instructions for poster presentations
Presenters at Global Gypsum Conference should carefully note the following points and deadlines.
Confirmed authors are included in the conference programme on the web site. Presenters are strongly encouraged to include new information in their presentations. Authors should use metric units throughout their presentations. Preferred units of wallboard production are Mm2/yr (millions of square metres per year).
Presenters are expected to supply a written prose version of their oral presentation, for inclusion in the conference proceedings volume. The written prose version should not exceed 3000 words in length. The written prose version may be accompanied by tables, figures, diagrams and photographs.
All material should be supplied on by email to ggc@propubs.com. The written prose version should be supplied in the form of an MSword text document, with embedded images. Any separate tables, figures, diagrams and photographs should be supplied in the form of TIF or JPG files, saved at 300dpi and 120mm width. Please note that Power Point presentations are not acceptable for inclusion in the proceedings volume. All graphical material in the written version of the presentation must be accompanied by a full caption, and should clearly indicate its figure number/title.
All presenters must also send, at the same time, a separate MSWord document with a short biography (around 100 words), which allow the session moderator to introduce them.
The written prose version should be supplied to the convenor by 24 April 2008 at the latest. This will allow the organisers to compile the proceedings volume for distribution to delegates.
Presenters will have 25 minutes each to give their oral presentation, and five minutes will then be allowed for questions. Please note that, in theory and in practice, presentations/questions are not allowed to run over their allotted time. All presentations will be given in English. All presenters will be able to use a tie-microphone and laser pointer (supplied).
All presentations should be given using Power Point software. Presenters should send a copy of their presentation by email to ggc@propubs.com, which will be installed in the correct sequence on the conference laptop computer. If your presentatoin includes any video clips, send the presentation (including movies!) on a CD to the following addrress: 1 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 1BB, UK.
The PowerPoint preentation version must also be supplied to the convenor by 24 April 2008 at the latest. This will allow the organisers to organise the production of a CD of presentations for distribution to delegates.
Presenters that do not submit material by these deadlines risk being replaced in the conference programme, from the waiting list of presenters. Thank you for your cooperation!
All presenters must use a standard introductory 'slide', which will include the conference logo, the title of the presenter and the title of the presentation. This slide must also be used at the end of all presentations, while the question session is underway. Other 'slides' may take whatever form the presenters wish, but should include the conference logo in any of the four corners.
Download Powerpoint introduction and end slide. (26kb)
(if you have any problems downloading the slide, contact the organisers as soon as possible)
Download conference logo: (click & hold on the image below, then save the image).
All presentations from Global Gypsum Conference 2008 will be considered for publication in future issues of Global Gypsum Magazine. Presenters are requested to refrain from granting publication rights to magazines other than Global Gypsum Magazine, until after publication in Global Gypsum Magazine.
Use large sized font (so that people can read it easily). You should be able to read it easily standing 1m away, in poor light! High-quality, colourful and large photographs/illustrations are most important, and the captions should be as informative as possible: apart from the title, the captions will be what most people will read. The maximum size of the poster is 1m x 1m. We will provide space in the foyer to the exhibition: Please send an an abstract of 100 words by 24 April 2008 for inclusion in the proceedings, to ggc@propubs.com.
The conference questionnaire will include a section allowing delegates to vote for their favourite presentations at Global Gypsum Conference 2008. A small prize will be awarded to the presenter of the 'best' presentation, at the informal reception at the end of the conference. There will also be a prize (the Convenor's Prize) for the first presenter to correctly supply all materials correctly to the organisers.
Global Gypsum Conference 2008 will be hard work, but will be rewarding and will also be a lot of fun. The convenors of the conference would like to thank all presenters for their hard work.
We look forward to meeting you in Dubai!