2009 CNF Annual Meeting Poster Requirements

Thank you for registering to attend this year's CNF Annual Meeting and offering to present a poster.
(http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/cnf_annualmeeting.html)

We include poster abstracts / summaries in the proceedings and those are due to Ms. Melanie-Claire Mallison no later than Monday, September 7th. Please limit the abstract to ~300 words and email it to Melanie-Claire as a .doc named "YourLastNamePosterAbstract.doc" -- Monday, September 7th at the latest please!

The abstract must include the following header info:

Poster Title
CNF Project #
Author(s) (Poster Presenter first please)
Principal Investigator
Affiliation(s) (Department, Institution/Corporation)
Email addresses for author(s) and PI

Abstract (~300 words, including references)

IMPORTANT: Include the SIZE of your poster, i.e. 4' tall by 3' wide. This can be approximate.

Please send at least the complete header info if you don't send an abstract! Help the corporate sponsors track you down later ... with a job!

It is fine for you to present a poster previously presented at another meeting or site visit as long as it has to do with recent and original work performed at the CNF. But whether creating a new poster or presenting a 'used' poster, please be sure to include CNF's logo and read the instructions and recommendations below.

Finally, we expect to have poster awards again this year, so your best effort in this may net you a little cash! This also means that posters will be numbered and you'll need to put your poster up by your number. Numbers are assigned as poster abstracts arrive and Melanie-Claire will let you know your number when she confirms receiving your materials.

Thanks again!

Melanie-Claire Mallison
CNF Corporate & Public Relations Associate
mallison[at]cnf.cornell.edu

The CNF reserves the right to refuse inappropriate poster submissions!

Instructions For Preparing Poster Presentations at the CNF Annual Meeting:

The 2009 CNF Annual Meeting Poster Session & Reception will be held on Thursday, September 17th, from 5pm to 7pm, in the Duffield Hall Atria. This is a professional, technical meeting, so please dress appropriately and respectfully for the event. Poster set-up is from 4:30pm to 5pm -- Please arrive ON TIME! (Not early!!! Just on time.....) (And remember to find your assigned number!)

Poster presenters should be available to answer questions during the entire session, so stay with your poster as much as possible between 5pm and 7pm. We know you may want to take a look at other research, but please don’t completely abandon your poster to do so.

The layout of your poster is left up to your discretion, although we have some recommendations:

1. Use a portrait layout style (taller than wide), since we can fit in more posters that way.

2. Put your title at the top of the poster in large (1" high) letters. Putting the title at the top means people walking by will be able to see what your research is about even if you are already talking to someone else. (In other words, your body won't block people's view of your title...)

3. Also, put your full name, email address and phone number in large type at the top of your poster. This will ensure that interested company recruiters can get back to you. AND for the poster cash awards, judges can figure out who you are!

4. Prepare the poster so that an informed viewer can understand what your research is about without talking to you. This is important because you can only talk to a few people at a time and many more may be evaluating you from afar to figure out whether or not to come closer.

(BTW, I know all of the above sounds really obvious, but frankly, you'd be surprised at some of the posters we've seen over the years..... ; )

5. Please display the CNF logo somewhere on your poster. Find the logo at: http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/cnf5_publication.html

Thank you! Send your abstract by September 7th!!

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ECS-0335765. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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