Information for speakers

Presenters are asked to submit an extended abstract (300 - 400 words) by Friday, 4 June 2010 via e-mail. The abstracts will then be evaluated by a Reviewing Committee and presenters will be informed of their acceptance on or before Tuesday, 25 May 2010. Please note that no commercial papers will be accepted. If your abstract is accepted, you will be asked to submit your presentation slides according to a format that will be sent to you. Accepted abstracts, papers and presentations will be published in the proceedings.

Standard formats

Regular presentation
Spaced 30 minutes apart on the schedule, with approximately 25 minutes spent on the presentation and 5 minutes for questions. Most presentations will be in this format.

Panel discussion
These last for one hour, with approximately 40 minutes spent on introducing the panellists and presentation of their views, and 20 minutes of questions and discussion. Panellists should be experts in the specialised field to be discussed, which should be relevant to conference attendees. If you would like to organise and lead a panel discussion, then please submit an abstract containing the agenda, and listing your panellists as co-authors.

Leading a workshop
Instructors are asked to submit a course outline by Monday, 10 May 2010. The outlines will be evaluated by a Reviewing Committee and instructors will be informed of their acceptance on or before Tuesday, 25 May 2010. Accepted course outlines will be published as course descriptions in the programme. They should therefore be directed at those who might register for the course, rather than the reviewers. Workshops are a half-day in length. If you feel your workshop requires a full day, it will be divided into parts I and II, each lasting half a day.