Requirements for submissions
Interested authors are invited to select one submission format from the following list:

• Short papers: typically describe a work in progress, industrial case studies or user’s experiences. Accepted short papers will be presented as posters (10 minutes presentations during a session).

• Regular papers: typically go into more details on innovative and complete research or applicative work with evidence of experimental results. Regular papers may also include new requirements and proposals for standardization. Accepted regular papers will be presented during a time slot of 20 minutes, including 5 minute Q&A.

Format of paper: All papers should be formatted to fit the final format as close as possible that is A4 double column, min. 2cm left and right margins, single-spaced, Times New Roman font of min. 10pt. Short papers should not exceed 2 pages, regular papers consist of 6 pages. All papers must include a short abstract, all required figures, tables, and references.

Posters: All papers will be accompanied by posters in A0 or A1 that will foster individual discussions during several poster sessions.

Blind review: The submitted paper must not mention names and affiliations of the authors.

Form of submission: Authors are invited to send all information in electronic format preferably through the web submission module above.
Accepted electronic format is PDF. Compressed submissions are also accepted:
GNU gzip, Unix Compress, PKZip.


Publication
Accepted papers will be included in both electronic (CD-ROM) and printed form to be made available to registered Forum participants. The CD-ROM is published by ECSI and has an ISSN number. It will also include keynote presentations (if no confidentiality issues are pending) and tutorial documents. In addition, a selection of best regular papers will be published in an edited book from Springer Science + Business Media publisher after the event.


Tutorials
Proposals for half-day (4 hours) tutorials on specific topics around any of the four workshops will be accepted depending on topic relevance and evidence of a comprehensive agenda. A one page description of the tutorial including title, presenters, contents and the relevant track(s) should be sent to fdl07@ecsi.org. A maximum of three tutorial authors is recommended. Accepted tutorials will get one free full registration to the Forum per tutorial.


Panels, special sessions, working groups, project meetings
Proposal for special sessions (panels, working sessions, standardization or user group meetings, etc.) around any of the four tracks are invited and will be accepted depending on their relevance and interest to the audience. They will be embedded in regular workshops. A one page description including title, participants, contents and the relevant track(s) should be sent to fdl07@ecsi.org.


Demonstrations
Companies, universities or other organizations providing innovative tools and environments for the topics described above will find in FDL an opportunity to make demonstration of them to the attendees. Proposals should go as soon as possible to fdl07@ecsi.org .