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24 November 2008
Building Australia's Future 2009 Call For Papers
Australian Building Codes Board
Building Australia's Future 2009 International Conference
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is calling for papers for its biennial Building Australia's Future 2009 (BAF) international conference to be held on the Gold Coast from 20 – 23 September 2009.
BAF 2009 will be a combined Refereed and Non-refereed industry conference and as such the ABCB is seeking papers from both industry and academia.
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Key themes of the conference, all relating to the building regulatory environment, include:
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It is expected that submissions would relate to, or be relevant to one of the conference themes as expressed above. It is desirable that papers are focussed in a way that will engage the building and construction community, convey experiential knowledge, trigger debate and assist practitioners.
Suggested topics may include such issues as: contemporary and strategic research; adapting the built environment for climate change; alternative construction practices; innovative design through performance; zero carbon impact; or the effectiveness and future of energy efficiency abatement measures.
Requirements for Papers
Submission of Papers
Papers and enquiries are to be submitted electronically to the Speaker Co-ordinator, at: ABCB.Office@abcb.gov.au. Papers will be screened for relevance to the conference themes and submissions from those whose authors have requested peer reviewing will be forwarded to the Refereed Papers Convenor, Associate Professor George Zillante.
Please Note: Submission of a paper requiring peer reviewing implies that the paper has not been previously published. Should a paper have been previously published please advise accordingly.
Format
Authors are to submit electronic copies of their papers, including diagrams, in Word format with type face no smaller than 12 pitch. Papers should be written in a scholarly fashion and follow a proper academic format including the Harvard referencing system.
Abstract length
Should not exceed 500 words.
Length of papers
Papers should be in the order of 5000 words in length. Papers longer than this may be accepted if deemed appropriate for the topic.
Additional requirements
Please include:
- Author's name(s), title and organisational affiliation;
- A 50 word biography for each contributing author;
- Mailing address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address for the corresponding author/s.
Copyright
All authors must sign a “transfer of Copyright” agreement before the papers will be accepted for the conference. This transfer agreement enables the ABCB to protect the copyright material for the authors without the author relinquishing his/her proprietary rights.
Critical DatesSubmission of Papers
Further details of the conference will be available shortly at www.abcb.gov.au. Enquiries relating to this call for papers, or submission details, can be forwarded to ABCB.Office@abcb.gov.au. |