Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
I want to ask you what happened with the articles that have been in evaluation to be published in the Food and Bioprocess Technology Journal (Springer).
The selection is still under process. As soon as we have news to communicate, a note will be published on the web site and/or a message will be sent to the participants.
Where can I find my registration number?
Once logged with your name and password, on "Registration" page, under "Payment" option, check you payment code, CIGR - XXX -.
For our posters, is there a specific time which we present our posters and see the judges, or should we be near our posters during all the viewings on breaks between speeches?
The posters will be exposed over the whole time of the symposium.
I have sent my full paper yesterday, however, as I have noticed the end date has been extended to 28 february, I would like to give a proof reading of it. Is it possible to withdraw that version and send the corrected one later?
No problem ! You may reload revised versions your file exactly through the same way as you did for the first version. However, in case of re-loading, only the last version will be kept.
In the Registration section in my account I found this notice: "Sorry, the Gala dinner is sold out". So, this means we don't have places for the gala dinner cruise?
Participants who registered before January 7, 2011 and asked for the Gala Diner have been reserved places. The gala diner has however been sold out at this date.
I have already paid my invoice by international bank transfer, but my payment status on the website is still "not yet recorded". I would like to know if my payment has been successfully processed.
Payment by bank transfer from one country to another may be a quite long procedure. Once the money has been transfered to our bank, your payment still has to be processed through the accounting services from Oniris. The complete procedure may take more then one week. Please be patient ! Thank you for your understanding.
I would like to get an invitation letter.
First step is to pre-register. Please fill the registration form and submit it. Once registered, please log-in and ask through the contact page for a registration letter. Your request will be transmitted to the local organizer, and the invitation letter sent to you in the following days.
I am unable to log-in.
If you can not log-in, you probably entered a wrong username or password. Try again or ...
You may ask for a new password on the "Registration" page, "Login" option. If you ask for, you will get a new password in a very short time in your mailbox. Once re-logged, you may replace the received by a password of your choice.
I would like to know about International bank transfer informations for payment.
Once logged-in, you get all the information for payment on the "Payment" option of the "Registration" page.
How to submit a full paper ?
Before to submit, be sure that your browser does support JavaScript: a JavaScript-enabled browser is required.
Fill and submit the REGISTRATION form: see "Registration" option on the menu bar,
Login with your lastname and password,
choose FullText option-tab,
and load your file.
Do I have to pay before sending the abstract?
No, you do not have to pay before to send your abstract, the payment system being not yet activated; however, as soon as you are registered, you have access to the "Abstract" option and get able to submit your presentation title, authors and keywords and load your abstract.
How can I do to send the abstract and then pay?
As soon as you are registered, you get access to the "Abstract" and "Payment" options.
I would like to ask you about full paper publication. Will you publish all full papers of all participants in proceeding (CD) or only selected papers in journal of the "Food and Bioprocess Technology" ?
Any abstract if selected for oral or poster will be included in the proceedings (CD).
In addition, if you decide to write an article (each author is strongly invited to write an article) it will be considered if of high quality for a possible publication in the FABT journal after the conference.
I would ask about the criteria for selection papers for published in a special issue of Food and Bioprocess Technology. Will you publish all papers of participants or only papers of invited speakers?
The papers presented at the conference will be selected by the scientific committee and the most relevant ones will be published in the special issue of the "Food and Bioprocess Technology" Journal (Springer) with and ISI Web of Science Impact Factor of 2.238. The "Food and Bioprocess Technology" Journal is ranked top 19 out of 118 food science and technology journals. The selected papers will go through a peer review process. This does not concern only the invited lectures.