Conference Policies
IEEE Event Terms and Conditions: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/event-terms-and-conditions.html
IEEE Privacy Policy: https://www.ieee.org/security-privacy.html
Non-Presented Paper (No-Show) Policy: IEEE enforces a “no show” policy. Any accepted paper included in the final program is expected to have at least one author or qualified proxy attend and present the paper. Authors of all accepted papers will be expected to present in person during the conference session. Accepted papers without author participation in the assigned Parallel Session will be marked as a “no show” paper and will not be published by IEEE on IEEE Xplore® or other public access forums.
Exceptions to this policy will be made by the Technical Program Chair(s) of the conference only if there is evidence that the “no show” occurred because of unanticipated events beyond the control of the authors, and every option available to the authors to present the paper was exhausted. The “no show” authors may appeal the decision of the Technical Program Chair(s) to the Vice President Conferences. The Reliability Society values diversity. Authors who anticipate the inability to travel to a conference are still encouraged to submit papers. Such papers will be reviewed and accepted on their own merit for publication in conference proceedings, without any knowledge of the author’s travel limitations.
Qualified Proxy Policy: It is strongly discouraged for replacements to present papers; they can only do so with permission from the conference’s Technical Program Chair(s) and substantiated proof that none of the authors are accessible. Unauthorized substitutes’ presentations will be regarded as no-shows.