Conference Proceedings Instructions

As a presenter at the ITAA 2026 Conference, you have the opportunity to submit your abstracts for inclusion in the Digital Proceedings. Submissions for conference proceedings are accepted November 28 through December 15, 2026. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. This timing will allow the Proceedings to be published in 2026. To submit your proceedings, follow the instructions below. Submissions that do not follow these requirements exactly will not be published.

 

1) Log in/Register: Visit https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/itaa/submissions/ and log in or register for an account with the Iowa State University Digital Press. Please update your author information as necessary. Please enter author information using an English keyboard, with first letter of each name capitalized, all other letters lower case.

 

2) Metadata: Enter metadata requested about your paper using the online submission form. Note: The abstract requested on the online form is a short preview abstract of 150 words or less. Do NOT enter your entire abstract/proceedings here. To avoid formatting errors, DO NOT COPY and paste your preview abstract from Word. Either retype the preview abstract in the box OR copy and paste from Word into a plain text editor (Notepad) and copy again from Notepad prior to pasting in the online box. It may appear normal to you at submission, but when opened by administrators, it is not correct. If there are errors in the metadata, your proceedings will be rejected.

 

3) Proceedings Template: Your proceedings file must be submitted using the 2026 Conference Proceedings Template, also available in Useful Resources. A change from previous years so that ITAA can be more accessible, the proceedings should be Calibri, font size 12, for all text, including titles. The title should be centered on the top of the page, using Title Case, bold font, 30 word maximum. Remember to add name and affiliation of each author and keywords. The title must match your original submission title, that is how we confirm original participation. Document is limited in length, dependent upon the submission type. For most submissions, the abstract should not be much over 2 pages (your submitted abstract was 2 pages, but by the time you add authorship information and keywords, it goes over the 2-page length). References should use either APA or Chicago style and should not go over one page in length.  A 5th page can be included, as necessary for images, charts, etc.  If you don’t use the pages, delete them. The paper must be a finished copy and show no editing marks. Make sure there are no additional pages beyond the references page. Save your work as a PDF file, not a word document. 

Submission Check list: 

  • You did not copy and paste your 150-word abstract that goes in the Metadata
  • You have used the 2026 Proceedings Template
  • You are using Calibri, 12-point font
  • You have used the same title as you used in your original abstract submission
  • The title is bold, title case, no more than 30 words in length
  • You have followed the page limit requirements
  • You have deleted any extra pages
  • Page numbering is correct
  • You have saved your document as a PDF file.


4) Upload Proceedings: Once you have completed your proceedings, save as a PDF file. Upload your proceedings under Manuscript File.  Click Save and Continue.

 

5) Review and Submit: Review the information provided. If all information is correct, click Complete Submission. I will not be asking for revisions so make sure that everything is correct before hitting Complete Submission. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask the Executive Director at itaasherry@gmail.com.