SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT

The abstract submission has closed. We are delighted to have received over 440 abstracts.

Thank you for your submission. Succesful applicants will be notified by the end of January.​

Abstracts review is essential to maintain the overall standard of the conference, and to ensure high quality and relevant discussion. All abstracts submitted to the conference will be independently assessed by the FIG Commission Chair. They will grade the abstract on relevance, originality, breadth, completeness and clarity.

Authors will be notified of acceptance of their submission for presentation by 20 January 2016. Those authors invited to present a paper at the Working Week must submit a full paper by 15 February 2016. Before submission of full paper, please read the guidelines

Submission of Abstracts - Instructions

The Call for Papers is announced both for peer review papers and non-peer review papers. We invite you to submit an abstract for the FIG Working Week by 15 November 2015. For peer review papers the deadline is  1 October 2015.

Before you begin - To submit your abstract you will need to have the following items ready:

• Your 250-500 words abstract describing the objectives, results, conclusions and significance of your work. Please feel free to submit an abstract on any topic related to the specific topics of FIG 2016.
• The names and email addresses of all contributing authors.
• The full title of the paper as you would like it to appear in the program book
• Your choice of maximum three (3) commissions/task forces etc. in prioritized order, which best corresponds to the subject of your paper.
• Keywords for your paper.
• Whether you want to submit your paper as as peer review paper or non-peer review paper.
• Choice of author(s) as the presenter(s) at the Working Week

Submitting your abstract

• Begin by filling in the abstract submission form. Ensuring that you fill in all mandatory fields. Please note that  submission of an abstract is NOT equivalent to registering for the Working Week. More information on registration, please visit www.fig.net/fig2016/registration.htm
• Please note that when you submit your abstract the number of abstracts is limited to a maximum of one per author. Further, an author can only once be a co-author in another abstract. It means an author can only be involved in two abstracts, once as first author and once as co-author.
• An email from fig@fig.net will serve as confirmation of a successful abstract submission. Your contribution ID will be contained in the confirmation email.
• Please note that abstracts must be submitted by 15 November 2015. If you submit a peer review paper the deadline is 1 October 2015.

• The outcome of the selection process will be communicated to you via email by 20 January 2016.

Terms and conditions

When submitting a paper the author(s) agree that FIG has the right to publish the paper in the conference proceedings (at the conference and on the FIG web site); in the FIG Surveyors Reference Library; and in the FIG online journal (if selected for this purpose) without any other agreement or compensation. The copyright of the paper remains by the author(s).

Receipt of your paper will be acknowledged electronically according to the time schedules.