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Unit 6. Conference Documents (4hs) 1. Definition of Conference Documents Conference documents are printed materials distributed before or at or after a conference, concerning the announcements, arrangements, and other information of the conference, usually made by the sponsoring organization or the organizing committee of the conference. Conference is a meeting held so that opinions and ideas on a subject, or a number of subjects, can be exchanged. Academic conferences or symposia usually contain sessions, workshops and other activities such as poster sessions, seminars, technical tours, and other social activities. Prior to the technical sessions of the conference, workshops may be conducted. Sometimes some tutorial workshops (or short courses) may be organized. 2. Classification of Conference Documents Conference documents include all printed materials from the preparation of a conference to the post-conference proceedings. Conference documents can be classified into three main kinds: 2.1 Documents in the Preparation of a Conference or Symposium Documents in the preparation of a conference or symposium consist of Announcements and Call for Papers (or: General Announcement Call for Papers; Call for Participation); Instructions for Authors; Instructions for Speakers; Registration Form; Accommodation Registration Form; Invitations, and General Information containing preliminary Time Schedule, etc. 2.2 Documents Distributed at a Conference or Symposium Documents distributed at a conference usually include: conference program with all sessions, workshops, and other social activities listed; Book of Abstracts or Conference Proceedings (or Preprints volume) including Conference Paper Abstracts; Conference Daily Schedule, and so on. 2.3 Documents Distributed after a Conference or Symposium Documents distributed after a conference usually include: post-conference proceedings. This may be the permanent record of the conference or symposium; some special issue of selected