Author Instructions: Manuscript to Publication

Overall Process

   * Prepare your manuscript

   * Submit initial manuscript without author names for review by
    15 June. This is a firm deadline.

   * Receive Acceptance notification by 16 August.

   * Revise your manuscript to add author names, or other required changes.

   * Submit Final Paper for Publication by 15 September. The submission site is a different site than for the initial submission.

Please note
* HICSS papers must contain original material, and not be previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere.

* Abstracts are optional. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack,
submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination.

* You may submit a paper to only one Minitrack. Duplicate submissions may be rejected by any or all minitracks, without consultation with author.

* One individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than five (5) submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after
submission.

1. Prepare Manuscript ** The initial manuscript may not have author name(s) ** Prepare your manuscript using initial format specifications. (Please pay special attention to: no author names allowed, paper length, font size, justification, spacing, etc.) You may also use a styled version.

2. Submit initial manuscript
Final date for submission 15 June by 12 o’clock midnight Hawaii time. (This is 3 hours behind/earlier than Pacific time/PST, and 6 hours earlier than New York/EST). This manuscript must be submitted in PDF format for review. If you do not have PDF converter, please visit http://www.freepdfconvert.com to get your source file converted online at no cost. (LaTex submissions are strongly discouraged for HICSS, but if necessary for initial submission email hicss@hawaii.edu and a "community" of latex users will be set up to facilitate your submission.)

Instructions for submitting initial manuscript Submit Initial Manuscript Here.

3. Receive acceptance notification by 16 August by email from the Review site. If you do not receive your decision by Monday, 20 August, please contact your Minitrack Chair immediately.)

      Accepted Papers
     "A" Papers: If your paper is accepted as an “A”, you must add author names and you are allowed to make minor optional changes before submitting
      for publication.

      "A-M" Papers: If your acceptance is “A-M” you required to make mandatory changes to your paper, and submit for reconsideration. The revised
      version of the A-M papers must be submitted by Tuesday 04 September 2012, 6 pm Hawaii time to

                                 https://precisionconference.com/~hicss

      Then, – if the revised paper is accepted – add author names for final submission for publication. You follow instructions as given for A Papers below. Be
      sure to contact your Minitrack Chair if you have not received a revised decision by 11 September.

"A" Papers: Detailed Instructions for Submitting Final Paper for Publication will be sent only to Accepted Authors. This final paper must be submitted as
a source file to a different website than the initial manuscripts submission site. (see sample of final format).

Authors who use Endnote may click here to download an Endnote Style for HICSS. Installation suggestions for the Endnote style appear at the end of the final format document. If you are unable to download write to hicss@hawaii.edu NOTE: Authors are not required to Endnote for HICSS.

4. Submit Final Paper for Publication by 15 September. (The submitting author will sign a Copyright Form during the submission process.) For Latex format, follow instructions on the publication site.

5. Registration: At least one author of each paper should register online from the conference site http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu by 01 October. (Papers without a registered author by 15 October will be withdrawn from the Proceedings.)