Submissions for both live and virtual participation will be accepted. Both kinds of submission will have the same reviewing process, and the accepted papers will be included in the same proceedings.


The second set of deadlines is

Submissions of papers and abstracts and invited proposals sessions: 16 December 2009

Authors Notifications: 04 February 2010

Camera-ready, full papers: 24 February 2010

Pre-conference and post-conference virtual gatherings (via electronic forums) will be held for each session included in the conference program so that sessions papers can be read before the conference and authors presenting at the same session can interact during the period of one week before and after the event. Authors can also participate in peer-to-peer reviewing in virtual sessions.

All papers and abstracts submitted will go through three reviewing processes: (1) double-blind (at least three reviewers), (2) non-blind, and (3) participative peer reviews. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those papers and abstracts that will be accepted for presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for publication in JSCI Journal.


Authors of papers accepted who register in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers and abstracts, so they can improve the final version of their work accordingly. Non-registered authors will not have access to the reviews of their respective submissions.


Registration fees of an effective invited session organizer will be waived according to the policy described in the web page (click on 'Invited Session', then on 'Benefits for the Organizers of Invited Sessions'), where you can get information about the ten benefits for an invited session organizer.


Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference (included those virtually presented) will be invited to adapt their papers for publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.