Call/Submission


GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS


Abstract Submission Instructions:

  •  Prerequisites -
    • Online accounts for all author(s)
    • Abstract Title
    • Abstract Document (preferably WORD document)

  1. You will be redirected to the web site http://www.cconnect.org

  2. Create an online account.

    • if your account already exists from previous conference submissions, use that login OR select “forgot password” link to send the password to your email address

    • [IMPORTANT] Create online accounts for ALL associate author(s), or request associate author(s) to create accounts.

    • NOTE: You cannot use the same email address for all associated author(s)

  3. You will receive an email confirming your account creation (or password reminder) and associate author(s) will receive separate emails if accounts were created by or for them.

  4. Login using your email address and the passcode created in the previous steps

  5. Select the “2008 International Low Impact Development Conference” from the list of conferences

  6. Select the “Author” role from the list of roles

  7. Select the link to submit your abstract

  8. Select the list of suggested topic from the list and click the “Continue”  button

  9. Provide the abstract title and keywords

  10. Upload the abstract document (preferably a WORD document) from your desktop by selecting the “browse” button

  11. Select the “continue” button to submit your abstract

  12. Click on  “return” to submission listing link

  13. Select the “Edit author list” link associated with your submission to add associate author(s)

  14. Provide the associate author email address provided during account creation to add author(s)

    • If you do not have all the author(s) accounts created you can return later to add  these.

  15. The abstract will be reviewed by the committee and a notification email will be sent related  to the submission

>> Continue to submit abstract document

Submissions are due by March 14, 2008. Deadline extended to March 28, 2008!

Questions or Problems:

  • Contact ssingletary@asce.org if you have any technical difficulties.

  • Contact the appropriate member of the Organizing Committee if you have questions about program content.

You are invited to submit paper abstracts and session proposals online.

Online submission is easy and is required to be considered for acceptance into the program.  EWRI-ASCE membership is not required.  Simply follow the online instructions.  In addition, your submission must:

  • Be no longer than 500 words and written in English.
  • Summarize the information to be presented at the Conference.
  • Be in paragraph format as outlines are not acceptable.
  • Be submitted into one of the proposed topic areas presented on the website,
  • Include the full abstract/paper title.
  • List the affiliation and complete contact information (mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address) of each author.
  • Indicate the primary contact.  This is the person who will be expected to present the paper at the Conference.

You may also “propose a session” on the website.  Session proposals should include all abstracts for the session at the time of submission.

Deadlines will be strictly adhered to and authors will be required to register for the Conference at the time of paper upload.  Failure to submit abstracts and/or papers by the deadline will result in removal from the Conference program and proceedings.  Authors whose abstracts are accepted and who submit a final paper are expected to attend the Conference, pay the appropriate fees, and make their presentation(s) in person.  For program questions, contact the Technical Chair or Co-Chair.  Proceedings will be published on CD-ROM.

SUGGESTED CONFERENCE Technical TOPICS

 

LID and Sustainability

  • Green Infrastructure
  • Quantifying Social and Environmental Costs and Benefits
  • Using LID to Help Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change on Stormwater and Wastewater Systems
  • LID Implementation and Public Health

Codes, Regulations, Constraints, Guidelines

  • Impediments to Using LID and Examples of Removing Those Barriers - From Public Acceptance to Regulatory Constraints
  • Successful Collaborative Funding Approaches to LID
  • LID and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • LID and Commercial Retail
  • Codes

Recent Monitoring/Performance Findings

  • LID Watershed Monitoring
  • Integrated Practice Monitoring
  • Bioretention Monitoring
  • Ecoroof/Greenroof Monitoring
  • LID Hydromodification Benefits
  • Other LID Facility Monitoring

Computational Methods

  • Analysis Considerations for a Successful LID Application 
  • Comparisons of Existing Computational Methods
  • LID Facility Modeling – Parcel, Block, and Development Scale
  • Integrated Practice Modeling

Advances in LID BMP Design Methods – Lessons Learned

  • Bioretention Design and Construction
  • Bioretention and Soils: Composition and Infiltration
  • Green Roofs: Design and Construction
  • Green Roofs: Research and Implementation
  • Permeable Pavements
  • Rainwater Harvesting
  • Bioswales
  • Water Reuse and Harvesting
  • Urban Trees
  • Proprietary and Enterprise Technologies
  • Special Considerations for LID Construction Sequencing and Erosion/Sediment Control

Site Design Considerations

  • Site Design and Analysis Considerations for a Successful LID Application 
  • Architecture of LID - Making it Look Great! 
  • Incorporating LID into Ultra-Urban and Highway Applications
  • LID – What Wasn’t Built (i.e., what was the traditional alternative that was avoided? What LID measures were included/avoided due to constraints? This item encourages consideration of submittals explicitly focusing on the change from traditional designs created by a LID approach)
  • Special Considerations for LID Construction Sequencing and Erosion/ Sediment Control

LID Incentives for New Construction

  • The Developer Angle - Why Use LID?
  • Cost Comparison  - Traditional vs. LID
  • LID Education to the Owner, Real Estate Agents, and Design Communities
  • Incentives for Incorporating LID
  • Financing to Encourage LID
  • Exemplary Case Studies

Incorporating LID into New Developments

  • Exemplary Case Studies
  • Creative Applications of LID Nationally and Internationally
  • Combining LID and New Urbanist/Pedestrian-Friendly Street Retrofits
  • Cost Comparison  - Traditional vs. LID

Watershed Retrofit with LID  

  • Restoring the Urban Watershed: LID and Stream Restoration 
  • CSO Control and LID
  • Exemplary Case Studies
  • Creative Applications of LID Nationally and Internationally
  • Brownfields LID Implementation
  • Dealing with Contaminated Soil or Groundwater
  • Cost Comparison  - Traditional vs. LID

Education, Training Outreach

  • LID Education, Training, Outreach with Single-Family Residents
  • Community and Neighborhood Involvement and Acceptance of LID
  • SFR Financing/Incentives Programs
  • Exemplary Case Studies with Single-Family Residents
  • Commercial/Industrial/Incentives Programs
  • Exemplary Case Studies with Commercial/Industrial Owners

Long-Term Performance, Maintenance

  • Maintenance Practices for LID
  • Partnering on Vegetation Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Failure Examples and Restoration Costs

Case Studies (may include any or all elements listed above)

  • LID and Smart Growth
  • LID and New Urbanism
  • LID and LEED
  • LID and Energy
  • LID and Carbon

Special LID Applications

 

POSTER SESSIONS

Depending upon the number and quality of total entries, papers not accepted for technical sessions may be included in poster sessions.