FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)

IS THERE A TEMPLATE FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACT AND FULL PAPER?

All extended abstracts and full papers have to use the template provided by the Organizing Committee, otherwise they will be returned to the author(s).

Templates will be available at the Conference web page and will also be sent to the authors of the accepted abstracts by e-mail.

HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACT?

The abstracts have to be submitted through the on-line submission procedure only. The abstracts submitted by e-mail, fax or regular mail will not be taken into consideration.

The authors are free to modify the abstracts until the abstract submission deadline (24th April 2009).

Having submitted / modified the abstract, the authors (and contact person) will be automatically notified about the abstract receipt  / modification. If such a confirmation is not received, please contact us right away (contacts).

All the authors will be notified about the abstract acceptance / rejection in due time.

HOW TO SUBMIT EXTENDED ABSTRACT / FULL PAPER?

Extended abstracts and full papers have to be submitted through the on-line submission procedure only. The full papers and extended abstracts submitted by e-mail, fax or regular mail will not be taken into consideration.

The authors are free to modify the extended abstracts and/or full papers in the period of ten days after the first submission, but not later than the paper submission deadline (24th April 2009).

Having submitted / modified the extended abstract / full paper, the authors (and contact person) will be automatically notified about the receipt / modification. If such a confirmation is not received, please contact us right away.

The full papers, submitted by 24th April 2009, will be included in the Conference Programme and Working Papers CD ROM.

When submitting the extended abstract / full paper please indicate:

• whether you would like to submit the paper for Working Papers session, or R-session;
• the theme that is the most appropriate for your paper.

REVIEWING

Papers intended for the Working Papers sessions will undergo review before the Conference and will be included in the Conference Working Papers CD-ROM available at the Conference. However, these papers will NOT be reviewed after the Conference and will not be included in the Conference Proceedings or the special monograph. Thus, the Organizers do not claim any copyright on these papers.
R-papers, on the other hand, will undergo standard reviewing process before the Conference, and have to be presented and debated at the Conference. These papers will be reviewed further by the International Reviewing Board. All the comments by the reviewers will be forwarded to the authors.
The authors will be notified about the status of the paper by 12th June 2009. Status could mean that the paper is rejected, excepted for the Conference Proceedings (with/without modifications) or suggested for publishing in the special Conference monograph.
The authors or the accepted papers will be required to declare whether they accept the proposed status of the paper, and their willingness to make the changes indicated by the reviewers (19th June 2009).  
Having declared their willingness to follow the reviewer's requirements, the author(s) agree to the following:

• to guarantee that the submitted paper has not been published, accepted for publication, or is under consideration for publication elsewhere; and
• to release the copyright to the Faculty of Economics of the University of Split.

WILL THE PAPERS BE LANGUAGE EDITED?

To ensure an even language quality, all full papers (that will be published in the Conference proceedings - CD-ROM with reviewed R-papers) will undergo language editing.

IS THERE A COPYRIGHT REQUIREMENT?

Yes for R-papers.
Papers submitted for the R-papers will undergo standard reviewing process before the Conference, and have to be presented and debated at the Conference. These papers will be reviewed further by the International Reviewing Board. All the comments by the reviewers will be forwarded to the authors.
The authors will be notified about the status of the paper by 12th June 2009. Status could mean that the paper is rejected, excepted for the Conference Proceedings (with/without modifications) or suggested for publishing in the special Conference monograph.
The authors or the accepted papers will be required to declare whether they accept the proposed status of the paper, and their willingness to make the changes indicated by the reviewers (19th June 2009).  
Having declared their willingness to follow the reviewer's requirements, the author(s) agree to the following:

• to guarantee that the submitted paper has not been published, accepted for publication, or is under consideration for publication elsewhere; and
• to release the copyright to the Faculty of Economics of the University of Split.

 WHAT WILL THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS INCLUDE?

Conference proceedings will include CD-ROM with reviewed R papers and will be provided to the participants by the end of October 2009.
The authors of papers that are suggested for publishing in the special Conference monograph, will be subsequently informed on the procedure of publishing the papers in special Conference monograph (one of the distinguished international publishing companies such as Routledge, Elsevier etc.).

ONLINE SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM

The entire communication regarding the Eight International Conference on "Challenges of Europe: Financial Crisis and Climate Change" will be done through our online system.

The authors and other participants are provided with the guidelines through the system - HELP

However, if you have any difficulties in using the system, please do not hesitate to contact the Organizing Committee.

WHAT ABOUT VENUE, REGISTRATION, ACCOMMODATION, TRANSFER?

The information about these issues will be announced in due time.

CONFERENCE NEWS

All the news about the Conference will be clearly indicated within the Conference highlights section on the Conference homepage