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CONFERENCE RULES AND GENERAL INFORMATION for the 42nd Annual Meeting of theNational Association of Business, Economics and Technology

The 43rd Annual Meeting will be on October 22nd and 23rd, 2020 and will be in virtual format via ZOOM

The National Association of Business, Economics and Technology invites papers for presentation at its Annual Meeting – an Online Conference. The meeting provides an opportunity to present new research and discuss a variety of current issues in business, economics and IT. Faculty Submissions can be based on either complete or incomplete scholarly work.

Submission Deadline:  October 10, 2020

NABET is politically non-partisan. Please do not submit papers that focus on political, religious, gender, or other societal and cultural issues. Such papers will be deemed inappropriate for the NABET Conference.

NABET Conference Rules:

1. The author of an Accepted submission agrees to present his/her paper at the NABET Conference.  Acceptance will be based on the subject and content of the abstract.
2. Each author may submit up to two Abstracts representing two separate papers (presentations).  Authors will not be permitted to submit or present more than two papers whether he/she is lead author or coauthor.
3. Each paper must be presented by the lead author or coauthor(s) who are acknowledged on the paper.  Surrogates will not be permitted to present papers. Only the author(s) will be allowed to present their paper.
4. If none of the accepted submission authors presents their paper, acknowledgement of the paper and the authors will not appear in the Official Conference Program; and the paper will not be eligible for publication in the Conference Proceedings.
5. Except as noted, any and all papers that are presented at the Conference will have the right to be published in the peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings.  An author shall have the right to decline publication in the Proceedings.
6. All accepted Abstracts will be published in the Official Conference Program which is published separately and as part of the Conference Proceedings, unless the author(s) fail to present the paper at the Conference, or if the author(s) expressly decline publication of the Abstract in the Official Program.
7. Undergraduate students may not be lead authors of any paper which is submitted to the NABET Conference.
8. If an undergraduate student is acknowledged as a coauthor of a paper, he/she may not present the paper. In this case, the paper must be presented by the faculty who is the lead author.
9. A graduate student may present his/her paper, as long as the Abstract has had a successful peer-review and has been accepted by the NABET Conference Team.
10. All authors of accepted Abstracts must complete the registration process and pay the conference fee (via the NABET website) in order to attend the conference and present his/her work. Even though an Abstract may have been accepted for presentation, if an author has not completed registration nor paid the conference fee on or before September 30th, that paper and acknowledgement of the author(s) will not appear in the Conference Program.  If such an author pays the conference fee after September 30th, but before the Submission Deadline (October 10, 2020), he/she will be scheduled to present the paper at a session on Friday afternoon (October 23^rd)– at the discretion of the Conference Team.  As long as the paper is presented at the 43rd NABET Conference, acknowledgement of that presentation will appear in the Official Conference Program – to be published at the NABET website by December 15, 2020.
11. If an author has registered and paid the conference fee, and does not present his/her paper, he/she will be deemed a no-show and acknowledgement of that paper will not appear in the Official Conference Program.  In such a case, the conference fee will be forfeit; a refund will not be issued.
12. For the 43^rd Annual Meeting, an Online Conference, there can be no workshops or discussion panels.  Only traditional style presentations of the author(s)’ topic can be permitted.

Time Allotment/Equipment in Each Conference Room at the 43^rd NABET Conference:

1. Each presentation will have a time allotment of 20 minutes.
2. The Best Paper Award winner will have an allotment of 30 minutes.

** All of the time allotments noted include time for Q&A. Session Chairs will have the task of keeping each presenter on schedule.

• All presentations will be via ZOOM.
• Presenters are encouraged to have their graphics, power points, etc., in a form that can be part of their Zoom presentation.

If you have questions, contact the Conference Team: conference@nabet.us

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