Reviewer Guidance

20 October 2008

Review Criteria

Papers submitted under the Conference Themes for review shall be evaluated
using the following—equally weighted—criteria:

• Relevance to conference themes;

• Originality;

• Technical or research content and depth;

• Defensibility; and

• Intelligibility to a range of audiences (for example, scientific, policy and lay readers).

Review Process

• Numbering Scheme To Expedite the Review Process

  • Unique numbers have been given to each proposal submitted for review;

  • The numbers are based on:

    • Unique Proposal Number-Conference Theme Number (I – VIII [1-8])-Language. For example:

      • 001-1-EN [English];

      • 002-1-AR [Arabic];

      • 006-5-FR [French];

      • 012-6-FR;

      • 085-7-EN; etc.

• Papers shall be reviewed by no less than three members of the Scientific Advisory Board. Expected Review Turnaround time is 48 hours.

• Scoring Reviews

  • 25 is the Highest Score Possible

  • 15 is the Lowest Acceptable Score [below 15 Decline]

                        Scoring Schematic

                            Excellent [5]
                            Very Good [4]
                            Good [3]
                            Poor [2]
                            Unacceptable [1]

25 = Highest Score Possible
15 = Lowest Acceptable Score [below 15 Decline]

Send Replies (that is, Proposal Number and Your Score) to: karhu@peoplepc.com