The mission of the OAE Portal is to represent all aspects of OAE research and related developments till today. Nevertheless the OAE topic is quite vast and not all aspects (clinical, biophysical, technical) can be represented with an equal efficiency. For this reason we have decided to accept contributions (PowerPoint lectures and white papers) on topics which according to our opinion might be useful to the OAE community. The contributions do not have to be in a rigorous "scientific format" , as we know that a significant number of users do not possess a particularly broad scientific background , but they have to represent information on an interesting OAE topic.

As of December 2003, The policy for the publication of white papers and on-line communications (powerpoint point material included) has changed, in order to ensure a higher quality standard of the material presented in the Portal. Any material to be presented (except invited editorials from well known experts) should have been published in an impact factor peer-reviewed journal. The material included in the powerpoint presentations should have been presented in international or well-known national congresses.

BASIC FORMAT od submitted material:

1. The PowerPoint presentations can contain a MAX of 100 slides. Material (mainly graphs / photos) that has been published previously by the submitting author or by other authors, must be indicated on the slide as " copyright .......author or journal .... year".
   
   
2. The White papers can contain a MAX of 6 pages . Can be submitted or as Word files (windows format) or as HTML files.
   
   

A word of caution: The material of the OAE Portal which is published in INTERNET becomes public domain. Although we ask users to notify us when they copy material , undoubtedly there is always the possibility of people copying without notifying us. Therefore, if you are concerned about copyright issues, please use in your presentations material you have already published.

We strongly suggest to submit your contributions by an email attachment to this address, but you can always send a disk or a CD-ROM to the address below: