Prospective authors are invited to submit one copy of an extended summary of the work to be reported including as many details as possible. The inclusion of figures, tables and especially numerical data is strongly recommended. The top of the first page should include the name, affiliation, and e-mail address of each author, plus the mailing address, telephone, and fax number of the lead (or corresponding) author. Abstracts may be up to 2 pages in length, and in 8.5 x 11 inch paper format (area of text and figures on each page should not exceed 16.5 x 22.85 cm). Please use 14 point bold Times New Roman font for the title and 12 point Times New Roman font for all other text.

Abstracts should be submitted electronically in either Adobe Acrobat (.pdf format) or Microsoft Word (.doc format) by January 6, 2006 to:
RNadell@pcm411.com

If unable to send abstract electronically, please send one copy of all material to:

Mr. Ralph Nadell
Palisades Convention Management
411 Lafayette Street, Suite 201
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-460-8090 x 203
Fax: 212-460-5460
E-mail: RNadell@pcm411.com

Abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings which will be distributed at the meeting. To ensure high quality publication, please follow the format guidelines given above. Authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to resubmit camera-ready manuscripts until March 3, 2006.