Guide for Presenters

The programme committee reviewed the papers submitted for LET 2023. The conference secretariat have sent the authors notifications. In case you did not receive any notification please check the spam box of your email or contact the conference secretariat at let@iwahq.org

Blog writing 

We highly encourage you to also share your thought-leadership prior to your presentation at LET2023, by submitting an opinion piece that conveys what’s innovative and thought-provoking about your topic of interest. This will be a way of promoting your participation at the LET Conference and start connecting with peers

• Please see guidelines for writing a blog for the IWA website, and all the blogs published so far, for your reference. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to contact our communications focal point: Keith.Hayward@iwahq.org

Certification of attendance 

The certification of attendance will be sent after the event by email.

Online Conference Preprint Proceedings 

The digital proceedings compile all the papers (outline papers) submitted to the event and accepted to be part of the programme. Therefore, all papers of the programme may be uploaded to the proceedings, if the author agrees. The proceedings will be available for all registered delegates, 1 week after the Conference.

This is not considered as publication (no ISSN no ISBN) and this is not mandatory. If you do not wish your outline paper to be accessible for all delegates of the conference please let us know. Only your name and title of the presentation will be listed.

Please note that your power point presentation should be sent to the Conference Secretariat at let@iwahq.org (they are not going to be part of the online pre-print proceedings)

2023 IWA Copyright: Authors automatically hold the copyright to their conference submissions, if the paper is accepted by the conference, the authors agree that their paper or abstract or poster can be used by the conference in the preprint proceedings of the event using the online platform (unless the authors expressly ask that this is excluded). The authors also agree that the conference organisers can send their papers to IWA Publishing for possible publication in their journals. If accepted in the journal the authors will pass their copyright to the publisher unless they are choosing to publish with an Open Access licence.

Only few posters were selected to have a short slot in the Programme to present their work. As poster pitch presenter, you will 5 minutes to present your poster at the end of the Technical Session.  As a poster author you will also have a place at the venue to display the hard copy of poster.

Presentation of poster pitch

• Remember you will have a 5-minute slot. 3-minute speaking slot  (maximum 3 ppt slides) to present your poster with 2-minute Q&A.
• You can prepare your presentation using the following template.
• As poster author you will also have a place at the venue to display the hard copy of poster.
• Please send your presentation to the Conference Secretariat: let@iwahq.org before 22 May.
• If you need to update your presentation after 22 May, do not send it by email,  please refer to the Speakers Preparation Room at the venue.

Full paper submission

As a Poster Presenter for the event, we do not require you to submit a full paper, however should you wish to submit a full paper for consideration for IWA Publishing, please do so here: https://www.editorialmanager.com/wst/  You may use the template and find the guidelines for preparing the manuscript on the website of IWA Publishing.

Please note that acceptance of a poster for conference presentation does not guarantee subsequent acceptance for journal publication, the final decision on journal publication lies with the journals’ Editor-in-Chief.

Poster display

As poster author you will also have a place at the venue to display your poster. You are requested to print and bring the hard copy of your poster to the venue and send a digital version of your poster via email let@iwahq.org (to be available at the online proceedings).

• Please use the standard template that can be accessed via the link Poster Template. It is recommended to use this template but it is not compulsory.
• Poster presenters need to print their own poster and bring it to the conference
• The poster size must be A0 format, 120cm high x 80cm wide, vertical. The dimensions relate to the physical space for poster display.
• The digital version of your poster will be upload on the Conference online proceedings. Few weeks before the conference, the Conference Secretariat will send the authors the instructions of how to upload the digital poster.
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•         Posters may be displayed on: Monday 29^th May 
•         Posters can be removed until: Thursday 1^st June 17:00  

We intend to maximise the exposure to the audience as much as possible. In case you need to display or remove the poster later/earlier please inform the conference secretariat.

Blog writing 

We highly encourage you to also share your thought-leadership prior to your presentation at LET2023, by submitting an opinion piece that conveys what’s innovative and thought-provoking about your topic of interest. This will be a way of promoting your participation at the LET Conference and start connecting with peers.

• Please see guidelines for writing a blog for the IWA website, and all the blogs published so far, for your reference. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to contact our communications focal point: Keith.Hayward@iwahq.org

Certification of attendance 

The certification of attendance will be sent after the event by email.

Online Conference Preprint Proceedings 

The digital proceedings compile all the papers (outline papers) submitted to the event and accepted to be part of the programme. Therefore, all papers of the programme may be uploaded to the proceedings, if the author agrees. The proceedings will be available for all registered delegates, 1 week after the Conference.

This is not considered as publication (no ISSN no ISBN) and this is not mandatory. If you do not wish your outline paper to be accessible for all delegates of the conference please let us know. Only your name and title of the presentation will be listed.

Please note that your power point presentation should be sent to the Conference Secretariat at let@iwahq.org (they are not going to be part of the online pre-print proceedings)

2023 IWA Copyright: Authors automatically hold the copyright to their conference submissions, if the paper is accepted by the conference, the authors agree that their paper or abstract or poster can be used by the conference in the preprint proceedings of the event using the online platform (unless the authors expressly ask that this is excluded). The authors also agree that the conference organisers can send their papers to IWA Publishing for possible publication in their journals. If accepted in the journal the authors will pass their copyright to the publisher unless they are choosing to publish with an Open Access licence.

Poster display

As poster author you will also have a place at the venue to display your poster. You are requested to print and bring the hard copy of your poster to the venue and send a digital version of your poster via email let@iwahq.org (to be available at the online proceedings).

• Please use the standard template that can be accessed via the link Poster Template. It is recommended to use this template but it is not compulsory.
• Poster presenters need to print their own poster and bring it to the conference
• The poster size must be A0 format, 120cm high x 80cm wide, vertical. The dimensions relate to the physical space for poster display.
• The digital version of your poster will be upload on the Conference online proceedings. A few weeks before the conference, the Conference Secretariat will send the authors the instructions of how to upload the digital poster.
• Posters may be displayed on: Monday 29 May 
• Posters can be removed until: Thursday 1 June 17:00 

We intend to maximise the exposure to the audience as much as possible. In case you need to display or remove the poster later/earlier please inform the conference secretariat.

Full paper submission

As a Poster Presenter for the event, we do not require you to submit a full paper, however should you wish to submit a full paper for consideration for IWA publishing, please do so here: https://www.editorialmanager.com/wst/.
You may use the template and find the guidelines for preparing the manuscript on the website of IWA Publishing.

Please note that acceptance of a poster for conference presentation does not guarantee subsequent acceptance for journal publication, the final decision on journal publication lies with the journals’ Editor-in-Chief.

Online Conference Preprint Proceedings 

The digital proceedings compile all the papers (outline papers and digital posters) submitted to the event and accepted to be part of the programme. Therefore, all papers of the programme may be uploaded to the proceedings, if the author agrees. The proceedings will be available for all registered delegates, 1 week after the Conference.

This is not considered as publication (no ISSN no ISBN) and this is not mandatory. If you do not wish your outline paper to be accessible for all delegates of the conference please let us know. Only your name and title of the presentation will be listed.

2023 IWA Copyright: Authors automatically hold the copyright to their conference submissions, if the paper is accepted by the conference, the authors agree that their paper or abstract or poster can be used by the conference in the preprint proceedings of the event using the online platform (unless the authors expressly ask that this is excluded). The authors also agree that the conference organisers can send their papers to IWA Publishing for possible publication in their journals. If accepted in the journal the authors will pass their copyright to the publisher unless they are choosing to publish with an Open Access licence.

Blog writing 

We highly encourage you to also share your thought-leadership prior to your presentation at LET2023, by submitting an opinion piece that conveys what’s innovative and thought-provoking about your topic of interest. This will be a way of promoting your participation at the LET Conference and start connecting with peers

• Please see guidelines for writing a blog for the IWA website, and all the blogs published so far, for your reference. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to contact our communications focal point: Keith.Hayward@iwahq.org

Certification of attendance 

The certification of attendance will be sent after the event by email.