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Dear colleagues!

The Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of Volgograd State University invites you to take part in the 4th International Scientific and Practical Conference "Breakthrough Technologies and Communications in Industry and Urban Environment" (BTCI'21), which will take place tentatively on November 30-December 2, 2021, Volgograd, VolSU in webinar format (the exact dates of the sections will be in early November). 

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We invite students and teachers of secondary schools, universities and other educational institutions; representatives of organizations, institutions to participate in the conference.

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Important dates 

1. Dates of the conference - November 30-December 2, 2021

2. Registration of applications of participants (full-time and part-time) - until November 30, 2021.  

3. Submission of papers for publication   - until December 15, 2021 (3 stages: until November 15, until November 30, until December 15 with a change in cost (see the section Cost))

4. Notification of acceptance of papers for publication - within 1-3 months after receiving materials. Attention: the decision to publish an article is made after internal and external reviewing. The organizing committee reserves the right to reject materials that formally or substantively do not correspond to the topic of the conference and the requirements for the articles. 

5. Payment - within 3-7 days after issuing an invoice

6. Dates of publication: 1-2 quarter 2022 *

7. Indexing terms: from 8 to 24 months from the date of publication and its terms depend solely on the representatives of the scientometric platform and are beyond the responsibility of the Conference Organizing Committee or the publishing house.
   * In order not to delay the release and indexation, we ask you to carefully draw up materials according to the template and send documents on time.

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Publishing Forms

1. in the RSCI proceedings of the spring scientific session, indexed by the RSCI, according to the results of the review, they are accepted in any language with mandatory metadata in English. Send to: conference@picconf.ru.net.

2. in the RSCI journal Artium Magister (pedagogy, education) according to the results of the competitive selection and finalization of the publication according to the requirements. Details are available on the website https://ue.jvolsu.com/index.php. Publication is free on a competitive basis. Send to the address: artium@volsu.ru.

3. in the issue of the international conference journal BTCI-21, submitted to the international scientific base Scopus, Google Scholar. Materials in English. Send to: btci_volsu@picconf.ru.net.

 

Any questions on full-time and part-time participation in the conference and, if necessary, query for invitations, certificates can be sent to conference@picconf.ru.net.

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Cost **

1. Participation in the conference and in the contest of scientific reports without publication and tours is free.

2. Publication in an international journal (Scopus, WoS) ***
   - when submitting an application and materials before November 15 (early preferential submission) - 200 Euro (about 14,200 RUB)
   - when submitting an application and materials before November 30 (standard submission) - 210 Euro (about 14,900 RUB)
   - when submitting an application and materials before December 15 (late submission) - 220 Euro (approximately 15,900 RUB)

3. Publication in the RSCI - 150 RUB/page (3 EUR), shipment - 200-700 RUB (4-15 EUR) depending on the region, according to the tariffs of the Russian Post, the cost of the certificate is 100 RUB (2 EUR), an additional printed copy of the paper collection is 300 RUB (6 EUR). If materials are provided by schoolchildren, students, graduate students, other publication conditions may be proposed without providing a printed collection (see the requirements to the RSCI)

**Extra services, counselling and assistance are available in case the paper needs editing, translation or correction to the requirements. Payment terms are sent on request to the appropriate email.

*** If a sharp change in the euro exchange rate occurs, it is possible (but not necessary) to slightly change the cost of publication, paid in euros or in rubles at the euro exchange rate on the payment date.

 

Payment needs to be made within 3-7 days after billing. Bank details for payment of full-time registration and publication fee will be sent to the authors of the accepted papers by e-mail along with confirmation of paper acceptance.

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Certificates of participation and other extra services are provided and paid separately from the publication fee. For more information about services, the full-time registration fee and full-time presentation of the report at the conference, it is recommended to contact the conference organizing committee at conference@picconf.ru.net (with the publication of the RSCI) or btci_volsu@picconf.ru.net (with the publication of Scopus, WoS).

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To the participants

• Only original and unpublished materials are accepted. Validation is carried out through several resources. The optimal originality of paper in English for an international journal is 90%. The originality of materials for translation is discussed with the organizing committee after checking for plagiarism through a Russian university plagiarism system. The publication will be refused if the publishing house reveals copyright fraud and attempts to hide plagiarism.

• All submitted articles for the English-language journal will undergo a thorough double review by authoritative scientists and will be evaluated in terms of relevance, originality, quality of material and clarity of presentation.

• At the request of the conference participant, the organizing committee can recommend places to stay.

• Registration fee, travel expenses and accommodation are paid by the forwarding party or participant oneself. The full-time registration fee is paid separately from the publication fee.

• Participants who need a visa and accommodation must inform about full-time participation and the need for assistance in advance to issue an invitation and send a corresponding query to  btci_volsu@picconf.ru.net.

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Extra activities

• Full-time participants during the conference can take part in:
  - short-term skill enhancement programmes;
  - webinar sessions;
  - report contests.

• More information about skill enhancement programs, contests and webinars can be found in the relevant sections.

• Registration of applications for exhibitions and masterclasses held by our partners, teams of authors and individual authors is open. To open the event, send a free-format request to conference@picconf.ru.net. We are looking forward to new interesting ideas!

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Conference programme

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The programme of the conference in 2021 will be posted 5 days before the event.

The programmes of all conferences after their holding are periodically laid out in the Conferences / Conference Programmes section https://en.picconf.ru.net/programme

 

 

Conference scope and trends

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