invite speakers and submit a proposal consisting of a title, a description (not to exceed 200 words), a list of confirmed speakers, and their contact information at the conference website. A speaker can give up to two different talks for two different mini-symposiums. The deadline for submission is May 31, 2016.

Instructions to submit proposal

1. Click on "Submit A Proposal" above
2. Complete the information page (First and Last Name, Affiliation, Proposed Title, Co-Organizer(s) (if any) and your confirmed speaker list.
3. Click "Submit"
4. A screen will appear saying that you added SIAM Mini Symposium to your cart.
5. Click "Checkout"
6. On the next screen under New Customers click "Process Submission"
7. The next screen you will need to enter your email address, confirm your email address and enter your first and last name.
8. Click "Process Order"
9. Your submission will be complete at this point and you should receive a confirmation email.

SUBMIT MINI-SYMPOSIUM TALK TITLE & ABSTRACT

Each invited mini-symposium speaker should also submit a talk title and abstract through the following link, with no more than 200 words, between June 1 and July 30, 2016. Without an invitation from a mini-symposium organizer, a potential speaker, who plans to attend this meeting and give a talk, can submit a contributed presentation below or contact the organizing committee chair Xiaoming He at hex@mst.edu.

Instructions to submit mini-symposium talk title & abstract

1. Click on "SUBMIT MINI-SYMPOSIUM TALK TITLE & ABSTRACT" above
2. Complete the information page
3. Click "Submit"
4. A screen will appear saying that you added SIAM Mini Symposium to your cart.
5. Click "Checkout"
6. On the next screen under New Customers click "Process Submission"
7. The next screen you will need to enter your email address, confirm your email address and enter your first and last name.
8. Click "Process Order"
9. Your submission will be complete at this point and you should receive a confirmation email.

The organizing committee will review the mini-symposium proposals. Each mini-symposium is limited to five sessions with twenty speakers in total. It is preferred that not most speakers in a mini-symposium come from the same organization. It is recommended that a mini-symposium organizer makes the first presentation.

Contributed Presentations
(Lecture or Poster Format)

Deadline for submission is July 30, 2016

SUBMIT CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATION ABSTRACT

Contributed presentations in lecture or poster format are invited in all areas of applied mathematics.

• Lecture Format: 15-minute oral presentation, with an additional five minutes for discussion.
• Poster Format: use of non-electronic visual aids for mounting on a 4' x 6' poster board. A poster session is two hours long.

Each contributor (poster or lecture) must submit a title and an abstract (< 200 words). The abstract should be a concise narrative that describes the contributed research presentation. The abstracts should give a clear indication of the objective, scope and results to be reported in the presentation. The deadline for contributed presentation submissions is July 30, 2016.

Important Notice: We appreciate your cooperation with the above process. The requirements outlined in the submission process must be fully met for the contributed presentation to be assigned to a session, presented at the conference or to appear in the final program and proceedings.