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SAS cordially invites you to the
SAS ASIA-PACIFIC ACADEMIC USER GROUP CONFERENCE 2006

Date:	5^th October 2006
Time:	09:30 am - 06:00 pm
Venue:	Saroj Sadan, Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute of Financial & Management Studies, Joraver Bhavan, University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, Santacruz (East), Mumbai- 400 098

Notes for preparing the full paper

1. General Instructions
The full paper, in MS Word or compatible formats, should be sent by e-mail as an attachment to Lena.Ryuji@sas.com & Sabrina.Advani@sas.com by 15^th September, 2006. The content of the paper should, exclusively, be on SAS and by existing academic users only. The manuscript should be in English.

2. Paper Format
-	Paper should be of A4 size (210 mm width x 290 mm height) with 25 mm margins on all sides; alternatively, set to a type area of 160 mm wide by 240 mm deep.
-	Font should be Times New Roman typeface in 12 point pitch.
-	Line spacing should be single.
-	Pages should be a maximum of 10 pages, including figures, tables, references & appendices
-	Leave a blank line between paragraphs without indent
-	Text should be justified across whole page width

3. Structure of Paper *3.1 First page:* The first page of the manuscript should only contain the following & in the order specified. Please provide the following items in your submission:
-	Name, email address, mailing address
-	Paper title
-	Academic department to which paper pertains, if appropriate
-	The abstract

3.2 Second & following pages:
These include the main body of the paper, divided into sections and (optionally) subsections with sub-subsections. Sections must be numbered and their title typed in bold capitals (for example, 1. SECTION). Subsections must be numbered using two digits and their titles typed in bold typeface (for example, 1.1 Subsection). Sub-subsections must be numbered using three digits and their titles typed in bold typeface (for example, 1.1.1 Subsubsection). Two blank lines must be left before each title of the sections and one blank line before each title of the subsections and sub-subsections, with the exception of new pages.

4. Equations, Tables & Figures
4.1 Tables
Tables must be numbered sequentially, with their title centered above the table.

4.2 Figures
Figures must be drawn in ink or with good quality graphic software. They must be numbered, with their title centered below the figure.

5. References
The Harvard System of referencing must be used. In the body of the text, papers or documents are referred to by the author�s surname with the year of publication in parenthesis; if the quotation is itself in parenthesis, the year of publication is separated by a comma. If the reference has more than two authors, only the surname of the first author followed by et al in italics will appear in the body of the text.

At the end of the paper, complete references must be given alphabetically by author�s surname including: surname(s) and initials of author(s), separated by a comma, year of publication in parenthesis, title of the paper, title of the journal in italic typeface, volume of the journal and first & last pages. In the case of books, the book title must be in italic typeface, with first letters in capitals; the publisher and the city of publication must also be indicated.

Examples:
-	Kanafani, A. and Abbas, M.S. (1987) Local air service and economic impact of small airports. Journal of Transportation Engineering 113, 42-55.
-	Button, K.J. (1982) Transport Economics. Heineman, London.
-	Nash, C.A. (1988) Integration of public transport: an economic assessment. Bus Deregulation and Privatisation: An International Prespective eds J.S. Dodgson & N.P. Topham, pp.17-46. Wiley, New York.
-	Grant, R.A. (1989) Building and testing a causal model and information technology�s impact. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA, pp. 173-184.
-	Cardell, N.S. (1989) Extensions of multinomial logit: the hedonic demand model, the nonindependent logit model and the ranked logit model. Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, U.S.A.

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