Pacific PNT
April 15-18, 2024
Honolulu, Hawaii
Pacific PNT Author Resource Center
Important Dates and Deadlines
February 9
- Completed full papers must be uploaded through the Abstract Management Portal (AMP) for peer review by assigned session chairs. Papers not submitted by this date will be included in the proceedings but without the "peer review" designation. (This is a hard deadline; no exceptions will be made to this policy.)
March 13
- Last day hotel discount is available at the Hilton Waikiki Beach. Reservations may be made online. You will need your hotel confirmation number prior to completing your conference registration in order to obtain a registration discount.
- Last day to register for the conference without a late fee. (Authors attending the meeting are required to pay registration fees.) Register online.
- Ensure your author biography is updated in AMP. This will be used to introduce you prior to your presentation. Find your abstract in AMP and make sure the biography is updated. If you'd like to update your bio for all future uses, you can also update that by visiting the My Account page.
April 8
- Upload your slides presentation through the ION’s Abstract Management Portal (AMP).
- Upload full conference paper for attendee viewing. If you submitted a paper for peer review you may already have a paper present in the portal. As long as your Copyright Release ION Proceedings & Media Authorization/License Form has been completed, the paper submitted for peer review will be used.
- Submit your Copyright Release ION Proceedings & Media Authorization/License Form through the ION's Abstract Management Portal (AMP).
April 15-18: Pacific PNT Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Attend the 8:00 a.m. Speakers' Breakfast the morning of your presentation. This is mandatory. Failure to attend will result in the cancellation of your presentation.
- If you did not update your speaker biography as directed above, bring a paper copy of your speaker bio to provide to your session chair during breakfast; or come prepared to print this at the self-service business center prior to the breakfast.
- If you did not submit your presentation as directed above, bring your presentation with you on a USB drive, or come prepared to connect your laptop to the conference’s projector.
Mandatory Speaker's Breakfast (All Authors)
You are required to attend the Speakers' Breakfast on the morning of your presentation. The Speakers' Breakfast is for the author scheduled for that day (primary and alternate presenters). The Speakers' Breakfast will be held in the Territorial room (4thfloor) from 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. each day. The purpose of this breakfast is to allow the Session Chairs to meet each of the presenters and coordinate any last minute details. This is also the time that audio-visual equipment and the timing lights will be demonstrated.
If you are not in attendance at the breakfast, the Session Chairs will not know if you are prepared to present and will allocate your presentation time to another paper. Alternate authors must be in attendance and prepared to present if called upon. If an alternate author is not present at the breakfast, and/or not prepared to make an oral presentation if called upon, their paper will not be published in the proceedings.
Alternate authors have an excellent chance of being able to present their paper orally. ALL alternates should be prepared to present in case of a last minute cancellation. You must attend the Speakers’ Breakfast the morning of your session. Though there is no assurance you will have an opportunity to give an oral presentation, if you have attended the Speakers’ Breakfast and are in attendance at your session (prepared to present your paper), your paper will be published in the meeting’s technical proceedings regardless of whether or not you were able to present your paper orally.
April 29: Revised papers for publication in the Pacific PNT conference proceedings will not be accepted after this date.
Submission of Completed Paper for Publication
Your final technical paper should be reflective of your original abstract. Papers not representative of the original abstract submitted will NOT be included in the conference proceedings, regardless of whether or not they were presented at the conference. Additionally, this will affect the acceptance of future abstracts for ION conferences.
The conference proceedings are intended to represent those papers that were presented at the meeting. Scheduled papers that were not presented at the meeting, for any reason, will not appear in the conference proceedings. Papers must be uploaded to the ION AMP no later than April 29.
Please use the Abstract Management Portal to provide the ION with the following documents:
- PDF versions of your final paper. The paper should be formatted according to the Paper Preparation Instructions
- Copyright Release ION Proceedings & Media Authorization/License
- OPTIONAL: A copy of your presentation slides in PDF. If you do not wish to publish your presentation materials please make sure you remove them before April 29.
Per publication policy, papers not presented at the conference will not be published in the conference proceedings for any reason. We encourage you to make alternative arrangements for a co-author to present your paper on your behalf if you foresee any reason why you may not be able to participate as originally scheduled. Remember that only co-authors listed on the paper will be permitted to present in your place, and replacement presenters are still required to be registered if they become the presenter.
You will be able to track the status of your paper through the ION’s Abstract Management Portal .
Peer Review Requirement
All papers submitted by February 9 will be peer reviewed by two session chairs, one time. Session Chairs will be asked to use the following criteria during peer review:
- Does the manuscript contain new and significant information to justify publication?
- Does the abstract clearly and accurately describe the content of the article?
- Are the objectives of the work clearly and concisely stated?
- Are the experimental and/or theoretical methods described comprehensively?
- Are the interpretations and conclusions justified by the results?
- Is adequate reference made to other work in the field?
- Is the language acceptable?
- Do you recommend this paper for presentation at the conference?
- Endorse paper and recommend for the ION journal, NAVIGATION
- Endorse paper as-is
- Do not endorse paper (paper fails peer review) for:
- Technical content/revisions required
- English/grammar (major edits required)
- Suggestions for improvement - optional (to be passed to the author)
You will be able to track the status of your paper and its peer review through the ION’s Abstract Management Portal.
Paper Cancellations and Substitute Presenter Requirements
Should an unforeseen event make it impossible for you to attend the conference to present your paper, please ask a co-author to present your paper on your behalf. Only co-authors listed on your paper will be permitted to present on your behalf. If a co-author is not available to present your paper, and the paper needs to be withdrawn, please notify Miriam Lewis at the ION National Office via phone at 703-366-2723, or email at meetings@ion.org. Please note that only authors who are in attendance at their assigned conference session prepared to present will have their paper published in the conference proceedings. This applies to both primary and alternate authors.
International Participants:
Visa and/or machine readable passports may be required.
We recommend that you apply for your visa at least three months in advance. Currently there is a mandatory security check period of 30 days for people whose passports are issued from several countries. Additionally, the U.S. State Department requires citizens of many countries to obtain visas to attend any scientific program.
Letter of Invitation Requests
Attendees requesting a visa letter to attend a conference must:
- Submit the visa letter request form located at www.ion.org/pnt/travel.cfm; and
- Register and pay the conference registration fees before a letter of invitation will be sent. Exceptions to this policy apply only to those authors whose abstracts have been accepted for the conference program, company personnel working in the exhibit area or trade associated press.
Visa letter requests will only be reviewed AFTER you have submitted the visa letter request form for your desired conference. If an attendee is unable to secure a Visa, they will need to apply for a refund before the refund deadline for the conference.
Visa waiver travelers from ALL Visa Waiver Program countries must present either a machine-readable passport or a U.S. visa.
- For general information about visas go click here.
- For Visa Waiver Program and Machine Readable Passports information click here.
On behalf of the organizing committee, thank you for your participation.
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