The OR Society YOUNGOR 19 Conference
22 – 24 September 2015
Conference Aston Meeting Suites (CAMS),
Aston University Business School, Birmingham. B4 7ET
www.theorsociety.com/yor19
Information for Keynote Speakers Producing a Written Paper
General Guidelines
Style
A review paper of the field pointing out issues and future research
directions
Deadline
Camera ready copy by Friday 12th Jun 2015
Length of Written Paper
3,000 to 5,000 words
Refereeing
The papers will be edited but not refereed
Format of Written Paper
Please supply an electronic copy (e-mail with attachment), preferably using Microsoft Word, as well as a
hard copy of the paper to hilary.wilkes@theorsociety.com
Font
Frutiger LT 57 Cn (or Times New Roman if easier).
Line spacing
Single spaced.
Margins
Top/bottom - 1.5 inches
Main text
11 point normal font. Justified both sides, no running header.
Section heading
12 point bold font.
Placed on left of page with no gap line before section text.
Sub-section heading
12 point italic font with no gap line.
First page
The following should be centered on the page:
 First line - title of paper, 14 point bold font
 Next line - author names, 12 point normal font
 Next line - author affiliations, 10 point normal font
Abstract
10 point normal font.
Placed below author affiliations with centered bold title. ‘Abstract’
and justified to margins left/right 1.5 inches.
Page numbering
References
The editor will insert page numbers at bottom centre.
References to other publications must be in Harvard style (author
names and date in brackets) and a list of full references should be
provided in alphabetical order at the end of the paper.
Left/right - 1.25 inches