Research Paper Submission Guidelines

Abstract Submission Portal Opens: October 15, 2021

Revision Deadline: December 15, 2021

Abstract Submission Deadline: December 19, 2021

Decision Notifications: January 7, 2022

Presentation Agreements Due: January 13, 2022

Draft of Oral Presentations Due: January 28, 2022

Final Oral Presentations Due: February 17, 2022

Written Paper Drafts Due: February 17, 2022

Revised Written Paper Drafts Due: March 15, 2022

Submissions must be scientific and/or technical in nature and should fall under the interest areas of the conference.
Submissions must be original and not previously presented without disclosure of presentation.
Previously presented abstracts will be considered if, the abstract has a significant extension of previously published or presented work.
Abstracts are limited to 250 words.
Interest areas for submission are:
- Analytical Solutions
- Cultivation and Alternative Strategies
- Extraction and Separation
- Formulation and Fill/Finish
- Pre-Clinical/Clinical Research
- Other

While our core focus in cannabis, we will also consider work in psychedelics.

Authors must choose their presentation type (oral or poster). If you chose oral, would you be willing to do a poster session if you are not selected for an oral presentation? (Y/N)
No revisions to the abstract may be made after the revision deadline.
Oral presentations must reflect the submitted abstract. In particular, the title, authorship, and scientific content.
Abstracts containing overt sales or marketing materials will be rejected. Presentations and papers containing overt sales or marketing will be rejected.

Presenting author must be listed as one of the co-authors on the abstract.
Presenting author will serve as the primary contact for all correspondence regarding the submission and presentation.
Presenting author will be responsible for:
- Ensuring all authors have read the abstract and agreed to be co-authors.
- Obtaining copyright information from all co-authors.
- Notifying all co-authors of any changes, deletions, additions as communicated by the Emerald Conference Scientific Committee.
- Forwarding all communication surrounding the abstract and presentation.
- Creating and delivering the presentation as well as a written version of the presentation to be included in published proceedings of the conference.

Before and after the abstract submission deadline, abstracts will be released to the Scientific Committee for review.
Committee members will be notified of any modifications.
Abstracts will be evaluated and scored, based on their scientific merit.
Incomplete Abstracts will be rejected.
Abstracts containing overt sales or marketing will be rejected.
Peer review of submissions will be done by Interest Area as chosen by the author.

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be emailed to the author by 11:59 PM PST (UCT-07:00) January 7, 2022.
If your abstract is accepted, the email will specify whether it is accepted as an oral or poster presentation.

Oral presentations will be required to be presented using a PowerPoint template. Conference
management will email upon receipt of the Speaker Agreement.
Speakers will have 30 to 45 minutes to present
Speakers, at the conference, will be provided a podium, screen with presenter view, a clicker (to forward the slides), and a lavalier microphone.
Poster Presentations are required to fit on a 4′ tall x 8’wide poster board. Maximum poster size is 3’10” tall x 7’10” wide. Posters should be in Landscape Orientation.
Poster presenters are highly encouraged to use a poster formatted using this presentation concept – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RwJbhkCA58
Conference management also will share guidelines for written proceeding papers upon acceptance