Call for Papers

Dear Patrons,

On behalf of IEEE ICWITE 2022 organizing committee, we take this opportunity to invite you to participate in this professionally enriching flagship conference of IEEE WIE Bangalore Section Affinity Group. The theme of the first edition of ICWITE 2022 will be “Engineering Sustainable Futures Responsibly”
The IEEE ICWITE 2022 Summit will be held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India between 1st to 3rd December 2022. This is the flagship conference of IEEE WIE Bangalore Section AG. It will be held under the aegis of IEEE Bangalore Section & WIE, India Council. The conference will be held in Hybrid Mode.
ICWITE 2022 is designed with following tracks:

  • Women Entrepreneurs
  • Women in Innovation
  • Women in Technology
  • Women & SIGHT
The conference will include keynote addresses, panel discussions, patent, paper and poster presentations, tutorials, project demonstrations, thesis presentations (from within the last 3 years) and many more innovative activities in the above listed tracks. Eminent International speakers from across the globe will deliver keynote talks and conduct workshops and tutorials. During this international conference, prospective researchers will have the opportunity to present their own work in the form of oral presentations, apart from taking the advantage of attending the talks by a number of international experts.
We assure you of an international technically enriched and vibrant experience at ICWITE 2022, and we are confident your experience at this conference will be rewarding and memorable one.

Kumudhini Ravindra,
Anandi Giridharan
General Chairs, IEEE ICWITE 2022



CONFERENCE AWARDS

AWARDS CASH PRIZES
ACADEMIC AWARDS
1. ICWITE Best Doctoral Thesis Award INR 10,000 +Certificate
2. ICWITE Best Paper Award INR 10,000 +Certificate
3. ICWITE Best Poster Award INR 5,000 +Certificate
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
1. IMPACTFUL INNOVATION AWARDS INR 10,000 + Certificate
2. TECHNOLOGIST OF THE YEAR INR 15,000 + Certificate
3. HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR INR 15,000 + Certificate
4. ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR INR 15,000 + Certificate


EARLY SUBMISSION ADVANTAGE

Huge Discount on Registration Fee to Authors who submit their paper and register for the event. This discount is available on all categories of Authors.

Author Discount Discount on Registration Fee (Early Bird & Regular)
Till 1st November 2022 40%

GUIDELINES TO AUTHORS


Below are some useful instructions to assist the authors to submit their papers for ICWITE 2022:


ORIGINALITY OF SUBMITTED PAPERS:


Papers submitted to ICWITE 2022 shall contain original work by the author(s) that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The IEEE anti- plagiarism policy is applicable to all submissions. The author(s) are solely responsible for any plagiarized submission.

LONG ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:


ICWITE invites researchers and scholars to submit their paper/ poster abstracts for selection at the conference.

Long Abstracts should include in no more than a 1000 words,
1) the overall purpose of the study and the research problem(s) you investigated;
2) the basic design of the study;
3) major findings or trends found as a result of your analysis; and,
4) a brief summary of your interpretations and conclusions.

NOTE: Once the abstract is submitted, we shall start reviewing it, so authors cannot update/resubmit the same.

Upon review and selection for presentation at the conference, scholars are expected to submit their research papers.

All papers are required to be prepared and submitted in the IEEE Standard two - column conference format of A4 size in English. Papers must be four to six pages in length, including texts, Figures, photographs and references. Any submitted paper that exceeds six pages will be rejected. The first page must include the title of the paper, author(s), affiliations, address and text. Please do not include page numbers on submitted documents. Failing to conform to the standard format will result in rejection. Detailed format information is available in IEEE Website.

The authors are required to use the standard IEEE manuscript template for conferences. The Microsoft Word template in can be downloaded from IEEE conference template page: Click Here

The paper shall consist of original and previously unpublished work, including specific results. The 'Introduction' of the paper shall clearly indicate the unique aspects of the submission and how it is related to the previous work.

All paper submissions must be electronic, using IEEE Xplore compliant PDF format (*.pdf). Failure to do so may result in the rejection of the paper.

Type 3 fonts (bitmaps) will not be accepted. Authors can use the IEEE PDF eXpress to generate compliant PDF Files for final submission.

PAPER & POSTER UPLOAD:


All papers must be submitted in PDF or as a Microsoft Word Document via Microsoft Conference Management Toolkit: CMT

(Note: Authors please clear your browser cache and login to CMT before uploading your papers.)

The submitting authors may be required to create a Microsoft Conference Management Toolkit account before uploading the paper (if the submitting author does not have a Microsoft Conference Management Toolkit account).

While uploading the paper, the authors should provide the title of the paper, a long abstract of no more than 1000 words and keywords in the respective text boxes in the paper submission page.

The long abstracts of all accepted & registered papers will be available on IEEE Xplore. Camera ready papers that meet the quality standards of IEEE will be included in IEEE Xplore.

TYPES OF PRESENTATION AT THE CONFERENCE:


Two types of presentation can be opted for by the authors:

1. oral presentation (presented in one of track sessions)
2. poster presentation (presented in one of poster sessions)


Papers with archival value (archival papers), meaning those that contribute significantly to the state of the art and report final results of research, with proper literature review, will be thoroughly reviewed and may be candidates for publication consideration in special issues or journals.


IMPORTANT DATES FOR PAPERS & POSTERS

Paper Submission Open: 15th August 2022
Long Abstract Submission Due Date: 10th November 2022 (LAST CALL)
Paper Acceptance Notification: 15th November 2022
Camera-ready Paper Due: 25th November, 2022

IMPORTANT DATES FOR DISSERTATION SYMPOSIUM

Dissertation Long Abstract Submission starts on: 15th August 2022
Deadline for submission of Dissertation Abstracts: 10th November 2022
Notification of acceptance: 25th November, 2022

Registrations

EARLY SUBMISSION ADVANTAGE:

Huge Discount on Registration Fee to Authors who submit their paper and register for the event. This discount is available on all categories of Authors.

Author Discount Discount on Registration Fee (Early Bird & Regular)
Till 1st November 2022 40%


Note:

1. There will be no refund for any cancellation. However, the registration can be transferred to another author/attendee if cancellation is before 30th October, 2022 2. After cancellation, the corresponding final paper will be excluded from the proceedings and IEEE Xplore.