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Abstract

The recommended length is 200 - 250 words. Please input abstract into the conference system. It is possible to submit 1 abstract per conference fee (Paper or Poster). An additional abstract is charged at a fee of 210 EUR.

By submitting an abstract to the congress system, the author explicitly agrees that the abstract may be used in the printed publication "Abstracts".

Paper

Format: MS Word 97 and newer (we do not accept papers in PDF format), A4 page, margins 20 mm, line spacing 1.2. 6 pages incl. figures is maximum. Files size 20 MB (otherwise please contact the congress secretariat). Instructions for writing an article can be found in the template. Please note that the self-citation must not exceed 20 %.
The obligatory template can be downloaded HERE.

Please upload the paper to the congress system. The Programme Committee reserves the right to change the classification of the paper (lectures/posters) or reject it.

By submitting a paper to the congress system, the author explicitly agrees that the paper may be used in the "Congress Proceedings", which will be sent to the online services Web of Science and Scopus for evaluation and possible indexing.

Poster

Poster size: 800 mm (width) × 1150 mm (height). The poster session will be held on November 9, 2023, from 18:00. Authors are kindly requested to arrive on time for the poster session. Please remove the poster after the poster session. The full text may be included in the congress proceedings. The obligatory template is given above.

Presentation

Length of presentation: 15 minutes incl. discussion. Format: PowerPoint (MS Office 2000 and newer) or Adobe Acrobat, font size 40, basic text app. 30, min. 20. File size max. 50 MB. Presentations should be clear, legible, so that texts, pictures, graphs, tables and equations were clearly visible from a distance.

Please name the file of your presentation:
surname_congress_titleofpaper.* (the first 10 characters of the title) and upload it to the congress system.

Abstracts - printed publication

Before the congress, the abstracts are compiled into a printed publication "Abstracts", which you will receive at the congress. This publication contains only a list of abstracts with relevant information (author, company/institution, city, country, co-author(s), collaboration).

Publications in international journals

To the authors of the best papers, we offer the publication of their extended versions in the following journals:

• Acta logistica, https://www.actalogistica.eu/, journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science databases, 30% discount from the standard publication fee;
• Rocznik Ochrona Srodowiska (Annual Set The Environment Protection), http://www.ros.edu.pl/, journal indexed in Web of Science database, 50% discount from the standard publication fee.

The reviewers will decide on the possibility of publishing extended versions of the papers in the respective journals.

Congress Proceedings

The submitted papers will be reviewed after the congress. Accepted papers will be compiled into congress proceedings and submitted to Web of Science and Scopus for evaluation and possible indexing.

Criteria for inclusion of a paper in the Congress Proceedings:
- scientific paper focused on the topic of the session,
- paper prepared according to the template,
- paid congress fee,
- presentation of the paper at the congress,
is a must.

Authors may be asked to correct deficiencies during the review process. The reviewer will ask the author to correct the paper no more than twice. If the author fails to submit the corrected paper or if the corrected paper does not meet the required criteria, the Programme Committee reserves the right to reject the paper.

Articles will be assigned a digital object identifier (DOI) and will be published on the www.confer.cz in open access mode after the review process.

The organizers do not guarantee that the congress proceedings will be published in the above mentioned online services. The publication of the article/proceedings is subject to the internal rules of the above mentioned companies.

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