SPIF

Information for Authors

Abstract and article submission deadline: 10th May 2010

The manuscripts must be prepared in double column format on A4 (210mm x 297mm or 8.3'' x 11.7'') paper size. Proceedings and CD of the conference will be compiled from printed camera-ready manuscripts based on received files e-mailed to the Secretary.

Max. five (5) pages are allowed for each paper (including paper title, author(s), e-mail(s), keywords, abstract, introduction, text, figures, tables, conclusions and references).

The margins on each A4 page must be as follows: top and bottom = 2.5 cm, left and right = 2 cm.

The width of each column and the column separation must be 8.2 and 0.6 cm, respectively.

The paragraphs begin at one TAB of 0.5 cm.

The first page of the manuscript must contain the title of the paper, author's name(s), affiliation(s), and e-mail(s) all centered on the top of the page and spanning both columns.

The top margin for the title on the first page should be 5 cm. There must be one blank line (10pt) separations between the paper title, the author name(s) and the author affiliation(s).

The author e-mail comes after affiliation in same row or next row.

Two blank line (10pt) separation is required between the author affiliation(s)/e-mail(s) and starting point of the main text.

Each author's name(s) is referred to its affiliation(s) with its end superscript number. The author(s) number is inserted in the beginning of each related affiliation(s).

The author's names are separated each other with five (5) spaces not using commas (,).

The affiliation should be included with the name of department and/or faculty, university or organization or company, city and country.

Please use Times New Roman font and single-space typing. Hand written symbols, tables, figures and equations are not acceptable.

The font sizes should be as follows:

title	14 bold
Autor(s)	12 bold
Affiliation(s)	10 italic
E-mail	10 italic
Keywords	10 normal
Abstract	10 normal
Subscripts	7 normal
Superscripts	7 normal
Headings	10 bold
Main text	10 normal
Table(s), Figure(s) title	8 normal

Paper title must be typed in bold capital letters and centered on top of the first page.

Each section headings must be typed in bold whole capital letters and centered on the respective columns which include Roman numerals at the first starting from Introduction.

Keywords, Abstract and References are not included with numbers. The sub-sections will be written in bold, first capital letters left aligned, The sub-sections will be written in bold and first capital letters with align text to left and alphabetical numbering after one blank line (10pt) directly from past paragraph.

The table titles and figure comments should be written centered at the top of the tables and the bottom of the figures, respectively. Other phrases instead of Table and Figure should not be used in main text and also table titles and figure comments.

The tables, figures, equations and references should consecutively beginning with 1. Only the equation numbers should be in the parentheses such as (1). Only the references numbers should be in the brackets such as [1].

The end of the columns of the last page is adjusted in the same rows.

Acknowledgment and Bibliography are free for using (with no numerals) before and after References, respectively.

Please specify the topic area of your paper (such as ELECTRIC POWER ENGINEERING) in the end of the paper after REFERENCES.