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Oral presentations
If you have been invited to speak at one of the organised symposia, you will be informed of the time allocated for your presentation. The time allocated for all other presentations is 15 minutes. This includes question time. Please keep to time and make sure you allow for questions. As a rule of thumb, use one PowerPoint slide per minute. The audio visual equipment at the venue will support MS PowerPoint 2007 and older. If you intend to link to other sources (e.g. video and internet), please make sure that the links work on a computer other than your own. You will be expected to load your presentations at least half a day before you are scheduled to talk. For speakers scheduled to talk on the morning of the first day, please turn up early to upload your presentations!
Posters
Posters should be prepared in either A0 (841mm x 1189mm) or A1(594mm x 841mm) size. Handwritten posters will not be accepted. It is recommended that you do not overload your poster with text. Poster boards and Velcro tape will be provided. Posters should be set no later than lunchtime of the first day of the conference (Tuesday 17th April). A dedicated poster session will take place on the evening of Tuesday 17th April, although posters will be left in place until the Thursday afternoon, at which time, they will need to be uplifted. Authors must be available for discussion during the dedicated poster session.
For both oral and poster presentations
At least one author (the presenting author) must be registered for the conference by Friday March 16th 2012 in order to be included in the programme.
For guidance on how to prepare an effective talk or poster, we recommend you consult the article by Smith, J., Myers, J. and Myers-Smith, I. 2007. Tips for effective communication in ecology. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 88: 206-215.