Paper code: (to be given by the conference organiser)

Instructions for the Preparation of a Full Paper (Paper Title)

Given Name Family Namea, John Smithb*, John Leec

a Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics, College of Business, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.

bDepartment of Logistics Management, ABC University, City, Country; * Corresponding author, email address:

c Department of XYZ, DEF University, City, Country.

Abstract (font size 12 points)

This document contains guidelines for preparing abstracts of the OBOR Conference papers. Font size for the text is 11 points. The abstract of a paper should cover its aims and/or research background, methodology to be employed, its significance, and the major structure of the paper. Authors are advised to submit their full papers via email to bothand 1September2016. The length of a full paper must not exceed 8,000 words and must be written in English. All full papers will be peer-reviewed and only those receiving favourable recommendation will be accepted for presentation at the conference. Conference website: vu.edu.au/obor2016.

Abstracts should be less than 200 words long.

Key words:Container Shipping, One Belt One Road,Maritime Silk Road (maximum five key words)

1. Introduction to the full paper format (font size 12 points)

Papers must use the following format:

  • Text font size: 11 points
  • A4 paper size: Please follow this template format
  • Times (Roman or New Roman) font
  • Single spacing
  • Maximum length of 8,000 words, including figures, tables, appendices and references

Authors should prepare their paper in English and send it by emailalong with the declaration of their application for possible publication in one of the listed international journals on the last page.

The official language of the conference is English.Each presentation at the conference should be made within the maximum of 25 minutesunlessadditional times are requested of the presenters.

2. Structure

This is an example of the first page of the full paper. The title of the paper should be centred in bold, and each author’s full name andorganisation, with city and country,should be displayed as shown above.

An abstract (less than 200 words), and the key words, should be placed immediately following the above mentioned information. Then, after two blank lines, the main body of the paper, which should be divided into chapters and (optionally) sections, starts. Chapters must be numbered and their titles typed in bold (for example, 1.Introduction).Sections must be numbered using two digits and their title typed in bold typeface (for example, 2.1 Model validation). Two blank lines must be left before each title with the exception of new pages. All the text must start at the left margin (that is, new paragraphs are not to be indented) with the exception of listings which may be indented.

2.1 The order of the full paper

The order of the full paper should be as follows:

  1. Title, authors’ information and the chapters of the main body of the text, numbered as described above. The corresponding author should be indicated by symbol * with his or her email address.
  2. Acknowledgements (in bold typeface) if required
  3. References
  4. Appendices, if required.

3. Equation, tables and figures

Equations must be written preferably with the same word processor used for the rest of the text, without hand written symbols in order to aid legibility. Equations must be numbered sequentially with their numbers in parenthesis and right justified.

Tables must be numbered sequentially and have a reasonably explanatory title centred above the table; the measurement units employed in the table must be indicated.

Figures must be drawn in ink or using good quality graphic software; they must be numbered sequentially and have a reasonably informative title centred under the figure.

Table 1.Table title

A / B
X
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Figure1. Figure title

References

References should be cited in the text by giving the last name of the author(s) followed by the year of publication in parentheses, e.g. Lee (1996), Bates and Roberts (1983); (Smith, 2001a, 2001b).If the reference has more than two authors, only the surname of the first author followed by et al. in italics will appear in the body of the text, e.g. Gong et al. (2005).

At the end of the paper, complete references must be given alphabetically by author’s surname including: surname(s) and initial(s) of author(s), separated by a comma, year of publication with a full stop, the title of thepaper, the title, volume and issue number in parenthesis of the journal, and the first and last pages of the reference. In the case of a book, the title of the book must be with first letter capital of each word. The book publisher and the city of publication must be also indicated in that order.

The following examples present some of the most typical cases of referencing at the end of the paper. Please follow them as closely as possible.

Gong, S.X.H., Firth, M. and Cullinane, K., 2015.Choice of financing and governance structures in the transport industry: theory and practice. In Lee, P.T-W and Cullinane, K. (eds.) 2015.Dynamic Shipping and Port Developments in the Globalized Economy.Vol. 1: Applying Theory to Practice in Maritime Logistics,pp. 198-218. England: Palgrave MacMillan.

Goss, R.O., 1990.Economic policies and seaports: strategies for port authorities.Maritime Policy Management, 17(4), pp. 273-287.

Sturmey, S.G., 1962. British Shipping and World Competition.London: Athlone Press.

The One Belt and One Road (OBOR) Conference, 1-2 December 2016

Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics, Victoria University, Melbourne Australia1