We've been talking amongst the committee about how to clarify the Call for Paper. We have tried to streamline the submission process and we've whittled it down to just needing to submit this:

o Title of presentation (limit of 100 characters)
o Abstract (25-50) words for inclusion in the conference program and display on the conference website
o Program track to which topic relates
o list of keywords related to the submission content
o A proposal saved in either Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format that includes the following:
----o Type of session: individual or group presentation.
----o Objective(s) of the presentation: purpose of the session--what the attendee should expect to get out of attending
----o Three hundred word paper description (300 words). No more than two figures or other illustrations should be included with a total word plus figure limitation of one page.
----o The text should be single-spaced with a 12-point font and figures should be inserted into the text stream.

So as you can see, 300 words is not a very large paper. This should make it easier to submit, but it has also led to some confusion with the terminology. When you say "paper", that suggests something longer that may even be published. That would not be the case here. This is more like an extended abstract.

So I pose the question to the community, should we be calling this a 'Call For Abstracts' rather than a 'Call for Papers'?

Personally, my biggest worry with changing this is that 'Call for Abstracts' is not as universally recognized as a the 'Call for Papers.' I think we risk confusion either way, but for different reasons.