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Abstracts
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Electronic Abstract Booklet (PDF format, 1.3Mb)

The abstract deadline has passed. Speakers and poster presenters have been notified, and the presentation schedules are presented elsewhere on this web site.

Instructions for oral presentations

The thirty-six invited symposium speakers (four per symposium) will have twenty-five minutes to present their talk and five minutes for questions (thirty minutes total). The remaining seventy-two symposium speakers (eight per symposium), chosen from among the submitted abstracts, will have twelve minutes to present their talk and three minutes for questions (a total of fifteen minutes). The Fitch Prize Symposium speakers, and the speakers in the Contributed Paper sessions, will have twelve minutes to present their talk and three minutes for questions (a total of fifteen minutes).

All three auditoria are equipped with computer LCD projection (preferred), overhead projection, and 35 mm slide projection equipment. Please indicate the type of presentation on the abstract submission form. For consistency, we urge presenters to use computer projection (e.g., PowerPoint), if at all possible. Presentation files may be deposited (uploaded) on this Web site beginning one month prior to the meeting and up to the start of the meeting. This mechanism is preferred; however, we suggest that presenters also bring a copy of the presentation file to the meeting on a USB flash drive, zip disk, floppy disk, or CD-ROM as a backup. Each auditorium will have a technology specialist who will have your presentation file. However, please check in with that person at least several hours prior to your talk (or on the day preceding it), to either make certain that the file was received or to provide a new or updated file (or other presentation media).

NOTE: All speakers should plan to submit their talks (electronic PowerPoint files) to our server (http://warta.bio.psu.edu/GE/) prior to the meeting. We can receive files up until noon on June 17th. In addition, we recommend that you bring an electronic copy of your presentation on a USB memory flash disk (stick) or CD-ROM, as a backup. Last minute changes on location will be possible, if necessary. Please visit the Speaker Ready Room if you need to make changes to your file at the meeting.

Instructions for poster presentations

Your poster should be no larger than 4' x 4' (1220 x 1220 mm). The poster boards for mounting have cork backing, and supplies (pins, tacks) will be available for mounting.

The room where the posters will be displayed is a large ballroom (Alumni Hall in the Hetzel Union Building). It will be available for poster setup beginning Friday, June 18, at 7:00 a.m. Posters may be set up at any time during that day. Please do not bring posters to Alumni Hall before 7:00 a.m. on June 18 because there is no place to store them. If you bring your poster from your hotel or dormitory room, you should take it directly to the Alumni Hall for setup, because there is no place at the meeting site (Thomas Building) to store posters."