A number of questions have been recurring regarding the poster presentations, so we thought we'd sum them up here (and their answers).

Q.  What do I do if I would like to give a talk during the plenary sessions?
A.  Submit an abstract using the main CS14 abstract web form.  Note that there are not many slots for talks, so you may be asked to present a poster instead. 

Q.  What do I do if I would like to present a poster during the meeting?
A.  Submit an abstract using the main CS14 abstract web form.

Q.  What do I do if I would like to present more than one poster or talk during the plenary sessions?
A.  Due to space considerations, we ask that contributors present no more than one talk or poster during the meeting.  You can submit more than one abstract, but unless there is space available you will be asked to select just one as your presentation.

Q.  What do I do if I would like to present a poster on behalf of some who is unable to attend?
A.  The first author of any poster must attend for a poster to be accepted.  One of primary purposes of the meeting is to promote scientific dialog between researchers in the field, which cannot happen unless the presenters are present in person.

Q.  What do I do if I would like to present a talk at one of the splinter sessions?
A.  The splinter sessions are sort of mini-conferences in their own right, and as such are organized entirely by the splinter organizers listed on the web page.  The main CS14 organizers have no control over the details of what is presented in the splinters.  You should contact the splinter organizers directly, probably sooner rather than later.

Q.  Can I present a talk or poster in the main CS14 session and additional talk(s) during the splinters?
A.  Sure, no problem; you just need to negotiate with each splinter organizer as appropriate.

Q.  If I submit an abstract to you on the main CS14 web page, will it be automatically associated with a splinter?
A.  No.  Here's the plan: The posters will be up the entire time, not just one day.  We will organize the posters (as with the talks) in some rough categories, but there is no way that we could realistically set up a separate poster session that is parallel to each splinter and be sure of finding each poster that could remotely be related-some posters would certainly go in more than one session.  We'll sort the posters by category and post the abstracts on the web as soon as realistically possible.  If the splinter organizers wish to contact the authors (or conversely the authors wish to contact a splinter organizer) about an additional presentation in a splinter, then they should do so. 

Q.  Can I present a talk or poster in the main CS14 session and additional talk(s) or poster(s) during the satellite meetings (TPF/Darwin and AstroViz)?
A.  Sure, no problem; you just need to negotiate with each conference organizer as appropriate.

Q.  If I submit an abstract to you on the main CS14 web page, will it be automatically also be associated with one of the satellite meetings (TPF/Darwin and AstroViz)?
A.  No.  In this context, the meetings really are separate entities.  The poster presentations will most likely be mixed together in the same rooms, but the posters will be submitted via different mechanisms, separate for each separate meeting.

Q.  If I just want to attend CS14 for one day (to attend one of the splinters), do I have to pay the whole registration fee?
A.  Yes.  There is no provision for people attending just one day, unless you are a student at the local universities (Caltech, UCLA, Claremont Colleges, etc.) and want to attend just one day.  If that is the case, please show your student ID at the registration desk to obtain a one-day student pass.