Press Guidelines

As you can imagine, the NAFEMS website receives numerous press releases and news articles every day. In order to provide the most relevant and interesting news to users of the NAFEMS website, a set of guidelines have been introduced to ensure that all those who submit releases to the NAFEMS site are fully aware of what will and will not be published.

Objectives and Editorial Policies

Industry News

The industry news section of the NAFEMS website aims to provide visitors with relevant, timely and informative pieces. Our main audience is the practicing analyst, designer, engineer and management involved in engineering simulation and analysis.

Several main types of news release are considered relevant for this audience, considering the reasons behind their visit to the NAFEMS website. Several popular types of news item are also deemed to be of limited interest to this audience, and will not be published.

Relevant types of release which are likely to be published

New software packages
New versions of software
New features of existing software
Major company acquisitions and mergers
Major staff appointments
Major legislation changes

Irrelevant types of release which will be rejected

Case Studies
Purchases of software licenses
Minor staff appointments
Software comparisons

In all cases, backdated press releases and out of date information will not be published. NAFEMS reserves the right to edit any release submitted before publication.

All articles on the website are published solely at NAFEMS' discretion and submission of material in no way guarantees publication.

No notification will be given and no dialogue will be entered into regarding items which have been rejected.

PLEASE DO NOT USE "ALL CAPITALS" IN YOUR HEADLINE!
NEWS ARTICLES WITH ALL CAPS WILL BE REJECTED IN ALL CASES.

PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE A URL AT THE END OF YOUR RELEASE.

Industry Events

The industry events section of the NAFEMS website is intended solely as a listing of relevant industry events occurring worldwide. These include, but are not limited to;

Seminars
Courses
Conferences
User Group Meetings
Trade Shows

All events submitted must have the following detail to be considered for inclusion;

Title
Confirmed Location
Confirmed dates and times
URL for further information
Some detail of the event, preferably with an agenda (around 300 words)
Details of the organising company/institution

Any event submitted without these details will not be published. Specifically, certain types of event are excluded, namely

"Free" sales seminars
Events not relevant to engineering analysis and simulation

In all cases, backdated events and out of date information will not be published. NAFEMS reserves the right to edit any event submitted before publication.

All articles on the website are published solely at NAFEMS' discretion and submission of material in no way guarantees publication.

No notification will be given and no dialogue will be entered into regarding items which have been rejected.