To submit an abstract for a paper or tutorial, an author must provide the following:
• a title of no more than 80 characters
• an abstract (all text—no equations, figures, or tables) of no more than 1000 words
• names and contact information for all authors
• an indication of which author will present the paper (if it is accepted at the Symposium)
• one or two relevant topic areas for their abstract (from the list on the previous page of this Call for Papers)

The names of the author(s) should not be included in either the title or in the abstract. Authors will also be asked to indicate if any authors are full-time students (to assess qualification for the RAMS® student paper award), and to which (if any) of the nine RAMS® sponsoring societies each author belongs. Please note that membership in a RAMS® sponsoring society is not required for acceptance.

Each author can submit no more than four paper abstracts and no more than four tutorial abstracts for consideration. Authors cannot be added to a paper or tutorial after the April 15, 2017 deadline.

The abstract submission procedure for papers and tutorials is the same with the following exceptions:
• they both use different links to upload the abstracts
• each paper can have no more than four authors
• each tutorial can have no more than two authors