PRESENTER GUIDELINES

Oral Presentations

Oral presentation represents an effective and valuable means for authors to present their research results. It offers an opportunity of presenting the authors research to interested attendees. Therefore, it is important that your presentation should cover the KEY POINTS of your paper, which include but not limited to background, methods, results and conclusion. Presenters may provide their own laptops. However, a laptop will also be available in the oral session rooms. Presenters are asked to arrive 15 minutes before the start of their sessions and upload any files to the provided laptops if they do not plan on using their personal equipment.
Invited presentations are allocated 30 minutes. Presenters are advised to prepare a 25 minute talk and allocate 5 minutes for questions. Contributed presentations are allocated 15 minutes. Presenters are advised to prepare a 12 minute talk and allocate 3 minutes for questions.

Instructions for Poster Sessions

Poster session represents an effective and valuable means for authors to present their research results. It offers an opportunity of meeting with interested attendees for in-depth scientific and technical discussions, and establishing new collaborations. Therefore, it is important that you display your results clearly to attract people who have an interest in your team’s research work.
Your poster should cover the KEY POINTS of your paper, which include but not limited to background, methods, results and conclusion. Make your poster as self-explanatory as possible. This will save your time for discussions and questions with fellow researchers.

Poster Dimensions

Your poster SHOULD have the following dimensions:

• A0 Size: 33.1 inches (84.1 cm) wide x 46.8 inches (118.9 cm) high

Please note that printing out your submitted full paper in A4 size format is NOT acceptable as a poster.

Poster Content

Title

The title of your poster should appear at the top with lettering of at least 70pt font size). Below the title, place the names of authors and their affiliations.

Text

Text should be readable from five feet away. Use a minimum font size of 18 pt. Keep the text brief. Try to use text to introduce the study, explain visuals and direct viewers’ attention to significant data trends and relationships portrayed in the visuals, state and explain the interpretations that follow from the data. It is also a good idea to put future research plans or questions for discussion with viewers in your text.

Figures

Each figure should have a brief title. Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Try to use color figures rather than only black and white text to make your poster attractive and highlight the important technical content of your paper. Make sure that the text and the visuals are integrated.

Onsite Information

The Poster Area of the IEEE-Nano 2014 conference is in the Cloister Area and in the Corridor in front of the room Magna.
Please note that your poster should be prepared well in advance. There will be no time or materials available for last minute preparations at the conference. Pushpins will be provided to attach your posters to the boards. Your poster must be posted before your poster session starts. We recommend that you use the break between sessions prior to your poster session to pin up your poster. When you arrive for your registration or on the day of your poster presentation, please contact secretariat staff at the registration counter for:

1. Report presence
2. Get the assigned board number
3. Get pushpins

After your session ends, please remove your poster within 20 min, or it will be discarded to allow the following session to begin on time.