| Submission Guidelines  
                    papers must be submitted electronically to the Organizing 
                      Committee (bis2004@kie.ae.poznan.pl) 
                      in either Microsoft Word, RTF file format; 
                      we do not accept hard copies [MsWord 
                      template] [pdf 
                      template]
 
 language of publication: English
 
 about 60-word abstract should be included 
                      at the beginning of the paper
 
 the submitted paper should be accompanied by a cover 
                      page [download] 
                      (download it and fill it in)
 
 following the paper's submission, it is automatically 
                      understood that all the organizational approvals for the 
                      publication of it have been granted to the Conference Organizers
 
 all panel, workshop, symposium members must register and 
                      pay the conference fee (note: only registered authors' papers 
                      will be included in the proceedings)
 
 the authors will prepare the final manuscript in time 
                      for its inclusion in conference proceedings and will present 
                      the paper at the conference
 Please indicate in the Cover Page whether the paper is submitted 
                    to the general session or to one of the tracks or special 
                    sessions. Depending on the number of submissions, the organizers 
                    reserve the right to move an accepted paper to a different 
                    track or to a special session from the general session. 
 SUBMISSION CATEGORIES 
                    IMPORTANT DATES Long papers - up to 5000 words
 Work-in-progress papers - up to 2500 
                      words 
                    Dec 1, 2003 - submission deadline for 
                      long and work-in-progress papers to be published in refereed 
                      proceedingsFeb 15, 2004 - notification of acceptance/rejectionMar 10, 2004 - submission of final papersApr 21-23, 2004 - the conference 
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