CALL FOR PAPERS

The ICA 2008 is currently calling for papers.
If you have a paper, which is related to one of the main topics of ICA2008 and you wish to present it in the 4th int’l conference of auditors and lead auditors, please send it to the conference technical secretary. 
 

Presentation Format
The official language of the conference is English. Presentations will be Lecture style (typically duration of about 30 minutes plus 5 minutes question time) as well as workshops conduction, which will be allocated more time.

Key Dates - 2008

 Manuscript Guide

General Review Criteria
¨        Alignment to conference topics and theme
¨        Conceptual foundation
¨        Methodology
¨        Originality
¨        Clarity of thought and presentation logic
¨        Significance of contribution
¨        Usefulness to auditors/lead auditors and conference delegates
¨        Coverage to international application
¨        Issues brought out and solutions proposed

All papers will be peer reviewed and the best papers will be selected for presentation. Those selected as speakers must submit a final paper and PowerPoint file for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Paper Selection Process
¨        Draft papers or abstracts must be submitted by 05 August, 2008. Draft papers will have a higher chance
        of acceptance.
¨        Confirmation will be emailed upon receipt of the abstract or draft paper.
¨        A double blind review of the draft papers/abstracts will be conducted by the members of the
        International Paper Review Panel using the above mentioned evaluation criteria. The selection 
        team reserves the rights to limit multiple speaker selection from the same company or organization
        in order to achieve a program balance in favour of the theme of the Conference.
¨        Acceptance of papers will be notified to authors by15 August, 2008.
¨        After approval of acceptance of a paper, the final and full paper submission due date is 05 October
        , 2008.
¨        Presentations will be given in PowerPoint. Power point presentations are to be received by the Host
        Committee via email by 25 October,2008. 

Deadlines
Last date to submit the Abstracts or Draft Paper:      05 August, 2008
Last date to submit the full and final Papers:              05 October,2008
Last date to submit the PowerPoint presentations:     25 October,2008 

Abstracts should be of one page in length accompanied by the updated resume of the speaker(s). Notification regarding acceptance of abstracts/draft papers will be sent by 15 August, 2008.

 Please send the abstract and or your paper to:

Mehdi Khademi Zanjani (Mr.)
ICA Technical Secretary
Email: Khademizanjani@icaconf.com
Cell phone: + 98 912 3091770 / +971 (0) 501448359

Tel : +98 21 22894837 to 40
Tel / Fax: +98 21 22894715 & +98 21 22894462