Frequently Asked Questions

Title of proposal
Summary (300 words maximum)
Section/Theme of the congress (view the themes available)
Session format (view the sessions formats available)
Keywords
Language

Author’s name
Author’s Surnames
University/Organization
Email for contact
Website (optional)
Country
Resume (optional)

If the proposal has co-authors, the author should provide the same information about them.

For more information, visit the section: Proposals Submission.

No. You can send as many proposals as you want. However, in order to give opportunity to the largest number of people to participate within the limitations of the programming, only one presentation per author and registration will be allowed. This means that three registered authors will be able to submit three articles jointly (ie as co-authors).

The papers presented will be published in the International Technology, Science and Society Review after peer review.

Papers must be sent to  using the template available for download.

Please see our tutorial on how to fill out the proposal submission form. However, if you still have difficulty with the system, please send an email to .

1. Access your author account at the congress platform.

2. Find the proposal you want to modify and click on its title. If the proposal is still under review, it will appear in the ACTIVE section. If the proposal has already been accepted it will appear in the section ARCHIVE.

3. Once inside the proposal, click on the option SUMMARY. Then look for the EDIT METADATA option.

4. In this new screen you can modify the data of the authors (name, surnames, university/organization to which you are affiliated, email, country and resume), proposal (title, summary, keywords and language) and add or eliminate co-authors.

5. When finished do not forget to click on the green button “SAVE METADATA” at the bottom of the page.

Remember that once the proposal is accepted, major changes to your title or abstract are not allowed. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to remove proposals that have undergone significant alterations after their acceptance.

The Scientific Committee will review your proposal within 2 weeks and send you a notification by email. This notification may end up in your spam folder. Please, in this case check the spam/junk folder and mark the message as desired mail so that to ensure the correct reception of subsequent notifications.

You can consult at any time the list of accepted proposals.

Yes, we will try to satisfy all requests. Once you have paid for your registration, you can propose us the day that best suits you to carry out your presentation. However, we only offer this option to registrations completed 1 month before the congress.

The first draft of the program will be available approximately two months before the start of the congress. If your proposal has been accepted, and you have registered and paid the fee, your presentation will be programmed in that draft. We accept proposals and registrations until the closing of the call, that is to say, approximately six weeks before the beginning of the congress. Remember that you can consult the list of accepted proposals any time.

Yes, the chairperson of your session will deliver the certificates of attendance and presentation to the participants at the end of each session. If you are going to participate only as a listener, you can request your certificate of attendance at the congress accreditation table.

We recommend that you check your certificate carefully to confirm that all the data are correct, otherwise you can request a rectification and we will print a new one during the congress days.

Copies of the attendance and/or presentation certificates will be sent by certified mail only upon request. The cost of this service must be paid in advance via Paypal or bank transfer according to the destination address:

Spain (peninsula): 20 USD
Rest of the World (and Spain’s islands): 30 USD

Registration to the congress includes:

• Attendance at all sessions and presentations of the congress.
• Coffee in the morning and in the afternoon during all the days of the congress.
• Presentation of 1 paper in a parallel session.
• Printed program and congress bag.
• Certificate of attendance and/or presentation.
• Discounts on flights and accommodation.
• The option to send a paper (3,000-8,000 words) for publication in the associated journal.
• Discount of 50 USD in the registration fee for future congresses.

Registration does not include: flights, accommodation, lunches, dinners and tours.

At the moment payments are accepted only through PayPal or bank transfer. You can create an account with PayPal and link it to your credit card or bank account.

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4. Buying with PayPal is free. Only a small fee applies when there is currency conversion.

Learn more about Paypal in your country here.

Yes. Please use the bank account information below to make the payment of your registration, and then send an email to stating: date of transfer, amount, name of the Congress and name of the participant. Payment may take 10 to 15 business days to become effective. We will send you a confirmation email upon receipt of your payment.

Account name: Global Knowledge Academics S.L.
Name of the bank: ING Direct
Account number (IBAN): ES04 1465 0200 2819 0067 6282
ABA number: ES04 1465 0200 2819 0067 6282
BIC / SWIFT code: INGDESMMXXX
Bank address: Calle de Costa Rica, 27 (28016 Madrid – Spain)

Important

Any bank transfer made from outside Spain must include an additional USD 20 to the total amount transferred. (This additional expense covers the commission applied by the intermediary banks.) In case the participant does not pay these bank fees, the registration will be incomplete.

The European Union citizens interested in paying in Euros can make the transfer in this currency using the EUR-USD exchange rate in effect on the day of the transaction.

Yes, you must send a request to indicating your name, type of registration and date of payment.

Yes. We offer letters of invitation to obtain visas for those participants who have paid the registration fee. Please send your request to . Please note that if you cancel your registration, we will contact the embassy to revoke the invitation letter.

Specific visa questions should be addressed to your local government, the embassy, ​​or the immigration office. Immigration regulation policies vary by country, and often vary from year to year. Therefore, we are not in a position to advise you on this matter.

If you can not attend the congress and you can not or do not want to transfer your registration to another person, you can request a refund of the payment. To do this, you must send us a written request to . The amount to be returned will depend on the date on which we receive your request:

If you submit your return request up to 60 days before the first day of the Congress, you will be reimbursed 80% of your registration fee.

If you submit your return request between 60 and 30 days before the first day of the Congress, you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.

If you submit your return request less than 30 days before the first day of the Congress, you will not receive a refund.

It will take 2 to 4 weeks to process your refund.

Substitutions are allowed between attendees, but you have to communicate this in advance through the email .

Yes. The special enrollment fee is available to groups of five (5) or more participants from the same institution or organization enrolling at the same time. This discount can not be combined with other discount offers.

Yes. Former participants are entitled a special 50 USD discount on the current Full Congress registration fee. To request the discount please send an email to  and attach your certificate of attendance or invoice from a previous congress.

Please remember that the scholarship does not cover airfare, accommodation, transportation and meals.

To apply for a scholarship or to get more information, visit the page Scholarships for Young Researchers.

Visit the Contact section and fill out the subscription form. In addition, all previous attendees will be informed of future congresses via email.

We are continually looking for places for future congresses and collaboration agreements. If you wish to host this congress in the future, please consult the information on the Partners and Sponsors page and contact us at .

We offer several sponsorship opportunities for organizations or groups interested in our congresses. We ask that interested organizations be linked to the issues of the Congress and be willing to interact with the Congress community. To consult the possibilities of sponsorship, please take a look at the information in the section Partners and Sponsors and contact us at .