2021 Call For Papers
Submissions for 2021 are now open
Grease is a critical and often overlooked lubricant used in many applications. Our membership and conference attendees are interested in papers related to the advancement of grease technology and grease knowledge in general. For our upcoming conference, we are interested in grease related papers from a range of topics including:
- Thickener development or improvement
- Raw material selection and evaluation
- Base oil / fluid selection and evaluation
- Evaluation and use of performance additives
- Tribology
- Grease testing
- Test method development
- Manufacturing processes and improvements
- Environmental, regulatory and safety issues
- Applications and problem solving
- Condition monitoring
Papers covering any other success stories of superior application or improvement of technology are also welcomed. Technical papers approved for presentation at the Annual Meeting may be published in the NLGI Spokesman, after evaluation by the NLGI Editorial Review Committee.
NLGI is now accepting Papers for the 2021 Annual Meeting, June 13-16 in Napa, CA, USA. Two types of Papers are eligible:
- Industry Related to Substantive Issues
- If submitting an Industry Paper, it cannot be deemed too commercial. If so, it may be rejected.
- Papers are considered for publication in the NLGI Spokesman and will be copyrighted by NLGI.
- All papers must be original to the extent that they have not been published in any other magazine nor presented identically before any society, unless permission has been granted by NLGI.
- All papers and presentations will be reviewed by the NLGI Technical Committee (see deadlines below).
- Technical presentations must comply with NLGI standards that limit their commercial content (see Author Guidelines for details) with two exceptions:
- The first (title) and last slides may contain company name, logo or other information
- Company name and/or logo (small size) may appear in one corner of all other slides
- Avoid use of specific brand names except instruments, reagents, etc. used to perform the work.
- Use chemical, scientific, or generic terms to refer to lubricant-specific products.
- Commercial
- If submitting a Commercial Paper, you will be subject to pay a commercial fee ($1,000 USD for members and $2,000 USD for non-members).
- Commercial (or marketing) presentations are not restricted by NLGI standards for commercial content.
- Commercial papers are not eligible for publication in the NLGI Spokesman.
If submitting an Industry Paper, it cannot be deemed too commercial (see Author Guidelines below). If so, it may be rejected. If submitting a Commercial Paper, you will be subject to pay a commercial fee ($1,000 USD for members and $2,000 USD for non-members). Papers are considered for publication in the NLGI Spokesman and will be copyrighted by NLGI, all papers must be original to the extent that they have not been published in any other magazine nor presented identically before any society, unless permission has been granted by NLGI.
2021 Deadlines
- January 15, 2021
The following items must be submitted in full for consideration:- Abstract
- Author Form (one abstract per form)
- Bio (for all authors)
- Photo (for all authors)
- February 10, 2021
- NLGI will notify all authors of acceptance
- April 23, 2021
- Draft paper is due to NLGI
- May 14, 2021
- Final presentation / paper is due to NLGI for committee review
How to Apply
STEP 1:
Review the Author Guidelines
STEP 2:
Complete the Author Information Form and submit along with your Abstract, Bio and Photo to nlgi@nlgi.org by January 15, 2021
For questions, please contact NLGI HQ at 816-524-2500 or nlgi@nlgi.org