MARC XI Abstract Submission Form Version 4 28-2017

1 MARC XI Abstract Submission form Version 4 (2-28- 2017 ). Conference Dates: April 8-13, 2018. abstracts are due December 15, 2017 . Please see example and instructions on the MARC website( ). email completed form to Aloha! We look forward to seeing you in Hawaii at the Eleventh International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC XI). MARC XI is sponsored by the American Nuclear Society. This form is to be used for the Submission of abstracts for presentation at the MARC XI conference. First save this Abstract entry form to your computer, do not fill it out and submit it from the web Version . Please fill in all the information below and then click the submit button for each paper you intend to present at the conference.

2 All information should be for the corresponding author. Separate forms are available for conference registration and housing, please see the MARC website in mid- 2017 . It is possible that your facility may block your ability to access the fillable pdf. A fillable excel form will serve the same role if you have problems using this form because of institutional requirements. Please contact me directly and I will provide you a solution. You can e-mail the form to me and I will click the submit button is one of the simple solutions that I have found works rather well! Please note that special characters will not paste properly. Do not expect subscripts and superscripts to be included, we will edit the final titles in the program.

3 For scientific notation keep it simple, Additional information on the sessions and the conference is available at the conference If you have any questions, please contact the MARC XI Program Chair, Sam Glover Please note that this form has five (5) pages (the excel Version may show 4 pages, just a formatting difference) . Please fill in all the information and then submit the Abstract . If you can't find the {submit} button you can save the form and email it to me as a pdf and I. will submit it for you or you can try it from home, likely your institution is blocking that feature. Contact Sam Glover with any questions! Some items are required to be filled in and are marked as such.

4 The form will require you to fill in all REQUIRED fields before proceeding to the next page or submitting the form . Please click SUBMIT form upon completing all the fields and it will be sent to me automatically or send it to me manually if you have any problems. Page 1 of 5. Save the pdf file to your computer with some helpful file name (some suggestions are provided on page 5), complete the required fields, save the file and then use either the "submit" button if available or e-mail the completed pdf form to The data will be imported so please do not send scanned versions or otherwise change the type of pdf file. Contact Sam Glover if you have questions.

5 No special characters. Principal Author Information (to whom all correspondence regarding this paper will be addressed). Title (Dr., Prof, Mr, Ms, etc). First name Last name Organization Address Address line 2. Address line 3. City State Zip Country Email Telephone Letter of Invitation: The MARC Conference is self-supporting and thus no assistance can be provided to attendees. However we can and will write letters of invitation to assist with attendance and Visa applications. Please fill in the following information if you would like to request a letter of invitation to present at the conference. Please indicate if you will require letter of invitation to attend the conference.

6 Steve LaMont the MARC XI. Conference Chair will provide all invitation letters to assist with attendance. NO financial support is available. Please check one of the following: Letter of Invitation (dropdown List): page 2 of 5. Abstract information It is important to carefully follow the instructions. Information will be lost during transfer to the database if you do not include the information as a SINGLE. paragraph for each field. DO NOT use a hard return. Examples are available on the website of MARC if you have any questions. Each Abstract shall be reviewed by the Program Chair and a log number will be assigned. You will receive a separate e-mail regarding each Abstract that you submit from the Program Chair.

7 Log numbers will be assigned in mid December. marc_xi_authorlastname_abstract_1. Filename (please include last name of author). Log Number (completed by program chair). Abstract Title (all caps). This must be ONE (1) paragraph only (no hard returns). Simple is better, special characters will likely not be properly recognized during the import process. (Example. DETERMINATION OF TH-232 IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES USING PRE-CONCENTRATION NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS). Abstract Author(s) and Organization(s). One paragraph only (no hard returns). (Example. Glover, (1); Spitz, (2); LaMont, (3). (1) NIOSH. (2) University of Cincinnati. (3) US Department of Energy).

8 Page 3 of 5. Abstract BODY. There should be no hard returns (one paragraph). If you are copying from another program (such as Word), then use the paste special (text) to minimize problems. Keep the Abstract less than 250 words. abstracts are not intended to be full papers! Again please keep it simple, special characters will likely not be recognized during the import process. Preferred presentation (oral/poster/either from dropdown list). Requested session (use dropdown list)*. *Use #1 (general call for papers) if you don't see your specific session listed and your paper will be placed in an appropriate session page 4 of 5. Do you intend to submit this Abstract as a full paper to JRNC (as part of the MARC conference)?

9 Manuscripts will be due by the end of the conference, more information will be provided to interested authors. Not a commitment, but it helps with planning. page 5 of 5. Please be sure to submit the form when you are done. You MUST save this file to your computer (please give it a new name like and if you have a second paper a somewhat descriptive title will help keep things easy like ). You should be able to click on the "SUBMIT" button but if you have any trouble please just email the filled in form to the Program Chair, Sam Glover at . Mahalo! We look forward to seeing you in April 2018.