ORAL PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

Audiovisual-Speakers should plan to use the conference-supplied computers to present their material. Power Point and PDF are the acceptable formats. ALL presentations are to be submitted to kathleen@ballos.com by 12:00 noon (EST) on September 20.  No personal computers will be allowed! PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING A BACKUP OF YOUR PRESENTATION WITH YOU!!! USB thumb drives are the only acceptable form of media to load on to the conference computer. All conference computers will having the following: o 2 free USB ports for media uploading o Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3, including all Windows updates o Powerpoint o Latest version of Adobe Acrobat (.pdf files) o Latest version of RealPlayer o Latest version of QuickTime o Latest version of Windows Media Player Use large enough fonts so that the material can be seen clearly from the back of the room (~60 ft). Please avoid crowded view graphs, which are difficult to see and explain. No more than 5 to 6 points should be made on a single slide. Please break up material.  Timing-Formal presentations are timed as follows: o Presentation 20 minutes - including Q&A o Presentations should be submitted in PDF or Powerpoint only