The role of governments, development agencies and universities
Applications and Transformations - emerging and novel applications e.g. automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, sport and leisure - regional analysis, impact on existing manufacturing enterprises including businesses that have transformed themselves, role of micro and nano technology in business transformation, case studies
Science and Technology
Business Strategies - innovation methods, business models including clusters, start-ups, foundries, commercializing off the shelf technology (COTS), investment methods, barriers to commercialization, case studies
Telecommunications and Information Technologies
Education, society and workforce issues: role of government, education and skills programs, K-12, secondary, tertiary, postgraduate and continuing professional development, business alliances and international linkages, role and activities of professional bodies, opportunities for educational exchange
PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
How to submit an abstract to COMS2008
All submissions must be sent via email in Microsoft Word format (*.doc). To have your manuscript included in the conference proceedings to be distributed to all attendees on site, please email to abstracts@mancef-coms2008.org. The subject line of the email should contain the words “COMS2008 abstract” and the last name of the principal author.
Don’t number page numbers, headers or footers as these will be generated automatically when the proceedings are edited
Abstracts should be sufficient length to cover the material described in the accepted abstract; however, a guideline is 2 pages maximum, subject to the sample paper formatting described below, including tables and figures.
