Step-by-step instructions for uploading your full paper(s)

  1. Click or copy-paste https://www.conftool.com/iced17/ into the address bar of your internet browser.
  2. On the “Overview” page, click the link “Your Submissions”
  3. On “Your Submissions” page, click “Full Paper Submission”.
  4. In the “Submission of a Contribution – Step 1” page, fill the mandatory (marked with *) details for all the authors.
  5. In the “Submission Details”, enter the “Title of Contribution” and “Abstract” (max 1200 characters).
  6. Note that it is not acceptable to use italic or bold characters in the Abstract.
  7. From the list of suggested topics, select the topics that best describe your paper.
  8. For each submission, the author(s) should select a minimum of one topic.
  9. A maximum of 5 keywords should be used for each submission.
  10. From the predefined list of keywords given in ICED17_Keywords_final, the author(s) should select up to 3 keywords. The authors can choose 2 other keywords of their own.
  11. Note that the author details, title of contribution, abstract, topics and keywords that you enter will be used exactly “as is” for: the automatically generated cover page (first page) of your paper and the abstract booklet. Therefore, it is very important that they are entered correctly and completely.
  12. Click “Proceed” to continue with your submission.
  13. Verify the information entered in the previous steps 4-7.
  14. If you wish to modify them, click on “Return to Step 1” and edit the information. (please do NOT click the “back” link on your internet browser if you wish to edit any information).
  15. If you wish to save the information and upload your submission later, click “Save Submission, Upload File(s) Later”.
  16. If you wish to upload your submission now, click “Choose File” and upload. Please note that PDF is the required format and the file size should not exceed 30 MB.
  17. Please note that these submissions are for peer reviewing, but the final submission will require submission in both DOC/DOCX and PDF formats. Please read the above bulleted points for preparing the full paper.
  18. Click “Upload File(s) and Complete Submission”, to complete your submission.
  19. During the final paper upload after review, the authors will be asked to accept the Design Society Copyright and Licencing Agreement.
  20. Repeat the above Steps 2-13, if you have more submission(s).