with one, two, or three tables or figures. Then, the meaning of the results is speculated about, often at considerable length. The literature review most likely involves description of related or planned experiments in the author's own laboratory or in the laboratories of colleagues who are currently working on related problems.
Editing and Publishing
Finally, it is only necessary to remind you that the editor of the proceedings, usually the convener of the conference, is the sole arbiter of questions relating to manuscript preparation. If the editor has distributed Instructions to Authors, you should follow them (assuming that you want to be invited to other conferences). You may not have to worry about rejection, since conference reports are seldom rejected; however, if you have agreed to participate in a conference, you should then follow whatever rules are established. If all contributors follow the rules, whatever they are, the resultant volume is likely to exhibit reasonable internal consistency and be a credit to all concerned.
