Final Camera Ready and copyright instructions

The below instructions are essential to ensure that you comply with the publication requirements set by IEEE in order for your paper(s) to be included in the conference proceedings and published and indexed by IEEE.

Please note that the deadline for Registration, Ready Camera Submissions and Copyright forms for accepted papers is Nov 20th, 2020 (Midnight).

Step 1: Final Paper Preparation and Format
Please make sure you conform to the formatting guidelines, where Manuscripts must be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format. A full paper must be Maximum length of 8 pages (including all figures, tables and references).
Please make use of the appropriate IEEE template for conference proceedings, to prepare your revised manuscript.
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
Please, DO NOT include headers/footers or page numbers in the final submission. Verify/Convert your document to be IEEE Xplore-Compatible PDF. Please use the recommended Template(s) when preparing your camera-ready version, and convert your manuscript to PDF document.

The following table summarizes the details of the needed format.

Item	Sub-item	Size	Style	Alignment	Comment
Title	-	24	Times New Roman	Centre
Author Name	-	9	Times New Roman	Centre	authors names should be written in Full (first name and last name) using English letters only. For multiple authors, names are separated by commas
Author Affiliation	Department	9	Times New Roman - Italic	Centre	Connection between the author name and his affiliation is established using a special symbol (*, †, §, ‡) printed after the author name and before the first line of his affiliation. For multiple of author with the same affiliation, the affiliation should be printed once. Use English letters only.
	Organization	9	Times New Roman - Italic	Centre
	City, Country	9	Times New Roman	Centre
	Email	9	Times New Roman	Centre
Abstract		9	Times New Roman - Bold	Justified	Heading is "Abstract−" bold, Italic; Body – bold, Non-italic. First Line Indentation & must be in one paragraph Do Not Use Symbols, Special Characters, Footnotes, or Math in Paper Title or Abstract
Section Heading / HEADING 1 Format		10	Times New Roman	Centre	Enumeration - Roman Number (I., II., III.,....)
Sub-Section Heading / HEADING 2 Format		10	Times New Roman - Italic	Left	Enumeration - Capital Letters (A., B., C.,....)
Sub-Sub-Section Heading / HEADING 2 Format		10	Times New Roman - Italic	Left	Enumeration - Capital Letters (1), 2), 3),....)
Paragraph		10	Times New Roman	Justified	First Line Indentation Space between paragraphs
Margins		-	-	-	Top : 0.75" Left: 0.51” Right: 0.51” Bottom: 1.69”
body		10	Times New Roman	Justified	Double Column with 3.25” Column width.
Bibliography		8	Times New Roman	Justified	Numbered as [1], [2], ..... Refer to template for detailed ordering of reference text   Reference order should be in IEEE format.   Unless there are six authors or more give all authors’ names; do not use “et al.”. Papers that have not been published, even if they have been submitted for publication, should be cited as “unpublished” [4]. Papers that have been accepted for publication should be cited as “in press” [5]. Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for proper nouns and element symbols.   In URL, last accessed date is MUST

Step 2: IEEE eXpress PDF
Please note that the Camera Ready paper version needs to be IEEE eXpress PDF compatible, otherwise, your paper will not go ahead for publication. To convert and test your paper is IEEE eXpress Compatible, you need to do it via a conference dedicated URL Link. The notification email to all authors of accepted papers will also include details to get the conference ID needed for the IEEE eXpress. You will need to follow these instructions:
• Log in to the IEEE PDF eXpress site: http://www.pdf-express.org/
• First-time users should do the following:
1. Select the New Users - Click Here link.
2. Enter the following:
· 52053X for the Conference ID
· your email address
· a password
3. Continue to enter information as prompted. An Online confirmation will be displayed and an email confirmation will be sent verifying your account setup. • Previous users of PDF eXpress need to follow the above steps, but should enter the same password that was used for previous conferences. Verify that your contact information is valid.

Step 3: Electronic IEEE Copyright Form (eCF)
For the Copyright form, the authors should complete the Electronic IEEE Copyright Form (eCF) by following the steps to complete the (eCF) included in the form in Step 4.

Step 4: Final Paper Package Submission
The final package submission is to be completed electronically through the following link:
Final Paper Package Submission link will be provided here soon
If you have any issue during the submission of you final package, please directly contact: emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com
When you are done successfully with you submission, you will receive a confirmation email.

For any further queries or needed support, please email us directly at emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com. Please do not send multiple emails and allow 48 hours to receive a reply, therefore, we advise you to NOT leave it to the last minute, please, and start the process immediately and get it all done, so that if there are any issues, they can be resolved in time.
The conference organizers will not be responsible if your paper is omitted from the proceedings, is not available online on IEEE Xplore, or is subject to additional processing costs, if the above steps are not performed. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference, including IEEE Xplore® Digital Library, if the paper is not presented by the author at the conference.

Author Registration

Main conference, workshops papers need a full early registration. Otherwise, the paper will be removed from the proceedings. Authors’ registrations cannot be refunded. Conference registration includes Proceedings of both IOTSMS and SNAMS, Workshops, access to Keynotes.

REGISTRATION CATEGORY	EARLY REGISTRATION (20th Nov 2020)	LATE REGISTRATION (for non-authors) (13th Dec 2020)
IEEE Member Author	$300.00	$350.00
Non Member Author	$350.00	$400.00
Student Author (1st Author)	$300.00	$350.00

Please note that each registration will cover one accepted paper. All registered authors and attendees will have access to the conference proceedings and will attend the conference presentations.

Registration Portal

Registration-IOTSMS_SNAMS_2020