Date	Proposals for	Specifications
February 6, 2006	Research reports	As in prior years, the maximum length of proposals will be 3 pages (single-spaced, excluding abstract but including references)	For each paper, there is also a separate (60 word maximum) abstract for the abstract book to be distributed at the conference
	Short orals	Proposals for Short Oral Reports need only be 1 or 2 pages in length. Some research reports will be accepted as short oral reports, but a 3-page proposal (and an abstract) are not necessary for a paper intended only to be a Short Oral.
	Working groups	Proposals are 3 pages maximum (single-spaced, excluding abstract but including references).
	Discussion groups	Proposals are 3 pages maximum (single-spaced, excluding abstract but including references).
March 20, 2006	Poster presentations	The proposal is the 1-page summary of the poster that if approved will be included in the Conference Proceedings. This one page limit includes title, information about author(s), and references
June 1st, 2006	Full papers for all accepted proposals: research reports, short orals, working groups, discussion groups and poster presentations