Author Kit

In an effort to further improve SPE’s technical quality standards, all submitted conference papers will be checked for plagiarism.

We expect all authors to credit all sources used in their writings and not to represent work of others as their own. Authors found to have plagiarized the work of another are subject to having their paper removed from the conference programme and from OnePetro. Future submissions from authors found to have plagiarized will be scrutinized carefully. In the case of students found to be plagiarizing the work of others, SPE may inform the student’s university.

In order to maintain the integrity, high quality, and unbiased information in all forms of written and oral presentations at the SPE Conferences, overt commercialism is prohibited outside of the commercial exhibit areas.

Items deemed to be commercial in nature will not be allowed or disseminated. This includes, but is not limited to, Conference Proceedings, presentations, OnePetro, and promotional material.

Use of the following will be carefully scrutinized during evaluation and presentation, and could result in withdrawal from the program:

• Generic descriptions should replace commercial trade names or trademarked materials
• Company logos allowed on title and closing slide only
• Text which is overtly commercial in tone or intent within paper titles, presentation slides, text, tables, figures, animation, audio, and video is prohibited

Repeated violations of this policy may result in the speaker and/or moderator being barred from participating in future SPE Conferences.

• You will have 20 minutes for your presentation & 10 minutes question & answer. Please be sure to include the following information in your presentation:

• Paper number
• Paper title
• Presenter's name
• Slide number (ex: Slide 1 of 10)
• Company name/logo allowed only on the first and last slide.
• You will need to submit your Draft PowerPoint presentation to your session co-chairpersons for review and feedback before finalising your presentation. 
• Final copies need to be submitted to SPE by the stated due date so they can be preloaded in the session rooms. Please bring a copy of your approved final version of the presentation with you to the conference on a USB drive, as a backup.
• When you arrive at the venue, please report to the "Speaker Check-In" to confirm your participation at your scheduled time and to avoid being marked as a "NO SHOW."
• You will need to be at the session room 10 minutes before the session starts. This gives you time to check your presentation and meet your session co-chairs.

• You will have 15 minutes for your presentation. Please be sure to include the following information in your presentation:

• Paper number
• Paper title
• Presenter's name
• Slide number (ex: Slide 1 of 10)
• Company name/logo allowed only on the first and last slide.
• You will need to submit your Draft PowerPoint presentation to your session co-chairpersons for review and feedback before finalising your presentation.
• Final copies need to be submitted to SPE by the stated due date so they can be preloaded on the presentation stations. Please bring a copy of your approved final version of the presentation with you to the conference on a USB drive, as a backup.
• When you arrive at the venue, please report to the "Speaker Check-In" to confirm your participation at your scheduled time and to avoid being marked as a "NO SHOW."
• We ask that you be prepared to fill in during a technical session should there be a no-show or late withdrawal.
• You will need to be at the ePoster station 10 minutes before the ePoster session starts. This gives you time to check your presentation.