ASCE will publish Proceedings of the conference which will be provided on CD-ROM. All papers will be in English and presentations will be in English or Chinese with concurrent translation.

The higher quality papers can be recommended to be published in the ASCE journal: 《Journal of Pipeline System Engineering and Technology》（Peer reviewed journal）.

How to Submit Paper

Before your submission

Thank you for your participation in the ASCE International Pipelines and Trenchless Technology Conference 2009 in Shanghai, China. There are a few items that we would like you to take notice of in the preparation of your paper submissions:

• Permission from facility owner: The instructions have a section titled permissions that deals with copyright issues. However, please make certain that you have obtained permission(s) to present from the responsible owning authority of the featured project. We have had situations in the past where people have not been able to present because the owner objects after they find out at a later date.

• Commercialization: Commercialization in the form of touting a firm, company or product is unacceptable and will not be allowed in the final version of the papers.

• Abstracts due: April 15, 2008.
• Final papers are due by May 31, 2009.

Thank you.

Final Paper Submission Instructions:

1. Online Account
2. Approved Draft Paper
3. Permission to reproduce previously published materials
4. Final Paper (please check the page limit)
5. If the Final paper document size is greater than 20 MB, please contact wangshaoxiong@icptt.org
6. Go to http://www.icptt.org/login.asp.
7. Enter Login Name and Password used during abstract submission. Click on Forgot your password to receive it via email
8. Read the Notes from the Technical Chairs
9. Read and Accept the CTA (Copyright Transfer Information) to proceed
10. Read and Accept the Permissions Information (complete the table if required) to proceed
11. Upload the Draft paper document
12. The conversion status is displayed, select the links to the check the documents, if the conversion process is unsuccessful contact wangshaoxiong@icptt.org
13. Review and Accept the converted document to proceed, technical difficulties contactwangshaoxiong@icptt.org

Submission Procedure:

An individual may not be the first author or presenter of more than one paper. An acknowledgement of receipt of abstracts will be sent to the corresponding author. In addition, on-line abstract submission system will ask for, the Conference Topic listed that best fits your paper. Please indicate on your abstract submission all the authors associated with the abstract, affiliations, and contact information. Please also add to the abstract submission the type of presentation (paper, poster, oral, etc.).

Review Process:

Ffinal papers are due by Sunday, May 31, 2009.

Deadlines will be strictly observed. Failure to submit final papers by the deadline will result in removal from the conference program and the proceedings.

Commitment to Attend and Expenses:

Proposing authors must recognize that submission of an abstract is a commitment to complete the paper (if accepted), attend the conference, and present the paper in person. Submission of an abstract indicates that permission to present the paper has been obtained from the responsible owning authority of the subject project.

All expenses associated with the preparation, submission, and presentation of abstracts and papers are the responsibility of the authors. This includes preparation of high resolution digital manuscripts and illustrations. Scholarship and/or travel funds are not available for conference attendees. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be required to register for the conference prior to the deadline for final paper submissions, which is Sunday, May 31, 2009 .

Thank you for your interest. We are looking forward to an exciting and productive Pipelines Conference 2009.

 

 

Paper Formatting Instructions

A proceedings paper consists of a title; an author byline and affiliation; an abstract; the text with optional tables, figures, and mathematics; a conclusion; and references. Acknowledgments, appendixes, and notations are optional. Please note that ASCE does not publish PowerPoint Presentations or abstract-only material as proceedings papers.

Length

Length is determined by your editor. The total paper length includes all text, graphics, and appendices.

Point size and font

Use 12 point type for text, captions, and author contact information. For type within figures or tables, the 12 point size is preferred. We recommend selecting a serif text font such as Times Roman. Italics, bold, and bold italics may be used; we recommend sticking to one "family" of typefaces.

Abstract

Your abstract should be about 150 words long; it must never exceed one page or contain artwork. The abstract should present a concise statement of the scope, principal findings, and conclusions of the paper.

Headers and footers

Do not put any information in the header. The only acceptable content in the footer is a single page number.

Layout

• All text must be single-spaced.
• Page design should be consistent throughout the paper.
• Margin settings (see table) must contain all elements of the paper that will be reproduced (text, figures, tables, captions). Imagine a box whose width does not exceed 5.75 in. (14.5 cm) and depth does not exceed 9 in. (22.5 cm).
• Short pages are unsightly and waste space; try to "fill" the imaginary box on each page.
• Leave at least 1 in. (3 cm) top and bottom margins.
• The title of your paper should fall approximately 1.5 inch (3.8 cm) below the standard margin.

Margin Settings

Margins	Letter (8.5 in. x 11 in.)	A4 (210 mm x 297 mm)
Top	1 in.	35 mm
Bottom	1 in.	35 mm
Left	1.375 in.	32.5 mm
Right	1.375 in.	32.5 mm

 

Figures and tables. All graphics (photos, line art, and tables) must be included electronically (embedded) within the document and fit within the margin settings. If some graphics require scanning, you should have them scanned yourself and embed them in the document. Please note: for book (print) proceedings all material must be in black and white.

• Numbering. Illustrations should be numbered consecutively as they are presented (Figure 1, Figure 2, etc., and Table 1, Table 2, etc.). Each figure should be mentioned or "called out" before it appears. More than one figure may appear on a page.
• Captions and legends. A descriptive caption, including figure number, should be placed directly below the illustration (see Figure 1). A descriptive legend, including table number, should be placed immediately above the table.
• Placement. Figures may be placed in the text or in a "gallery" at the end of the paper. More than one figure may appear on a page. If figures are placed in the text, we recommend placement at the top or bottom of a page. Do not wrap text around the figure, even to save space. Landscape orientation is acceptable.
• Shading. Do not use shading, grayscale, or screens in your illustrations, especially as a background to type.

Figure 1. Sample line art illustration.

 

Style

The paper must be written in the best possible technical and grammatical English. Titles should be concise and should describe the content of the paper. If you have a long title, please consider a Title: Subtitle format. More information on writing style is available on this url: http://pubs.asce.org/authors/book/generalresources/writingstyle.htm.

Mathematics. All mathematics must be embedded in the text. Equations need to be numbered only if they are referred to more than once. For example:

       (3)

System of units. For more information about SI units, go to the U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. site (http://lamarcolostate.edu/%7Ehillger/) or the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) site (http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html).

Author contact information. A sample of author contact information is shown in the box below. The following information may be provided for all authors of the paper: author’s full name; Society membership grade; academic degrees or honorifics; current employment affiliation; postal and electronic mailing addresses; phone and fax numbers.

I. M. Author1, and C. O. Author2 1Hard Knocks Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Research State University, P.O. Box 98765, City, ST 99999-1111; PH (666) 911-1234; FAX (666) 911-1235; e-mail: imauthor@esu.edu 2Everlasting Company, Mail Stop LC 444, 2233 West 32nd Avenue, Township, ST 88888; PH (999) 777-6666; FAX (999) 777-6667; e-mail: co.author@everco.com

 

References.

All factual material that is not original with the author must be accompanied by a reference to its source. ASCE prefers the author–date system of referencing. We strongly discourage the use of superscripts to refer to references, because the numbers often become unreadable when the pages are reproduced.

The author–date system has two parts, the text citation and the reference list.

• The text citation appears where the material to be cited is presented and it refers readers to a source in the reference list by the author's last name and the year of publication. Often, the author and date appear in parentheses; a comma is not placed between them.
• The reference list appears at the end of each chapter or gathered in a separate section at the end of a book. The reference list should be single-spaced and list each reference alphabetically by the last name of the first author.When two or more references by the same author are listed, year of publication is taken into account, and the earliest work is listed first.

All sources in the reference list must be cited in text, and all text citations must refer to a source in the reference list. Additional material that is not cited in the text may be presented in a section or appendix called "Additional Information" or "Related Material."

Additional information about the author-date reference system is available elsewheree on this Web site. Some sample references appear in the box below.

 

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Copyright Transfer Information

Copyright is an aspect of intellectual property law. It protects original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression—including print media, the Internet, CDs, DVDs, videotape, and so on. Copyright law covers published and unpublished works, regardless of the presence of a claim to copyright. (More information on U.S. copyright law is available from the U.S. Copyright Office.)

Copyright ownership begins with the creation of new work, such as the text of a book, journal article, proceedings paper, newspaper article, Web page, or Ph.D. dissertation. It applies to the expression of ideas but not to the ideas themselves. It also applies to the creation of figures or tables that present data but not to the data. As an author, you own the copyright to materials you create (unless you created the material as a work for hire or while employed by the U.S. government or the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia).

Copyright gives the owner a collection of rights that include reproducing and distributing copies of the work and licensing others to translate or reuse the work. Most publishers require authors to transfer copyright ownership so that the publisher’s right to reproduce, distribute, and license the work is clear and unquestionable. Publishers can then distribute a work as widely as possible while protecting the author’s work against infringement.

Before ASCE publishes any materials—journal articles, technical notes, proceedings papers, books, and CDs, to name a few possibilities—the copyright ownership of the materials must be clear and, except in a few special cases, transferred to ASCE. This transfer is done through a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA). Learn more about ASCE's copyright policy and download the correct Copyright Transfer Agreement form.

As a traditional publisher of technical material, ASCE respects the copyright ownership of other publishers and requires ASCE authors to obtain permission to reproduce any material that is under a third-party's copyright. Learn more about permissions.

More information: http://pubs.asce.org/copyright/

 

Permissions Information

Permissions Help for ASCE Authors

Requesting Permission to Use ASCE Materials

For some authors, the task of obtaining permission to use previously published materials may seem bothersome, bureaucratic, and unnecessary. In fact, obtaining permissions is as essential to scholarly and scientific discourse as appropriately giving credit for the ideas and writings of other authors. The system of requesting and granting permissions helps publishers protect the rights of their authors and ensures the quality of the materials being published.

As the author of a work intended for publication, it is your responsibility to differentiate between the material that you create yourself and the material that has been previously published. Previously published materials—whether in print, on the Internet, or on electronic media—are presumed to be under copyright and therefore require permission if you wish to use them somewhere else.

All authors are responsible for 1) identifying materials in their works that require permission, 2) obtaining permission from the copyright owner, and 3) verifying that the owner is properly credited for granting permission.

Previously published materials that typically require permission from the copyright owner include direct quotations of text amounting to 100 words from a journal article or proceedings paper or 500 words from a book; tables; and photographs, diagrams, maps, illustrations, and all other types of figures.

As a reputable publisher of scientific and technical material, ASCE respects the copyright ownership of other publishers. We require that ASCE authors obtain permission to reproduce any material that is under a third-party's copyright. We also maintain a system to manage permission requests from authors who wish to use materials from our publications.

• If you are publishing in an ASCE publication, learn how to meet your permissions responsibilities.
• If you wish to reuse materials published by ASCE for any purpose, learn about our permissions policies.