Attention International Authors
NECEC is a local conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. We will only accept submissions from presenters located in the province or with their own arrangements to travel for the conference. NECEC does not issue visa support letters for travel and is not responsible for attenddee's travel arrangements.
Abstract Submission
New this year: NECEC submissions have moved to a one-page abstract. The abstract should contain enough information to summarize the work to be presented, including the proposed work, methodology, results, and conclusion. Please use the NECEC Abstract Template for formatting your submission.
To be considered for presentation at NECEC 2024, the authors should submit an abstract of their work in one of the Technical Program topics listed in our Call for Papers to the Technical Program Committee. The following types of work are accepted at NECEC 2024.
- Academic Paper for Oral Presentation
- Industrial Paper for Oral Presentation
- Industrial Presentation
- Paper for Poster Presentation
To be considered for an award, authors should inform which categories they want to compete (Industry, Young Professionals, Women in Engineering, Student, etc.) at the moment of submission. Authors can compete in multiple categories.
Submission Guideline for Review
You must submit a single PDF that has to conform to the preparation guideline of 1-page abstracts
- Prepare an abstract using the Microsoft Word template.
- Abstract format: You MUST use the template of 1-page abstracts
- Template: Click the button below to download the Microsoft Word template.
- Convert to PDF
- An abstract file needs to be converted into its PDF version for submission.
- Please limit the size of the PDF file to be 5 MB.
The submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the Technical Program Committee, and the authors should receive a notification of acceptance by October 16, 2024.
To submit your abstract, click here. If this is your first time submitting an article to NECEC, you should create an account first.
Final Paper/Poster Submission
If accepted, the Technical Program Committee will invite authors to submit their final papers and/or posters. Once the submission is accepted, an option to submit the final paper/poster will appear in the submission management system. To be considered, final paper/poster submissions should follow the formatting guidelines outlined in the following section. Final versions of the paper/poster should be submitted to the Technical Program Committee by October 28, 2024.
Additionally, academic and industrial presenters have the option of submitting presentation slides for inclusion in the proceedings.
Formatting Guidelines
Papers
Academic and Industrial papers presented in NECEC 2024 should follow the IEEE standard Conference format. The text should be written in English, single-spaced in US letter paper (8.5” x 11”) with 2 columns in font size of 10 pt; the submission should not exceed 5 pages. Templates in .docx and .tex formats can be found in the IEEE website.
It should be noted that late submissions will not be included in the proceedings.
Posters
Posters will be set up for viewing in the common “crush” area for the full day. Presenters are requested to remain near their posters during the refreshment breaks. Posters should measure not more than 4 feet (120 cm) wide by 3 feet (90 cm) high.
Oral Presentations
Authors of industrial and academic papers and industrial presentations are expected to do an oral presentation of their work at the day of the conference. Presentations must be 15-minutes long, followed by 5 minutes of questions and answers. Presenters may (optionally) submit slides before the paper deadline for inclusion in the distributed proceedings.