Call for Papers:
Themed "Leading the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure to Resilience," the TISP AIRR 2010 Conference will feature 18 technical sessions addressing diverse subject areas such as:
1. Successful Regional Strategies to CIP
2. Interdependence of Various Critical Infrastructure Assets & Industries
3. Resilience of Transportation, Energy, Dams & Levees, Cyber Infrastructure & IT Systems
4. Local, Regional and National Goals for Safety, Security & Resilience
5. Latest Emergency Operations & Management Solutions
6. Public Education & Alerts
7. Risk Assessment & Analysis
8. Professional Development & Training
9. Exercises & Program Assessment
10. Design & Construction
11. Public Health & Healthcare
12. Coordination & Interoperability
13. Research & Development
Beginning April 19, TISP is accepting draft papers for consideration for inclusion in one of the technical sessions. Papers will be evaluated based on four decisive factors:
1. Paper should be well written and written in Plain English standard;
2. The subject of the paper should be original and innovative;
3. The subject should also be relevant to today’s homeland security, homeland defense, and emergency manage communities; and
4. The finding of the subject should be factual, properly researched, and provide supportive references as necessary.
Technical papers can address technical subjects as well as institutional, business and economic aspects of infrastructure resilience. All proposals must be original and report on recent significant and substantive achievements.
FORMATTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANNUAL INFRASTRUCTURE PAPERS
FILE FORMAT
Papers may be submitted in either of two file formats
· MS-Word 2003 or higher, or
· Adobe Acrobat 7.0 or higher
GENERAL SET-UP
· Paper size: 8.5 x 11”
· Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt. You may use bold, italic, or underline as appropriate
· Spacing:
o Single-space all text material
o One blank line between paragraphs
o Two blank lines before and one blank line after first-level headings
o One blank line before and after all other headings).
· Margins: 1 inch (top, bottom, left and right).
· Page Numbers: Centered at bottom of page surrounded by hyphens: -1-.
LENGTH
Draft papers submitted by July 31, 2010, may not be less than three pages including all illustrations, references, etc.
Final papers submitted November 21, 2010, by may not exceed 12 pages including all illustrations, references, etc.
PAPER STRUCTURE
Start the first page with the paper title in all caps and author information for each author (main author first), affiliation, address, phone and email). The following is an example:
FORMATTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE PAPERS
Daniel Catlett
Chair, AIRR Program Committee
The Infrastructure Security Partnership
607 Prince Street, Alexandria VA 22314
+1-703-908-2848, dcatlett@tisp.org
Continue with a one paragraph summary or abstract of approximately 10 lines. This should be followed by a list of key words (not to exceed 10), and then the main body of the paper (including illustrations), acknowledgements and references.
All regular paragraphs are flush left, no first line indentation. Do not use the tab key. Bulleted and numbered lists may be used.
Do not use numbers in headings. Format headings as follows:
· First-level heading: All caps, bold, centered:
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE
· Second-level heading: Initial caps only, bold, underlined, centered:
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
· Third-level heading: Initial caps only, underlined, centered:
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
· Fourth-level heading: Initial caps only, centered:
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
ILLUSTRATIONS
· Illustrations include tables, figures, graphics, line art, designs, photographs, and maps
· Illustrations are expected to look neat, professional, and readable. The use of color is encouraged.
· Provide a number and caption for each illustration
· Integrate illustrations into the body of your paper – we are not able to format separately provided illustrations into your paper
· Before submitting your paper, please print it to make sure illustrations are readable and properly placed.
REFERENCES
Do not use superscripts or footnotes. Place all references at the end of the paper. In the text, use a number in parenthesis to indicate a reference (1). Each reference should include:
· If an article: Names of authors; title in quotes; name of journal or book in which the article appeared, in italics; for journals: volume and issue number; for all articles: publisher; publication date; page numbers
· If a report: Names of authors, title of report in quotes; report number (if applicable; publisher; publication date; page number
· If a book: Names of authors, title of book in italics, publisher, publication date, page number
· For all author names, put given name first, family name last
Example:
REFERENCES
(1) Daniel Catlet, “Formatting Instructions for Annual Conference Papers”, TISP, December 2010, p. 2
CALL FOR PAPERS
KEY DATES*
April 19, 2010
Paper submissions accepted
July 31, 2010
Deadline for paper submissions
September 15, 2010
Acceptance/non-selection notification
November 21, 2010
Speakers must be registered to be included in the final program.
November 21, 2010
Submission of final technical paper
December 1, 2010
Submission of final presentations and speaker bios
(*These dates will NOT be extended.)
If a paper is accepted, the author(s) will be informed by mid-September 2010. Papers should only be e-mailed to wanderson@tisp.org.
