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13th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science8th -11th September 2008 |
Poster Presentations
Poster boards will be available from mid-day on Monday in rooms 3 and 4 and posters, once fitted, can stay there for the duration of the conference. There will be two sessions when posters should be manned, Monday 14.00 - 15.30 hrs and Thursday 14 - 15.30 hrs, but posters can be viewed at anytime.
You will be given a poster board number(s) at registration to which you should fit your poster(s).
The following guidelines should be used when preparing posters presentations.
If you have any questions please contact: Challenger2008@bangor.ac.uk
Oral presentations
The time slot for a standard presentation is 10 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions.
Session leaders, to provide an introduction to the work being presented in your session, you will be given an extra 5 minutes for your presentation. Thus you will have a 20 minute slot with 15 minutes allocated to the presentation and 5 minutes for questions.
Presentations format
We are assuming that all presentations will be prepared using PowerPoint and that all you require is to have your presentation uploaded onto a computer and projected using standard data projection. If you have any additional requirements you must let us know (contact Challenger2008@bangor.ac.uk) by the 1st Sept and we will do our utmost to accommodate you.
It will NOT be possible for you to use your own laptop.
We have been informed that presentations prepared on an Apple Mac computer should run on a standard PC however, if you are preparing your presentation on an Apple Mac please ensure you test PC compatability yourself prior to arriving at the conference.
All presentations will be run on PowerPoint, Microsoft Office XP, Windows XP. To avoid compatibility problems, we recommend that presentations prepared with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 are saved in PowerPoint 97-2003 file format before submission.
We will provide the possibility to use a VHS video player, as well as digital file formats for stand-alone use or embedding in Powerpoint. Media players for the following file formats will be made available: AVI, MPEG, MOV/QT, WMV and RM. If you have any different requirements that you have not already alerted us to, please let us know (contact Challenger2008@bangor.ac.uk) as soon as possible and before September 1st.
We would appreciate if you could let us know whether you plan to use VHS or digital video. It is also time now to identify any special requirements you may have, so we can deal with these well before the start of the conference.
Submission of presentation
Presentations, on a CD or USB key, must be submitted to the conference registration desk, which will be located at the Greek Taverna 12-14 Holyhead Road, Bangor (map here) on Sunday evening or in the Main Arts foyer Monday to Thursday between the following times 08.00 - 09.00hrs, coffee, lunch and tea breaks, 17.00 - 18.00hrs. You should check that your presentation runs OK and then we will take a copy of it.
All presentations MUST be handed in at least one day before to your session.
Monday speakers
Under exceptional circumstances (e.g. for delegates arriving later than 22:30 on Sunday evening), presentations can be submitted on Monday morning at the conference reception desk. However, this must be no later than 08:15 and we require an email by the 1st September confirming that you will be submitting your presentation on the Monday morning.
If you have any questions please contact: Challenger2008@bangor.ac.uk
