1) You must submit an abstract by the deadline, March 21, 2008. If you do not submit an abstract by the deadline date, you will not be allowed to present a poster. You cn find the abstract submission form here.

2) Easels with foam boards will be provided.

3) Once you submit your abstract, your abstract will be given a poster number such as P1, P2, P24, etc. Each easel in the presentation hall will have a number such as P1, P2, etc on a 3 X 5 card. You will remove the card from the easel and place the card on the upper right-hand corner of your poster so that the poster can be seen easily. If the card cannot be seen readily in the upper right-hand corner of your poster, your poster will not be evaluated. There will be only one easel per poster and EASELS ARE NOT TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. In other words, posters are to be numbered so they can be found by other participants and judges.

4) We recommend a maximum poster size of 4 feet wide and 4 feet high. Wider posters may be unstable on the easels when bumped. It is more difficult to read materials on posters taller than 4 feet.

5) The abstract book will contain instructions as to when you may display your poster.  Posters must be in place at their designated position BEFORE THE POSTER SESSION BEGINS.  Posters displayed late risk not being evaluated.

6) Poster presenters will be instructed with regard to the times that they must be present in front of their posters. These times will be provided in the abstract book. They may not be posted until the day of the conference. Odd-numbered posters will be at a different time than even-numbered posters. Students tend to congregate in the area where their friends have a poster. This type of congregation discourages others from entering the area near the poster. If such congregation occurs when judges are present, a judge or evaluator has the option of not evaluating the poster under these circumstances. This odd-even alternation in presenters being present near their posters should allow for less congestion in the poster area.

7) All posters must remain on easels throughout the poster session. Evaluators and judges (see other sections) may want to return to a poster at a time when a presenter is not present. In this manner, the poster and the presenter are evaluated. In this manner, all observers should feel relaxed while reading and understanding the poster. The presenters should help observers but should try to allow the reader to understand the poster at the reader's own pace. Presenters should not try to 'sell' their posters. All persons should act professionally.

8) Posters for which no abstracts were submitted may NOT be displayed. There will be just enough easels and just enough space to accommodate the posters for which abstracts were submitted. No outside easels may be brought into the hall.

9) Two poster monitors will be present in the hall at any one time. They will be wearing special badges. They will be responsible for the conduct of the session.