Paper Submission Types


The following type of papers can be submitted and presented at BEPU-2024:

  • “Conference Paper” (CP) will be presented in Oral Conference Sessions (OCS). The Presenter has 30 minutes to present the paper that includes 5 minutes for questions from the audience;

  • “Poster Conference Paper” (PCP) will be presented in Poster Plenary Sessions (PoS). The Presenter has to prepare a Poster (possible following the tips at the following link) and present it to the conference attendees during the 2 hours duration of the Poster Session (Pos). One of the Poster Session Chairman will discuss the Poster with the Presenter for 10 minutes during the Poster Session (PoS);

  • “Student Paper” (SP) will be presented in Oral Student Sessions (OSS) or in a Student Poster Session organized inside the Poster Plenary Session. The Student has a total of 30 minutes to present the paper that includes 5 minutes for questions from the audience.


In addition:

  • All papers have to be prepared following the template that can be downloaded from the following links (doc, LaTex);

  • Oral and Poster Paper will go through the same level of Peer Review Process;

  • The criteria adopted by the TPC and followed by the reviewers to select between oral and poster presentation are:
    • Poster presentation facilitates long in depth technical discussions between specialists;
    • Poster presentation is suited for innovative work in a limited scope;
    • Poster presentation is suited for work presenting applications of established methodologies;
    • Oral presentation is suited for a paper which may interest a large audience;
    • Oral presentation is suited for innovative work of general interest;
    • Oral presentation is suited for papers which have a rich content which can hardly be summarized in a poster;
    • Poster may be elected when the authors themselves choose and prefer this kind of presentation.

BEST ESTIMATE CONFERENCE HISTORY


2000 BEST ESTIMATE Washington DC USA
2004 BEST ESTIMATE Washington DC USA
2018 BEPU 2018 Lucca Italy