Author Instructions

Authors must submit the "Author Information Form" together with their manuscript. Author Information Form can be downloaded from here.

• Abstract & the Extended Abstract should be submitted in two separate files.
• Abstracts & Extended Abstracts can be submitted ,online or via email to ristcon2018@sci.ruh.ac.lk.
• Maximum number of text pages in the Extended Abstract should be three (03) (A4 size) pages.

Following sections should be included in the ABSTRACT:

Title & affiliations:

• Title (maximum characters 100 with spaces; Font, Times New Roman,14, bold)
• Authors (indicate the corresponding author with an asterisk, and provide the emailaddress on a separate line (Font, Times New Roman, 12)
• Author affiliations (Font, Times New Roman, 11, Italic)

Abstract :

• Maximum number of words in the text 250
• No citations,
• Font-Times New Roman, 12, line spacing1.5

Note: Abstracts with the text exceeding the maximum limit will be returned

• Key words: Maximum 5 keywords - Font: Times New Romans, 11, Italic

Template for the abstract can be downloaded from here.

Following sections should be included in the EXTENDED ABSTRACT:

• Title (Font-Times New Roman, 14, bold)
• Abstract
• Introduction(Font-Times New Roman, 12, line spacing1.5)
• Materials & Methods(Font-Times New Roman, 12, line spacing1.5)
• Results and Discussion(Font-Times New Roman, 12, line spacing1.5)
• Conclusions (as applicable): (Font-Times New Roman, 12, line spacing1.5)
• References: maximum of 8 citations (Font-Times New Roman, 12, line spacing1.5; Follow the given format in the template for extended abstract)

Please note that:

• no author names are indicated in the extended abstract
• preferable formats of extended abstract are docx or doc
• number of figures and tables (if any) should be minimized to one each
• maximum number of text pages three (03) (A4 size)

Template for the extended abstract can be downloaded from here.

Guidelines for Oral and Poster Presentations

• Oral Presentations
• Duration is strictly limited to 15 minutes in which 10 minutes for presentation and 05 minutes for discussion.
• Poster Presentation
• Poster should be digitally printed with dimensions 100 cm x 90 cm. Preferred orientation is portrait. (optional)