presentation guidelines

Speakers have allocated generous time slots (typically 20 min; 30 min for keynotes). This is to allow time to include introductory material and for discussion after each talk. At the end of every session additional time for general discussion has been allocated. Please remember that this is a very diverse audience and keep "jargon" to a minimum, avoid acronyms. We encourage you NOT to give your standard talk from the last specialty conference. Every talk should begin with some introductory material and make an attempt to relate the study to the general themes of the conference. It will be a challenge for this diverse group to communicate effectively, but this should make this meeting all the more fun and productive.

Projection facilities: We will have available for speakers a computer projector attached to both a MAC and a PC. Participants are asked to bring their talk on CD (or send it to us electronically in advance) for loading on to one of these two computers. Both computers will be running powerpoint, if you need other software, let us know. We would also like to make copies of presentations for posting on the conference website after the meeting.

A document projector suitable for both hard copy figures and transparencies is available. If you will need to use a 35mm slide projector, we can arrange it, with advance notice.

As we are only having a single session meeting, we will not have to strictly adhere to the schedule, fruitful or lively discussions will be allowed to continue, however speakers will not be allowed to go over time limit in their presentations.