Posters

Eligibility:

All persons accepted for oral presentations may also provide a single poster submission related to their talk or on a different topic germane to the conference. Your poster should be delivered as a single PowerPoint slide in accordance with the instructions below. Platinum Sponsor HP has graciously volunteered to print out all the color posters and will even print an extra for you if you visit them at their exhibit booth. Your poster will be on display along with all the others at the Wednesday afternoon Poster Forum and Reception.

Preparing Your Poster:
The poster must be in the form of a single digital PowerPoint slide (.ppt format only, NOT .pptx and NOT .pdf). To prepare your poster, please use the provided template which is set by default at an A1 paper size (33.1 inches wide and 23.4 inches high ... or 841 by 594 mm). However, make all text and graphics of a size that will be clear and legible even if the poster is printed on a smaller sheet of paper such as A3.

The poster file name must be: <your last name><poster><conference registration number*>.ppt An example is smithposter120104.ppt. The file may not exceed 50 MB in size. It must be uploaded to http://giknet.org/posters on or before 1 October 2010 to be included in the Poster Forum.

Achiving of Posters:
All final conference posters will eventually be posted online in the conference proceedings archive and linked at this web location.

Lightning Round Talks

A fast-paced series of lightning talks will be offered just off of and during the reception. The talks are limited to five minutes each and can be enjoyed by those attending the reception. Following are instructions for speakers accepted for the Lightning Round.

Uploading of Lightning Round Powerpoint Slides (due October 1)
Please upload a set of PowerPoint slides (.ppt format only, NOT .pptx and NOT .pdf) appropriate for a five minute presentation. The title of the oral presentation slide set file must be: <your last name><talk><conference registration number*>.ppt. An example is jonestalk120104.ppt. The file may not exceed 50 MB in size. It must be uploaded to http://giknet.org/slides on or before 1 October 2010 to be included in the Lightning Round Oral Presentation session.


* Footnote: Your registration number may be found as follows:
a. If you paid by credit card, your conference registration number is the Order ID Number on an e-mail your received titled "Order Confirmation"
b. If you paid via Bank Wire in response to an invoice, your conference registration number is located on the receipt that you received from Marilyn Gallant mgallant@gsdi.org via email.