All MPLP'2013 participants are kindly requested to submit to the Symposium Secretary abstracts (no more than 50 words) and summaries of their presentations as an attachment by email. The length of summaries must not exceed 2 pages for both invited and contributed papers.

The deadline for the abstract/summary submission is May 24, 2013. The authors of contributed papers will be notified of the acceptance of their papers before (by) June 07, 2013.

A 50-word Abstract must be typed on a separate sheet of paper and arranged with the title at the top of the page. Below the title, type the authors’ names, affiliations, complete mailing addresses, telephone/fax numbers, the presenting author's e-mail, and the body of the Abstract.
In addition, authors are asked to give, on the same page as the Abstract, the Topic Area from the list of Symposium topics (see “Scientific Program” link at the left).

The Summaries of presentations should be typed single-spaced on separate sheets of A4 paper. The first page of the Summary must include the title of the talk (bolded, 18 point type, centered) at the top of the page, followed by the authors’ names (12 point type, centered), affiliations, and complete mailing addresses (10 point type, centered, italicized). Centre the author list and underline the name of the presenting author. The presenting author's e-mail address may be included in the next line and should be italicized and underlined. The inclusion of an e-mail address is optional. Summaries will be written on the Symposium Technical Digest Compact Disc as submitted. Therefore, if you do not wish your e-mail address to be distributed please do not include it in your Summary. The authors must include all text, drawings, figures and references within the two-page limit. The margins should be set for a 2.54 cm (1 inch) top, bottom, left, and right. The text point size should be 12 pt and the font should be Times New Roman. Pages must not be numbered.

For convenience, you may simply download the template for the preparation of your Summary here Summary template.rtf , Summary template.doc  (MS Word 2007). Please follow the instructions to put your text, figures, references, etc., into the maximum two-page limit. Both MS-Word or converted in PDF format (preferred) files are acceptable. Attach files with the Abstract and Summary to an e-mail message addressed to the Symposium Secretary (mplp.conference@gmail.com) with the subject “MPLP-2013 abstract and summary _ <the first and the second name of presenting author>”. E-mail submissions will be acknowledged by return e-mail (may be with some delay).