Presentation Information for CS14

For speakers

We will have a beamer/projector with a resolution of 1024x768 available for all talks, and an overhead projector for transparencies upon request.

If you use a laptop, note the US power system : In the US the voltage is 110V/60Hz. Check your equipment if it can handle that; most laptops can handle 110-240V/50-60Hz.  The plug system used in the US consists of "Type A" and "Type B" plugs. See a comparison chart for details.

All of the abstracts have been posted in their final ordering online.  The deadline for finding and letting us know of any errors for proper inclusion in the printed abstract book is Oct 10.

We will be collecting all of the talks onto central presentation computers in order to avoid the inevitable delays if speakers were to hook up their own computers for their talks. We'll need to get your talk from you (on memory stick or CDROM) at least 24 hrs before you are scheduled to speak. If you're on the first morning, please either send us a website where we can download your talk before you leave home, or bring a memory stick or CDROM to the opening reception; otherwise, our "speaker ready room" will also be our administrative staff support room. We will have both Mac and PC presentation computers. If you need an overhead projector, let us know immediately.

We're anticipating that invited speakers will have 10 pages for your proceedings submission, and contributed speakers will have 5 pages; posters will have none. Deadlines and instructions will be posted online. 

By all means, please do go ahead and contact the other speakers in your session if you haven't already been contacted. The session chair should be helping guide the group into making a coherent presentation. We've updated the official schedule (with times!) on the web, so you can see who else is in your session. 

Finally, please keep in mind the following. This is a BIG plenary room. Someone standing just inside the doorway looking all the way to the front of the room to see your slides will be looking about 100 feet (~30 meters).  Confine your text to large fonts, please!  Please also use high-contrast color schemes, e.g., no writing in black on a dark blue background.  Do not assume that everyone in the audience is an expert in your field - start with a brief overview to set the stage. In particular, remember that (a) the meeting includes both solar and stellar astronomers, so the backgrounds of your audience vary considerably and (b) the attendees include many astronomers for whom English is a 2nd or 3rd language - speaking clearly and not at 100 miles per hour will be appreciated. Try to avoid using acronyms unless necessary - and then make sure you have defined the acronym unless you are positive it is "well known." Make clear what the open questions and key issues are in your particular topic.

For posters

Answers to commonly asked questions about posters are available.

All of the abstracts have been posted in their final ordering online.  Deadline for finding and letting us know of any errors is Oct 10.

Because of the overwhelming response from the community, we have had to split the poster session into two. If you are in Poster I, please put your poster up on Monday morning and remove it Tuesday evening after the cocktail hour. If you are in Poster II, please put your poster up on Wednesday morning and remove it Friday at noon.

The area for each poster is approx 40 inches by 40 inches (100 cm by 100 cm). We will provide pushpins. We encourage you to bring small versions of your poster to distribute to friends and colleagues.

PDFs of the posters will be included in the proceedings CD-ROM.  Limit on individual PDF sizes will be 2Mb.

All abstracts (including those for posters) will be submitted to ADS (similar to AAS meetings).