Optical Grids 2009

Submission Guidelines

For paper formatting instructions, please follow the guidelines inculded in the Springer's LNICST Author's Kit. Papers should be electronically submissited through the ASSYST system using the following instructions:

• Register for a ASSYST account. Upon registering, a username and a password will be emailed to you
• Login using your new account
• From the Main Menu Interface, click on 'Paper Submission'
• You will see the list of current conferences in ASSYST that are still open for submissions. Click on 'Submit a paper' next to "Optical Grids 2009 ".
• On the next screen, you will see the conference information and a link to submit your paper. Click on this link.
• Select the paper type you wish to submit.
• Enter the title, abstract and topic information for your paper, and then click 'Next'.
• On the next screen, verify the information you entered. If correct, click on 'Submit'. Use the Back button of your browser to go back to edit any of the details.
• On the same screen, click on 'Submit', next to Manuscript on the right side, to upload your paper
• The next screen allows you to modify the details of your submission, add or remove authors, etc
• Click on 'Browse' and find your document on the computer, then click 'Submit'
• You will be taken back to the main page of your paper upload status. From here, you can upload an updated version of manuscript at any time.
• Once your paper has been reviewed and accepted, you will be able to upload your Camera-Ready version (after Camera-Ready upload start date). You will be able to keep updating your Camera-Ready paper, until it is allowed by the conference.