Call for Papers

The call for papers is now closed. You should have received notification from us whether your abstract was accepted for presentation. We believe that the conference program is going to be very interesting with papers covering a broad range of topics and geography. Please visit the Program page to see the preliminary conference program.

If you are interested in having your paper included in the conference proceedings (to be distributed in a memory stick at the conference), please submit an ‘extended abstract’ following the required format as shown below by September 15, 2010. Extended abstracts must be written in English and should not exceed 2,500 words (the word limit includes references, tables and figures). Note that the extended abstracts will not be peer-reviewed. Please submit your extended abstract as an email attachment to wsfc2010@mun.ca. Word documents or Adobe pdf files are acceptable. The copy you send us will not be re-typed or otherwise modified. Therefore, please follow these guidelines listed in the downloadable file below exactly, so that the proceedings volume will have a uniform format.

We will plan also to publish a selected number of conference papers as special issues in peer-reviewed journals. Information about this will be available at a later date.

Important dates:
April 1 :                      Registration opens
April 30:                     Deadline for abstract submission (extended)
May 15:                      Notification of acceptance
July 15:                      Deadline for registration for presenters / Deadline for early registration
September 15:           Deadline for submission of extended abstract (2,500 words max)
September 15:           Deadline for submission of full paper for student award

WSFC Student Paper Award

The WSFC 2010 will give an award for the best student paper. A special jury will review the papers and select the best paper. The announcement of the Best Student Paper Award will be held at the conference banquet.

For the Best Student Paper Award, full papers (instead of extended abstract) should be submitted by July 15, 2010. Only papers that are being presented at the conference will be eligible for the Award. Bachelor, Master, as well as PhD students can apply for the Award.