GMRC TECHNICAL PAPERS

BASIC GUIDELINES

The GMC Planning Committee will accept papers for the Conference based on an informative abstract submitted by the deadline. All abstracts will be evaluated on the information supplied. This information should be a synopsis of your paper and should be very specific. Use a separate sheet of paper to submit this information; the attached Abstract Cover Sheet must be included with the abstract.

Papers submitted must be related to gas compression machinery. The committee will give preference to papers that meet the following criteria:

• Present a properly constructed informative abstract as opposed to a descriptive abstract.
• Are pertinent to current gas compression machinery issues.
• Discuss new, innovative, and/or successful technologies, processes or methodologies
• Present the results of scientific studies (may be in support of technologies, process or methodologies)
• Case studies involving gas compression machinery and related issues

Preference will be given to papers that involve and/or are presented by users.
You may submit an abstract for a technical paper presentation (45 minutes), a short course (3 hours), or a new technology update (10 minutes).

All papers must be free of unnecessary commercialism.

TITLE/AUTHOR INFORMATION

Paper/short course titles should be concise yet descriptive of the substance of the proposed presentation. Company names and trade names are prohibited in paper titles. If the paper is co-authored, list the names of the authors in the order they should appear in the program. Indicate whether the paper has been published or presented previously. Indicate the name of the person (or persons) who will actually make the presentation and who will be the main contact regarding the presentation.

UNIQUE, NEW OR USEFUL INFORMATION

List unique, new or useful information that will be presented by the paper. The review committee will use this information to help select papers, assign time slots, and assign technical reviewers.

SUBMIT THE ABSTRACT FORM

The form can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:

Marsha Short
Gas Machinery Research Council
3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1300
Dallas, TX 75234
Fax: 972-620-1613
Phone: 972-620-4024
e-mail: mshort@gmrc.org

DEADLINES

	March 10, 2006	Detailed abstracts due in GMRC office. Abstracts submitted after this date will be accepted on a space available basis only.
	April 10, 2006	Acceptance notices mailed.
	July 10, 2006	Draft papers due to GMC Committee for review and comments.
	September 15, 2006	Final papers due in the GMRC office. Due to the increased number of attendees and number of books to be printed, papers not received by this date will not be published in the GMC Proceedings. There will be no exceptions!

Questions on the GMC2006 should be directed to Marsha Short in the GMRC office at 972-620-4024 or GMC2006 Chairman Donna Sterrick at 713-989-8471.