29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Photobiology

Downtown Marriott
Chicago, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 7-12, 2001

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Poster Presentations

Platform Presentations

LCD Projectors for Power Point presentations wil NOT be available at the meeting.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Abstracts scheduled for presentation in poster sessions will be grouped by topic, numbered, listed in the program and published in the abstract book in the usual manner. Please note the time and place of your session in the Schedule for Submitted Abstracts. A link to the Schedule will be posted at this site when it becomes available.

The poster board is approximately 4 ft (1.1 m) high and 8 ft (2.1 m) wide. For the top of your poster, prepare a heading or sign indicating the title, authors and affiliations. The lettering for this section should not be less than 1" (25mm) high.

Posters should be mounted on the assigned board as early as possible before the scheduled poster session (check with the registration desk for the appropriate time for mounting your poster). Posters should be in place for the full session period as scheduled in the program. Mount your poster on the fiberboard by means of push-pins.

All illustrations, charts and drawings should be similar to those you would use in making slides, only larger and more heavily drawn. Keep illustrative material simple. Do not mount material on heavy cardboard because it may be difficult to keep in position on the poster board. Printed material should be prepared using large type that is readable from a distance. Keep text brief. Hand-lettered material should be at least 3/8" high; block letters should be shaded where possible. The use of color can add emphasis effectively. The poster should be clear and understandable without oral explanation.

An ABSTRACT of your presentation should be posted. It is useful to have a tablet or sketch pad and a marking pen to use in discussion and further illustration.

ONLY PUSH-PINS ARE TO BE USED TO ATTACH POSTERS TO THE POSTER BOARDS!

ANY DAMAGE TO THE POSTER BOARD WILL RESULT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF A $25 FEE TO THE FIRST AUTHOR.

A suggested arrangement of poster material is illustrated below. For information or assistance check with the registration desk.

Provide a heading containing the title, names of authors and affiliations to identify your presentation easily.

Post a copy of your abstract.

Plan layout for effective presentation of all illustrations, figures, tables, schemes, equations, text, etc. Keep simple with large letters.

Mount your material on the fiber- board by means of push-pins. BRING YOUR OWN PINS; you will need approximately 50.

PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

Abstracts scheduled for presentation in platform sessions will be grouped by topic, numbered and listed in the program and published in the abstract book in the usual manner. Please note the time and place of your session in the Schedule for Submitted Abstracts. A link to the Schedule will be posted at this site when it becomes available.

Platform talks will be 10 minutes with an additional 2 minutes allowed for duscussion. Each room will have a standard slide projector and an overhead projector for transparencies. LCD Projectors for Power Point presentations wil NOT be available at the meeting.

Listed below are some suggestions that have proved helpful at past meetings:

A 2"x 2" slide projector and an overhead projector will be available in your session room. Please inform the Society Office if you require other projection equipment.

Have your slides ready for the projectionist before the session begins.

Slides should be identified with your name, paper number and session.

Slides should be marked in the lower left corner (holding the slide as it reads correctly to you). This gives the projectionist the correct corner to grasp when placing the slides in the tray.

Do not affix tape of any kind to your slides because this will cause the projector to jam.

Use duplicate slides if you will refer to the same slide several times during the presentation.

Make sure the format of your slide is simple and uncluttered. A good slide has a clear purpose and is readily understood - free of nonessential information.

In some instances graphs serve a better purpose than tabular lists of data.

Limit tables to 3 to 4 columns and no more than 5 to 6 rows.

Too many slides as well as slides with no relevance to the current oral presentations are to be avoided.

Slides should be legible, visible (no vertical slides) and should have sufficient visual contrast. Never use black letters on a dark background.

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