Merge pull request #709 from DILewis/main

Added submission details to MEC 2025 call

Author: annplaksin

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+    <p><em>Update (2024-10-28):</em> Submission phase has opened. Please see our <a href="conference/2025/call">Call for Proposals</a> for further details.</p>
 
     <p>The Music Encoding Conference is the annual meeting of the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) community and all who are interested in the digital representation of music.</p>
 

_conferences/2025/02_call.html

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   <p>Accepted abstracts will be published as part of the conference program and a Book of Abstracts after the conference.</p> 
 
-  <p>Authors are invited to upload their anonymized submission for review to our Conftool website (link will follow).</p>
+  <p>Authors are invited to upload their anonymized submission for review to our Conftool website: <a href="https://www.conftool.net/mec2025/">https://www.conftool.net/mec2025/</a></p>
 
-  <p>The deadline for all submissions is <strong>13 December 2024</strong> (see <a href="#dates">IMPORTANT DATES</a> above). Conftool accepts abstracts as PDF files only. Since review will be anonymous, please ensure that all identifying information is removed from your PDF before submission.</p>
+  <p>The deadline for all submissions is <strong>13 December 2024</strong> (see <a href="#dates">IMPORTANT DATES</a> above). All submissions should include a title, author information (only in ConfTool!), a short abstract, up to five keywords and a PDF file of your proposal. Conftool accepts PDF files only. Since review will be anonymous, please ensure that all identifying information is removed from your PDF before submission.</p>
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+  <p>
+    Please follow <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pgmwJTRJnBA91sHmJQWV9YBCs1Nz-pFAjIHxioUe9xw/edit?usp=sharing">this GoogleDoc template</a> for your PDF proposals (contact PC if not available). Word counts apply to the text of the proposal, excluding titles, keywords and references.
+  </p>
 
   <p><strong>Long papers:</strong> 1000-1500 words.<br/>
     Long papers are expected to present overviews or specific aspects of ongoing or completed projects, detailed case-studies or elaborated perspectives on best practices in the field, or provide in-depth reports on topics relevant to the conference.<br/>