Rules

Rules

DEADLINE FOR THE DIFFERENT STAGES

  • Abstracts reception: 10th of January of 2014
  • Results of abstract pre-selection: 17th of January of 2014
  • Full paper reception and edition closing: 8th of March of 2014
  • Decision about selected full papers and its presentation form: 21st of March of 2014

STEPS FOR PAPERS WRITING AND SENDING

  • Indications for papers writing.
    • The paper must be delivered in WORD format using the template attached at the end of this page and following the indications specified in it. As is indicated in the template, the document must NOT contain information related to the title, authors, abstract or key words. The congress management platform will add this information automatically in the final paper with the data provided in previous stages. We recommend checking that all introduced data are right, in the section Accepted abstracts, introducing your paper ID. If you want to realize any modification of this data, you should request for a manual revision to the congress organization team in papers@orpconference.org, with the paper ID in the email subject.
    • The WORD file name must be the paper ID
    • Furthermore, we will appreciate if in the Acknowledgement section you include a reference to the congress in which it is presented
  • Instructions for papers sending. The paper sending must be done by the main author as is indicated in the following lines:
    • Log in in the congress official website.
    • Go to Mi Espacio in the menu below your username and select the option Trabajos
    • Click on the paper title for see it and select the option
    • Clic on the paper title for seeing it and select the option Editar in order to Access to the Sending form.
    • In the section Cuerpo, select the Word file and click on Subirlo al servidor for upload it. If your prefer poster presentation as participation mode, upload the image in jpg or jpeg format. The maximum file size is set on 50MB In the section Cuerpo alternativo, you can upload -if you wish- the full paper in the alternative language. Click on Guardar for sending the work.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Between all submitted papers IN ENGLISH, it will select the best ones, for its evaluation in the "International Journal of occupational Safety and Ergonomics"

Aim
The aim of the ORP conference is provide an international forum for the exchange of information related to the latest developments on working methods, trends, tools and project in the areas of ergonomics, safety at workplace, industrial hygiene, work medicine, psychosociology, prevention management and other related fields.

Organization
The organization of all scientific activities as well as the quality criteria for the selection process are responsibility of the Scientific Committee, formed by highlighted academics and professionals from all considered areas.

Thematic and Sectorial Areas
The working areas of this congress are the following ones:

  • Quality
  • Ergonomics
  • Environment
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Internet and Prevention
  • Safety at the workplace
  • Working Psychosociology
  • Preventive Activity Management
  • Legal Aspects of Prevention
  • Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology

LANGUAGES

The official languages of the Congress are Spanish and English. All abstracts and full papers can be sent in any of these languages.

CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS

All selected full papers will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and edited for its publication in the Congress Proceedings.

The publication will consist in an interactive CD-ROM, R. Mondelo, P. et al.; Proceedings of the 12th Internacional Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention ORP2014.

ISBN: 978-84-616-3573-3

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

For the abstract submission, the authors should send an abstract through an electronic form in the section ABSTRACT SUBMISSION on the website. The main author must be registered in the Conference before the submission. We will NOT accept abstracts sent by other ways.

The formal contact between the Technical Secretariat and the research group associated to the full paper will be though its main author, if there is only one author, this person will be the main author. Is very important reviewing the email address during the registration process due to that this is the only way to contact efficiently with the Conference’s Technical Secretariat.

The formal contact between the Technical Secretariat and the research group associated to the full paper will be though its main author. If there is only one author, this person will be the main author. Is very important reviewing the email address during the registration process in order to contact efficiently with the Conference’s Technical Secretariat.

In this stage of the application, is mandatory a previous registration, but is not necessary to pay the fee. The registration is only needed for identification and contact reasons.

Any modification performed after the abstract submission (i.e title, content, keywords, authors…) must be communicated immediately to the Technical Secretariat (papers@orpconference.org) by email for updating the information on the database. It will be NOT admit any modification after the Abstract Pre-selection.

FILL THE ON-LINE FORM:

  • Language: Spanish or English.
  • Title: The maximum length is 150 characters.
  • Abstract: Maximum length of 1000 characters (it should expose briefly the treated theme and the main conclusions of the work as well as the used methodology).
  • Keywords: Between 3 and 5 words separated by a point and coma (words which identifies with the general theme of the paper, we do not recommend composed words).
  • Classification of the main theme: choose the theme which identifies better your contribution in the proposed list.
  • Preferences: please, specify if you prefer that your paper is exposed as communication or as poster, in order to that the Scientific Committee can consider it. Complete the data about main author: please, indicate the name of your company or institution and upload a picture.
  • Authors: add the first name, last name and company or institution of the rest of authors (if there are) in the corresponding place.

Once all abstracts have been received, they will be evaluated by a Scientific Committee which will elaborate a report for validate that all received abstracts accomplish technical and scientific interests, clarity, synthesis and the main conclusions are relevant for be exposed in an international Congress.

PARTICIPATION MODES

The Scientific Committee will evaluate all received full papers and will define those ones which will be in the congress proceedings. Possible modes:

1. Poster: In order to enhance the share author’s practical work, is possible to expose it as posters or other visual mechanisms, always respecting established dimensions: DIN AO ó 90 wide x 120 high

2. Communication: Public presentation of your paper in the Congress (depending on Scientific Committee selection and available time).

Both modes will appear in the Congress Proceedings and the authors must have performed the full paper in Word with the right format.

IMPORTANT

  • The breach of deadlines or writing forms may result in rejection of the full paper publication and its exclusion from the Congress Proceedings. Please read the instructions carefully.
  • After your abstract submission, it will be assigned an ID number. This number will be useful for locate your work, to check its editing and publishing status and solve issues. Please, keep it handy if you need to contact us.
  • All abstracts and full papers should be sent electronically through the form in this website, with the main author’s email. We cannot guarantee the reception by other sending mechanism.
  • We attach a template to facilitate the writing process
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