The Eighth International Conference on Innovations in 
					Information Technology (Innovations'12)
(Al Ain, UAE, March 18-20, 2012)
						http://www.it-innovations.ae/
						
						The Innovations’12 Student Participation Committee 
					invites all undergraduate and graduate students to submit an 
					extended (2 pages max.) abstract to display a poster at the 
					Innovations’12. The presentation should embrace the 
					conference theme, “Innovations in Information Technology”.
						PURPOSE
						The main purpose of this Student Poster session is to: 
						
						
							- Recognize students and give them the opportunity to:
								- Practice their visual, written, and oral communication 
					skills in a professional conference environment
 
								- Share their research/project work with students and 
					faculty from other institutions 
 
							
 
							- Improve the visibility of student efforts
							
 
							- Recognize excellence in student projects
 
						
						SUBMISSION
						
							Extended abstracts should be directed to Sanja Lazarova-Molnar 
					at sanja@uaeu.ac.ae
All students are encouraged to review their abstracts with 
					their faculty advisors prior to submission.
All accepted abstracts will be published by the Innovations 
					2012 proceedings. 
						
						IMPORTANT DATES
						
							Student Poster Submission
							December 15, 2011
Notification of Student Poster acceptance
							
									January 15, 2011
Final Student Poster material
							February 15, 2012
Conference March 18 - 20, 2012
						
						BEST STUDENT POSTER AWARDS 
						
							This year, there will be a competition for best student 
					poster award at the Innovations 2012. This award will be 
					given to recognize student excellence in research and 
					presentation.
All accepted posters will be eligible for nomination for 
					this award providing they meet the requirements and 
					guidelines for student poster session as described on the 
					website. The presentations should consist of well-prepared 
					materials about the work, posted on a designated board. It 
					is required that an author should be registered for the 
					conference and in attendance to present details and answer 
					questions during the designated session time. Since the 
					award will be made at the session, it is recommended that 
					the authors be present for the majority of the session.
A Poster Award Committee will review all of the extended 
					abstracts and the posters. Selections will mainly be based 
					on the level of the innovation, research, final output, 
					quality of the poster, and clarity of the presentation. 
							
						
						IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS, DOCUMENTS, AND TEMPLATES 
						
						
						CONTACT 
						
							Queries should be directed to: Sanja Lazarova-Molnar at
							sanja@uaeu.ac.ae or 
							innovations@uaeu.ac.ae