Abstract Submission Template
Guidelines for authors:
Authors should take the time to familiarise themselves with the Conference Paper Preparation
Guidelines. Please note that you are only expected to submit an abstract, in the first instance, for
the Program Subcommittee’s consideration. Please complete the template on the following page as
per the information below.
Title. The title (BOLD, Calibri 12 point, centred) should be as brief as possible, while being
sufficiently descriptive to enable potential readers to determine whether or not it is of interest to
them.
Authors. All authors (BOLD, Calibri 11 point, centred) must be listed, followed by their affiliations
(NOT BOLD, Calibri 11 point). The committee has no policy on the determination of the order of
listing of authors. Qualifications and addresses may be listed. Please underline the author that will
be presenting the paper- see example above.
Example:
Will climate change be nature’s answer to the sea change?
Greg Stuart1 and Sue Sargent2
1
Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 413 Brisbane QLD 4001
2
Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) PO Box 501 Bundaberg QLD 4670
Abstract. An abstract (NOT BOLD, Calibri 11 point, justified) will be required to be submitted with
the paper if not submitted prior. The abstract should summarise the essential points of the paper
and be not more than 300 words in length. It should state the purpose of the work and important
findings and conclusions.
Finally, please indicate the theme or themes that you believe your paper is relevant to.
Abstracts should be emailed to info@reefrangereddust.org by Friday 17 April 2015.
Authors will be advised of the status of their abstract after 18 May 2015 via email. Following this,
successful authors will be given 6 weeks to finalise their full paper.
Name:
Organisation:
Address:
Phone number:
E-mail:
Mobile:
Paper title
Authors
Affiliations / addresses
Abstract: [300 words or less]
Themes:
 Community engagement and policy influence
 doing more with less – funding challenges, less rainfall, less predictability
 future challenges- changing climate, growing urban population, declining rangeland
population, urbanisation, engaging younger generation
 Use of technology – social media, remote sensing.
Type of presentation:
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Oral
Workshop
Poster
Other ______________________________
Abstracts should be emailed to info@reefrangereddust.org by Friday 17 April 2015.