For authors wishing to present papers at any of the conferences, the abstract submission deadline is Dec. 20, 2013. Abstract acceptance notification and instructions to authors for manuscript preparation will be by Jan. 31, 2014, according to information available from Purdue University. The manuscript submission deadline is March 31, by which time authors would need to be registered for the conference.

By April 28, authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their manuscripts and authors with rejected papers will have their registration fee reimbursed in full. By May 30, the final version of accepted papers must be uploaded to Purdue.

Prior to the conference, July 12-13, 2014, a series of Short Courses will be offered

Visit the website or contact Kim Stockment,conference coordinator for The Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, Purdue University, 140 S. Martin Jischke Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2031; 765-494-6078; herlconf@purdue.edu foradditional information about the events.