Abstract/Paper submission

The conference Scientific Committee welcomes abstracts (300 words or less) for papers and presentations from interested persons from all stakeholder groups, from all modes of transport (land, air and sea) and from any relevant discipline, including but not limited to psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, human factors, ergonomics, medicine, epidemiology, design, engineering, the law, sociology, management and administration. Submissions from industry are especially welcome. All papers submitted for this conference are peer-reviewed.
See this page for suggested topics.

Abstract Preparation (submission closed)

Submission closed - please contact the conference organising committee.

The abstract should describe (in 300 words or less):

1. The issue(s) addressed/to be addressed
2. Methods used/to be used
3. Key findings/Expected findings
4. Key conclusions
5. Whether you wish to give a paper or non-paper presentation (see below*)

Please include abstract title, names of authors, affiliation, address, phone and e-mail address (first author only) on the first page of your abstract. Abstracts describing work in progress are also welcome.

The title of the file should be “DDI2013_ABSTRACT_YOUR_FULL_NAME”.

*For “non-paper presentations”, it is not necessary for delegates to prepare a paper for peer-review. However, it is necessary for everyone to prepare and submit an abstract.

Full Paper Preparation

Format the paper according to the template "DDI 2013 Paper Format Template". All instructions are marked in yellow in the document.

• Your paper should contain an Abstract of no more than 200 words
• A4 paper
• Upper, lower, left and right margins of 3 cm
• Times New Roman 12 point font
• Single spaced, justified
• Maximum 5000 words including figures, tables, appendices and references
• Number pages consecutively with the first page being the title page.

The title of the file should be “DDI2013_PAPER_YOUR_FULL_NAME”. Submit the paper through the Paper Submission Form (link below).

Important Dates

• Abstract submission: Call open until February 28, 2013.
  
• Notification of abstract acceptance: March 7, 2013.
  Authors will be notified if their abstracts have been selected for further development into a peer-reviewed paper for presentation at the conference, or for presentation as a non-paper.
• Full paper (max 5000 words) submission: May 24, 2013
• Review feedback to authors: July 23, 2013
• Final and revised paper submission: August 20, 2013

Review Process

• All papers submitted for this conference are peer-reviewed. A Scientific Committee has been convened, comprising more than 20 international experts in the field.
• The Scientific Committee will review all papers received, and those selected will be published in the electronic conference proceedings and on the conference website.
• Selected authors will be invited to have their paper (suitably modified and expanded) published in addition as a peer-reviewed chapter in a book, which is due for delivery to Ashgate in December 2014. This book will include selected papers from both the 2nd and 3rd International Conferences on Driver Distraction and Inattention.
• Papers that are not accepted by the reviewers as peer-reviewed papers will not appear in the electronic proceedings, but the authors may be invited to deliver an oral presentation deriving from the paper (in which case the PowerPoint presentation will be published in the conference electronic proceedings).
   

Revised Papers

The conference Scientific Committee has reviewed all papers. Some papers have been accepted, with revision, for inclusion as a peer-reviewed paper in the electronic proceedings of the conference. Some authors have been offered to give an Oral Only presentation, and thus no paper is required. Some have been rejected.

Please revise your paper and submit it as an email attachment in PDF format to lisa dot knutsson at chalmers dot se BEFORE AUGUST 20th.

Preparation of presentation:

1. Oral Only presentations

If you have been selected to give an Oral Only presentation (ie no paper required), you will have 15 minutes to deliver your presentation (including presentation, discussion/questions and change to next presenter).

All that is required is that you prepare your presentation in MS PowerPoint (version 97-2003 or later), bring it with you to the conference on a USB stick, and upload it to one of the designated computers at least 30 minutes before your session commences.


2. Paper presentations

If you have been selected to give a presentation on a paper that has been selected for publication in the conference proceedings, you will have 20 minutes to deliver your presentation (including presentation, discussion/questions and change to next presenter).

All that is required is that you prepare your presentation in MS PowerPoint (version 97-2003 or later), bring it with you to the conference on a USB stick, and upload it to one of the designated computers at least 30 minutes before your session commences.