Poster Information:

• The poster should be printed so that it can be laid out within a space of no more than 4 feet high by 4 feet wide (120 cm x 120 cm) (Note: you will be sharing a 120 cm x 240 cm poster board with another presenter).
  
  
• Guided poster sessions are for a one-hour period. During that time each poster presenter will be asked to provide a 3-minute oral presentation of his/her poster to ten touring groups who will be moving from poster to poster. This will provide you an opportunity to present your research and interact briefly with all Forum attendees.
  
  
• Each touring group will be led by a guide, who will ensure that the designated time schedules are met. Based on past experience, we urge presenters to practice and refine a 3 minute summary speech about their poster, and to bring printed copies of the poster for those who are interested in more in-depth review of the presentation.

Oral Presentations:

Each presenter in the morning plenary sessions has a maximum of 15 minutes for an oral and slide presentation. Each presentation will be followed by a 15-minute question/answer and discussion period. The spirit of the conference is to promote discussion of presentations; therefore, we request that each presentation not exceed the 15 minute limit. Please review your presentation to make sure that it does not exceed these guidelines.

Each presenter in the afternoon breakout sessions has a maximum of 10 minutes for an oral and slide presentation. Each presentation will be followed by a 10-minute question/answer and discussion period. As is the case of the morning sessions, the spirit of the conference is to promote discussion of presentations; therefore, we request that each presentation not exceed the 10 minute limit. Please review your presentation to make sure that it does not exceed these guidelines.

Times:

The times for all oral presentation sessions are posted on the Program page of the Conference website.

Presentation format and loading onto computer instructions:

A LCD projector, computer, screen, microphone, and podium will be available.

• Presentation files must be copied onto the room’s computer before the beginning of the session. You will not be permitted to use your own computer! Computer files of all presentations will be copied onto a single computer before your session.
• All presentations should be prepared using PowerPoint 2003 for PC on Windows XP platform (not MAC formatted). Any presentations prepared on Windows VISTA platform will not be operable unless saved in PowerPoint 2003 format.
• Windows Media Player and Quicktime are available for playing movie clips.
• Naming of presentation files: Files must be named as “Session Abbreviation” underscore “presenting author surname” (e.g., KS1_Miller). Please see the program pages for session abreviations.
• Please bring your presentations to the conference on a USB Memory Stick or CD that has been formatted for PC readability.

You have two options for loading your presentations onto the computer in G1:

• Any day of the conference between 7:30–8:30 am
• During scheduled lunches and coffee breaks

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of your session, (30 minutes, if you haven’t already uploaded your presentation) to your assigned room, to introduce yourself to the Session Chair and confirm the title of your presentation.

Guidelines for PowerPoint Presentations:

Slides are useful if they contain only enough information to illustrate one major idea, are visible even from the last row of a large auditorium, and show something that can not be explained as well without a slide.

• Keep the layout simple, with plenty of open space
• Use a sans serif typeface such as Arial or Helvetica
• Keep graphics simple
• Use color for emphasis only; use colors consistently and sparingly

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• Boston, Massachusetts 02115 • USA • phone: 617-384-8692 • fax: 617-384-8690
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