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Harvard Referencing Guide (not including LHS): Unpublished conference paper (including poster presentation)

 

Harvard Style of Citing References

Referencing an unpublished conference paper or poster presentation.


 

In text:

Barrett (2011) was able to show an example of a very amusing way to ...

or

New wearable tech devices are constantly being developed (Baretta et al., 2016).


 
 

In your list of references:

Contributing author's Surname, INITIALS. (Year presented) Title of contribution. [Followed by] Unpublished poster presentation [or] Unpublished conference paper at: Title of conference including date and place of conference.

e.g.

Barrett, S. (2011) How to reference accurately using the Harvard System. Unpublished poster presentation at: 1st International Conference on Information Quality, November 4-5, 2011, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

or

Baretta, D., Bollini, L., D'Addario, M., Steca, P., Greco, A., Melen, R., Stella, F. and Sartori, F. (2016) Wearable devices and AI techniques. Unpublished paper presented at: 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct, 6-9 September, Florence, Italy.