Notes for presenters

• We have carefully scheduled the program so that there is exactly 25 minutes per presentation. Presenters should prepare a 20 minute talk, and expet 5 minutes of questions from the attendees. Session chairs will be instructed to enfore these time limits.

• At the conference, we will have a projector to attach to laptops. We will also have a WINDOWS 2000 laptop available with powerpointXP, acroread, and postscript, that can read from floppies and cdroms. But that laptop will not have internet access. It also will not be running linux.

• We will also have a single overhead projector to present transparencies. We don't believe at this time that we will have the ability to run the digital projector for laptops and the transparency/overhead project simultaneously.

• When you arrive at the conference, please find your session chair as soon as possible. Please provide to them your name (it's not always clear which author is presenting) and your affiliation so they can introduce you.

• If you are flying to the conference, we strongly reccommend that you do not place your presentation in your checked luggage. Carry your laptop on the plane so that it is not lost. Bring a transparency, cdrom, or floppy backup; plenty of latops break during travel.

• Presenters who have less experience presenting are encouraged to practice their talk in front of a live audience. Please be sure to use a large enough font (slides that can be read by an entire audience typically have room for about 5 bulleted items).

• After the conference, if you would like to send your presentation materials to us, we are happy to post them on this web site.