The 
							Innovations’14 Student Participation Committee invites 
							all undergraduate and graduate students to submit an 
							extended (2 pages max.) abstract to display a poster 
							at the Innovations’14. 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 sent to Dr. Mohammed Masud at
								m.masud@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 2014 proceedings. 
							
							IMPORTANT DATES
							
								Student Poster 
								Submission  
								September 22, 2014
								Notification of Student Poster acceptance October 8, 2014
								Final Student Poster material October 30, 2014
								Conference November 9 - 11, 2014
							
							BEST STUDENT POSTER AWARDS
							
							
								
								There will be a competition 
								for best student poster award at the Innovations 
								2014. 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: Dr. Mohammed Masud  at 
								m.masud@uaeu.ac.ae 
								or innovations@uaeu.ac.ae