Important Guidelines
for submitting your FINAL paper
(since all papers will be merged and published with a Digital Printing System)

Papers that do not meet these guidelines will not be published !

• PDF FILE - Format: A4 = 210 x 297mm
   (NO letter format accepted)

• 2 columns with NO page-numbers

For your PDF creater find the buttons where to EMBEDD ALL FONTS  (including the Standard fonts)
Please check file options on the fonts embedded before submitting

7 pages max.
extended paper (possible only with agreement of chair): up to 10 pages (additional fee of €30/page over 7)

Please read the following before submitting a final paper:

With submitting a final paper to ECMS, the author/s states that this work has not been previously published elsewhere, or, if it has, that he has obtained permission for its publication by ECMS or its appointed agent.
He exclusively transfers to European Council for Modelling and Simulation all rights granted to him by the copyright laws of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other countries.
After this work has been published by ECMS the author/s retains the right to republish it in whole or in part in any book of which he is an author or editor and to make personal use of this work in lectures, courses, or otherwise.

With submitting a final paper you ensure that at least ONE AUTHOR will take part at the conference and present the paper !

Paper formatting guidelines and speaking instructions 

paper_formatting.pdf - Paper formatting and guidelines to improve your paper
speaking_instructions.pdf - Speaking instructions and audiovisual equipment
paper_formatting.doc - Paper formatting and guidelines to improve your paper
speaking_instructions.doc - Speaking instructions and audiovisual equipment

Please UPLOAD your final paper (PDF Version with all fonts embedded) via our
automatic submission system:

!!! In abstract field - do NOT use ' " - _

the system only tolerates simple words at the moment due to PHP versions - sorry for that !!!

As an author you will have to REGISTER FIRST before being able to upload a paper.
The system will need the following information from you:

Last name
First name
Affiliation
Address 1(=street)
City
Zip Code
Countryname
Email
Login - choose  your desired login name (for example: conf07) 

AFTER a successful REGISTRATION you will receive an email stating your "Login" and your "Password"
PLEASE keep this mail

You have to LOGIN into the system now and may change your data and password anytime and upload your paper
in PDF-Format only:
The system will NEED the following information:

Paper title
Paper type (theoretical or application),
Abstract (less than 400 words)
Keyword (of the TRACKname your paper shall be submitted to!!!!!!! - please check our trackpage and decide for your paper)
List of all co-authors 

you NEED to CHECK the box stating that acceptance of your paper will need at least
one author to present the paper at the conference.

After your paper got uploaded successfully you will receive a confirmation-email
!!!! You can always upload a revised version of your paper afterwards BUT  please inform the office
about a changed version: ecms"at"scs-europe.net  !!!!!

Noone will know about changed paperversions without being notified by YOU!!!!!!!

For LaTeX - User:

We do not give any support to Latex-users!

You may use Latex but you have to make sure your pdf file meets the guidelines above.

Here is ecms.cls

Here is ecmsexample.tex

"An example of a LaTeX paper manuscript:"      ECMSexample.pdf