PARTICIPATE

Submission

SAFEPROCESS 2027 will accept regular papers, possibly via invited session proposals, and contributions via panel discussion proposals. In addition to these, SAFEPROCESS 2027 will include a “Dissemination papers” track, i.e., extended abstracts of recent publications in IFAC Journals related to SAFEPROCESS topics. Tutorial proposals are also encouraged. Papers and proposals must be submitted electronically using the IFAC Papercept Conference Manuscript Management System (www.ifac.papercept.net).

Accepted regular and invited session papers presented at SAFEPROCESS 2027 will be published in the proceedings of the event using the open-access IFAC-PapersOnLine series hosted on ScienceDirect. The author(s) must grant exclusive publishing rights to IFAC under a Creative Commons license when they submit the final version of the paper. The copyright belongs to the authors, who have the right to share the paper in the same terms allowed by the end-user license, and retain all patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).

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Deadlines and Other Dates

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Contribution Categories

Regular Contributions

Regular contributions will be selected on the originality, technical soundness, quality of written exposition and relevance to SAFEPROCESS topics. Initial submissions are at least 4 pages long and most 8 pages long, with a strict 6 pages limit for final manuscripts to be included in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings. Presentations are in oral sessions during the conference in a 20 minutes format, including questions.

Discussion Contributions

Discussion Contributions are for bringing forward specific topics within the scope of SAFEPROCESS, especially for participants from the industry, as well as government and education sectors. It may also be an opportunity to discuss ongoing research. Submissions are in the form of an extended abstract of at most 4 pages. Discussion Contributions have a late submission deadline and will go under a fast review process based on the relevance to the audience at SAFEPROCESS. Presentations of Discussion Contribution may be either in oral sessions or in interactive sessions. Extended abstracts will NOT be included in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings, but only in the preprints.

Dissemination Contributions

Dissemination Contributions provide opportunities to authors whose papers have been recently accepted by IFAC Journals to showcase their results to a broader audience at an IFAC Conference. Submissions shall provide the pdf of the paper as it is accepted in the journal together with a copy of the journal acceptance letter. Presentations of Dissemination Contributions shall be in oral sessions in a 20 minutes format, including questions. The titles and abstracts will be included in the preprints, but they will NOT be included in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings.

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Instructions for Authors

All manuscripts should be prepared and submitted according to IFAC requirements.

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Young Author Awards

In order to stimulate the involvement of young scientists and engineers in IFAC, as well as to recognize top-level contributions of the younger generation in the field, an IFAC Young Author Award is presented at SAFEPROCESS. This is awarded for the best SAFEPROCESS paper of which the first and presenting author is the main contributor of the research results in the paper, and where the candidate is less than 30 years old at the time of the event (motivated exemptions on the age criterion to deal with gender and cultural differences so as to allow for a fair competition are allowed).

Nominations are solicited after the final submission of papers is closed. Nominations are made by colleagues of the young author (no self-nominations). Nominations are done using the IFAC Submission Management System. The IFAC Young Author Award Selection Committee shall determine a short list of finalists, based on the gathered reviews and on their own reading of the paper. Based on both the written paper and the oral presentation given by the nominee, a winner is selected.

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Copyright Conditions

All publication material submitted for presentation at an IFAC-sponsored meeting (Congress, Symposium, Conference, Workshop) must be original and hence cannot be already published, nor can it be under review elsewhere. The authors take responsibility for the material that has been submitted. IFAC-sponsored conferences will abide by the highest standard of ethical behavior in the review process as explained on the Elsevier webpage (https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors/policies-and-ethics), and the authors will abide by the IFAC publication ethics guidelines (https://www.ifac-control.org/events/organizers-guide/PublicationEthicsGuidelines.pdf/view).Accepted papers that have been presented at an IFAC meeting will be published in the proceedings of the event using the open-access IFAC-PapersOnLine series hosted on ScienceDirect (https://sciencedirect.com/). To this end, the author(s) must grant exclusive publishing rights to IFAC under a Creative Commons license when they submit the final version of the paper. The copyright belongs to the authors, who have the right to share the paper in the same terms allowed by the end user license, and retain all patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).