Presenter's Calendar

Soon...Reserve Hotel room

By May 4...Submit one-page summary paper OR OPTIONAL 3-5 page proceedings paper and permission form

By June 8...Register for conference
(instructions and link sent in May)

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Welcome to the Lightning Session Presenter Support Page

We look forward to your participation e in this year's conference, and we will make every effort to assist you in making your presentation a success.

Lightning Session dates

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 3-5, 2011

Lightning Session format

These lively sessions give presenters 10-minutes to distill and present a topic using a maximum of ten slides.

Standard room and audiovisual set-up

Theater-style room set-up
LCD data/video projector and screen
Wireless lavaliere microphone
Podium with microphone
Technicians available to troubleshoot equipment problems.

NOTE: Lightning Session presenters are NOT required to bring their laptops. Presenters will be required to submit their actual presentation slides before conference. Further instructions will be sent about uploading slides.

REQUIRED: Submit one-page summary paper (OR optional 3-5 page proceedings paper) by May 4

One-page summary paper

Download guidelines and template to prepare your document.
Upload your paper to the Conference Drop Box; log in using the user name and password sent to you by email or click the log-in reminder link on the drop box page.

3-5 page proceedings paper

Download proceedings guidelines. Review formatting guidelines to help prepare your proceedings document (view 2010 sample paper).
Make sure session title and authors of paper match the title and presenters of session.
Upload your paper to the Conference Drop Box; log in using the user name and password sent to you by email or click the log-in reminder link on the drop box page.
Print and fill out the permission form, and fax completed form to 608-265-4555 by May 4.

Register by June 8

One presenter per Lightning Session will receive a discount of $125 off the standard registration fee of $455.
Only one conference discount may be applied per registration.
All presenters must register by June 8 and actively participate in the session. Failure to register may result in cancellation of your session.
Online registration starts in May; a reminder will be sent to you at that time with a link and instructions for registering.

Handouts

Stay posted for instructions on providing handouts to attendees.

Conference Contact:

     Kimary Peterson
     Conference Manager
     Ph: 608-265-4159
     Fax: 608-265-4555