Due to the fact that the conference will be arranged virtually, the formats and presentation forms will vary. Timeframes will be shorter and breaks longer than at an analogue conference hosted by NNRME. It will be possible to preproduce recordings of presentations and pre-planned comments. If possible, we will arrange the conference in parallel thematic strands, except for keynotes and joint meetings.

Submission formats for the NNRME conference 

• PhD project in progress paper: Timeframe: 30 minutes with max 20 minutes for presentation, 5 minutes for prepared comment and 5 minutes for discussion/questions. This format is mainly for discussions of PhD projects at an advanced stage. PhD projects at an early stage are referred to the PhD-seminar (see information about the seminar 1 March).
• Senior research paper with commentator: Timeframe 30 minutes with max 20 minutes for presentation, 5 minutes for prepared comment and 5 minutes for discussion/questions This format is mainly for discussions of senior research projects at a not yet completed stage.
• Senior research paper without commentator: Timeframe 30 minutes with max 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. This format is mainly for discussions of senior papers at a final stage.
• Completed PhD projects paper: Timeframe 30 minutes, 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion
• Symposium: Several papers (One presenter of an overarching abstract and maximum 3 other presenters)  may be submitted together to form a symposium. The symposium participants are themselves responsible for engaging and involving a discussant to read papers in beforehand and prepare a response. A corresponding author should be responsible for the joint submission. Each abstract should be maximum 500 words including references. References can be collected or be placed underneath each abstract. Timeframe/form of the symposium should be discussed with conference organisers upon acceptance. This is to customize the format to the special preconditions of this year’s conference.

Discussants will be appointed for paper presentations of PhD projects in progress as well as for senior research papers. Chairs will be appointed for all presentations. 

How to submit

1. You must use the template

You must use the template designed according to your intended format.

• Download the template suitable for your paper and try not to change the format of the document.
• The document title should contain your surname. 

2. Submit an abstract

Submit an abstract no more than 750 words including references. Regarding symposia, the word limit is 500 words per participant.

• Submit your abstract to nnrme21@ntnu.no

Notification of acceptance

Notification of acceptance will be e-mailed to presenters latest by 11 January 2021.

• Upon acceptance the abstracts will be published in the online conference program.
• To confirm that your paper will take part and be presented virtually at NNRME21 it has to be registered within 31 January. 

Conference language

The conference language in all sessions is English.

For paper presentations, there is a possibility to submit a paper suggestion (maximum 4000 words including references) to be addressed by your commentator. Such a paper should be sent to your appointed commentator no later than 1 February 2021.