Conference Organizer Guidelines Version 8 - Approved June 22, 2021 Overview IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) has created this set of guidelines for all SPS financially sponsored and co-sponsored technical meetings with the main purpose to help organizers create coherent conference and workshops experiences along the years for the attendees while also accommodating innovations, creativity and diversity. While these guidelines apply to all SPS financially sponsored and co-sponsored technical meetings, some sections may be less relevant for smaller meetings. All Conference Organizing Committee members must carefully review all guidelines. By accepting a role as part of the Conference Organizing Committee, committee members agree to adhere to these principles and guidelines. The General Chair(s), Technical Program Chair(s) and Finance Chair(s) must sign and return the SPS Conference Guidelines Agreement available in the next page prior to accepting a position on the Conference Organizing Committee. The IEEE SPS Conferences staff is available for any questions or requests and may be contacted at [email protected]. 1 SPS Conference Guidelines Agreement The Conference Organizing Committee members listed below must sign and return this form as an acknowledgement of the adherence to the principles and guidelines presented in this document. Each of the below committee members must sign this page in the appropriate position and send a scanned version to the IEEE SPS Conferences staff at [email protected] no later than one month after the reception by the Conference Organizing Committee of the information that the SPS conference was approved by IEEE via the IEEE Conference Application (which is some time after the approval is made by the SPS BoG). Technical Meeting Full Name and Acronym Technical Meeting Location Technical Meeting Date(s) General Chair or Co-Chair Name Signature Technical Program Chair or Co-Chair Name Signature Finance Chair Name Signature Date Signed 2 Table of Contents Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 SPS Conference Guidelines Agreement .......................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................ 3 1 Getting Started ........................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 SPS Conference Guidelines Agreement .......................................................................................... 6 1.2 Objectives, Value Proposition and Models Definition .................................................................... 7 1.3 About Misconduct or Defiance of Policy or Guidelines .................................................................. 9 1.5 Avoiding and Reporting Potential Conflicts of Interest ................................................................ 11 1.6 Organizing Committee Structure .................................................................................................. 11 1.7 Organizing Committee Job Descriptions ....................................................................................... 12 1.8 Building and Changing the Organizing Committee ....................................................................... 14 1.9 SPS Conference Liaison Support ................................................................................................... 14 1.10 Liaison for Signal Processing Society Board and Committee Events ............................................ 15 1.11 SPS Technical Committee Support ................................................................................................ 16 1.12 Communication with SPS .............................................................................................................. 16 1.13 Helping Resources ......................................................................................................................... 17 2 Finances ................................................................................................................................................ 19 2.1 Guiding Principles for Finance Chairs ............................................................................................ 19 2.2 Conference Budget Guidelines ..................................................................................................... 20 2.3 Conference Contracts ................................................................................................................... 24 2.4 Conference Loans & Advances ...................................................................................................... 24 2.5 Ongoing Financial Management ................................................................................................... 25 2.6 Setting up a Conference Bank Account......................................................................................... 26 2.7 Making Conference Payments ...................................................................................................... 27 2.8 Conference Sponsors, Patrons and Exhibitors .............................................................................. 28 2.9 IEEE Foundation Student and Young Professional Fund ............................................................... 29 2.10 On-Site Cash Management ........................................................................................................... 30 2.11 Conference Closing ....................................................................................................................... 30 3 Branding, Website and Communications ............................................................................................. 33 3 3.1 Branding and Logos ....................................................................................................................... 33 3.2 Website ......................................................................................................................................... 33 4 Technical Program & Beyond ................................................................................................................ 38 4.1 Flagship Conference Themes ........................................................................................................ 38 4.2 Call for Papers ............................................................................................................................... 38 4.3 SPS EDICS ...................................................................................................................................... 39 4.4 Number of Pages for Technical Meeting Papers........................................................................... 39 4.5 Paper Submission Site ................................................................................................................... 39 4.6 Open Preview or Early Access Conference Papers ....................................................................... 39 4.7 Conference Paper Reproducibility and Supporting Content ........................................................ 40 4.8 Peer Review Process ..................................................................................................................... 41 4.9 Plagiarism ...................................................................................................................................... 44 4.10 Special Sessions ............................................................................................................................. 44 4.11 Building the Technical Program .................................................................................................... 45 4.12 Obituaries ...................................................................................................................................... 46 4.13 Content in the Conference Proceedings and IEEE Xplore® ........................................................... 46 4.14 Plenary/Keynote Speakers ............................................................................................................ 47 4.15 Tutorials ........................................................................................................................................ 48 4.16 Awards & Recognition ................................................................................................................... 48 4.17 SPS Journal Paper Presentations................................................................................................... 49 4.18 Session Chairing and Support ....................................................................................................... 50 4.19 Recording Conference Content ..................................................................................................... 51 4.20 Video Recording for Virtual and Dual Events ................................................................................ 52 4.21 Additional Technical Events .......................................................................................................... 52 4.22 Beyond Technical Events .............................................................................................................