Instructions for Paper Submission

1. To facilitate our blind review process, each submission must include a separate title page and indicates clearly:
(1) author(s)
(2) affiliation(s)
(3) complete addresses, telephone/ fax numbers, and email address of one correspondent author to whom all correspondence should be addressed
(4) title of the paper
(5) selected topic area
Abstracts should be 4 pages at most. Panel proposals should include discussants list and are limited to 3 pages only. Full papers are limited to 20 pages (8000 words), not including tables and figures. The font should be Times New Roman under text size of 12 with single line spacing. All submissions will be blind refereed by independent reviewers on rolling basis.

2. All submissions, in MS Word format only, are to be sent to icoscm@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk.

3. All submissions must be received on or before March 30, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be sent by May 15, 2009.

4. Camera-ready full papers or abstracts for publication in the conference proceedings must be received by June 20, 2009. Detailed paper format can be downloaded from
http://lf-scml.baf.cuhk.edu.hk/upload/act_file/CameraReadyFormat.doc

5. Speaker's registration and conference payment in full (including authors, session chairs, and panel discussants) must be received on or before June 30, 2009 to validate one's attendance as a speaker. Speakers who do not remit payment and registration before June 30, 2009 will not be eligible to present papers and/or speak at the conference. Authors are required to personally attend the conference to present their papers. At least one author has to pay the registration fee before the deadline in order for the paper to be published in the proceeding.