Presentation Formats

General Notice

All those submitting abstracts, except for the pre-workshops, are expected to pay a registration fee for the meeting. There are a few complimentary registrations for those coming from developing countries that wish to present, and a reduced rate for students.  Please communicate with Suzanne Stensaas if you are an international faculty member seeking a complimentary registration.

The pre-workshops, half-day or full-day, will take place on June 28 - 30, 2004. Please indicate in your proposal which length is more suitable. Half-day is usually 3-4 hours and full-day is 7-8 hours with break and lunch. There are two types:

(1) Tutorial/demonstration with interaction and questions from the audience with no hands-on

(2) Computer classrooms with hands-on practical work

If you prefer to do a hands-on event, please suggest the maximum number of people that you can manage in the session. Attendees will pay an additional fee to register for the pre-workshops. Pre-workshops are not venues for commercial promotion of products. The principle person presenting the pre-workshop will receive compensation for one night's hotel and a free registration to the conference on June 28 - 30. Workshops with fewer than 6 registrants will be cancelled and the presenter and registrants notified. 

Demonstrations

Demonstrations are hands-on using a computer provided in the demonstration area or from the demonstrator's personal portable. When possible, a stand-alone monitor will be provided for those with laptops for easier viewing. For those with Ethernet cards, a fast connection to the Internet through the university system is available. Those demonstrating from a Zip disc or CD can use computers provided by the university. No projection is provided at the demonstrations. The demonstrators are in 3 large contiguous computer labs.  Attendees circulate and talk to the individual presenters. Your demonstration will be scheduled for Thursday OR Friday afternoon. If you are submitting more than one demonstration, please advise to avoid scheduling conflicts. Demonstrators are expected to set up their demos during the lunch period on the day of their demo and to be present in the demonstration area during the entire time allotted.

Auditorium

Presentations occur in the morning and are brief to accommodate as many presenters as possible. Part of the success of the meeting is NOT having concurrent sessions, so that all attendees get to learn what others are doing by networking and following up during unscheduled times. There are always a greater number of excellent submissions in this category than can be accommodated. The program committee will use a variety of criteria in selecting the morning programs. Factors such as the universality of interest, new technology or techniques of general interest, novel approaches, and evaluation results are all factors that influence the committee. Auditorium presenters may be asked to demonstrate their programs or techniques in the afternoon, extending their interaction with the group. Auditorium presentations will include projection equipment for Mac, PC, CD, Web, Video NTSC or PAL, slides (for two years there have been no slides),   overheads (there have not been any of these either!). If using PowerPoint, be certain of your version--and just in case have it loaded on your computer or bring it with you. PowerPoint will be installed on the auditorium computers, but there are occasionally version incompatibilities. Auditorium speakers are expected to install and test their software in the auditorium the afternoon before their presentation on July 1, 2, or 3rd.. Demonstrators must register for the meeting.

Breakout Session (maximum one hour)

These are informal Question and Answer gatherings where the person proposing the session acts as moderator on a topic of interest to them. This can be broad and philosophical (cognition and software design) or specific (Java, XML). A few introductory remarks (maximum 5-10 minutes) can start the session to focus the group's attention. These sessions are offered on Thursday and Friday. Some may have 30 and others 10 participants. If you want to start a special interest group, this is a good place to gather interested people together. No equipment is wanted or needed for these.  They are discussions that occur as the demonstrators and computer lab support people help set up the demonstrations.  Box lunches will be provided for you to take to a session of your choice or to enjoy in the sun of the quadrangle.  Breakout session leaders must register for the meeting.

Panel (maximum 45 minutes)

If you have a group (max 4 including yourself) who would like to focus the group's attention and involve the audience as well, you can submit a topic with issues and proposed panelists.  All panel participants as well as the chairperson must register for the meeting.

Poster: Electronic or Paper (3 hours in the afternoon, Thursday OR Friday)