Speaker Information

Length: The concurrent sessions are 90 minutes in length.  The number of papers or presentations in any concurrent session varies, but generally there are four or five planned.  Each session has a moderator who will be responsible for maintaining time.  The moderator will also use several minutes introducing and closing the session.  Time may also be required to load and access electronic files.  You should expect to have no more than 15 minutes to present a succinct, and tightly-focused professional presentation, to leave time for questions and discussion at the end.  Moderators will be asked to cut off presentations that go over time limits and begin to impose on the time allocated to other speakers.

Audio Visual: The concurrent session rooms will have the below audiovisual equipment available. Please follow the guidelines given below, in order for your presentation to run successfully. 

• Laptops (PC only)- All PowerPoint presentation files should be saved on a CD-R, CD-RW or an USB Flash Memory Drive. You may use your own computer although there might be compatibility issues with conference a/v equipment. The version of PowerPoint used to save the file is important. The highest quality projection will occur with files saved in PowerPoint 2007 format for PC's and use Mac OS9 or Mac OSX operating systems for Macs.  Do not use a resolution higher than 1024x768 pixels.
• Data Projectors
• Screens
• Mics (in larger rooms)