Author Checklist
Author Checklist
Please use this list to check that you have fulfilled all the requirements before sending your paper. Do not send this page.
Note that there are only two due dates for submissions:
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Early Bird research papers and papers from Early Career Award applicants must be received by the first date.
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Research Papers, sets of Symposium papers, and abstracts for Short Communications, Round Table Presentations, and Posters are all due by the second date.
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Papers not conforming to instructions for authors and the points below will not be sent out for review.
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If any author(s) submits two papers, they must be distinctly different.
Checklist:
- The template was used (for all types of submissions)
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Text has been run through an Australian English Dictionary Spell Checker and Grammar Checker
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Text has been read carefully by someone else
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The name of the presenter(s) is underlined
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Document format conforms with page size, and number of pages and all other specifications in the template/instructions (Note: especially format for tables and figures and their labels)
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Font sizes have not been changed from the template's styles
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All works cited in the text appear in the reference list, and vice versa
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Your file has been saved as .doc (not .rtf, .docx, or .pdf)
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Files have been checked and are virus free
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Don't forget to send the publication agreement!
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Does the conference website ask for a coversheet?
Sending submissions as attachments:
If you submit more than one paper, proposal or abstract, please use a separate email for each one. That is, DO NOT attach more than one submission to each email.
For Research Papers and Symposia attach to your email message:
- One copy of full version of paper
- One blinded copy of file (all references to Author(s) removed)
- Separate file containing abstract and 5 keywords selected from the list below
For Short Communications, Round Table presentations, and Posters attach to your email message:
- One copy of abstract
- Separate file containing abstract and 5 keywords selected from the list below
If you have submitted a Research Paper or Symposium Paper, do not submit the same matter (or anything close to it) for another submission, including a Short Communication, Round Table presentation, or Poster.
Send e-mail (with attachments) to the Conference Secretariat
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Include your name and telephone numbers (work and home)
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If you are applying for an Early Career Award, Practical Implications Award, a Student Bursary, a Teacher Bursary and/or a Research Graduate Award, you MUST state this in the email message.
Sending the Publications Agreement
For copyright purposes for Research Papers and Symposium papers, print, complete, sign, and snail-mail a copy of the MERGA Publications Agreement to the Conference Secretariat. A separate form is required for each submission. We prefer electronic submission of these forms, but hard copy (mailed to the Conference Secretariat is also acceptable.
Keywords
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ADVM Advanced mathematical thinking |
GIFT Gifted and talented |
PRBY Probability |