A variety of instructional formats are used for presentation at the Annual Meeting. Accepted reports, grouped by topic, are presented at 90 minute sessions. Authors will have 10-20 minutes to present their reports. Authors are encouraged to allot time for questions and comments from the audience. Authors illustrate their findings by displaying graphs, photographs, diagrams and limited text on poster boards.
Authors hold discussions with registrants who circulate among the poster boards.
The poster boards measure six feet wide by 4 feet high. This format allows for highly interactive, lively and informative presentations, with substantial opportunity for discussion with the audience, focusing on recent research findings, or innovative and controversial topics. Presented at 10-person tables, participants are able to move freely from one table to another at any time during the session. No audiovisual equipment can be used. All abstracts of papers to be considered for presentation in the Computer Theater should be submitted to a Section, SPIG or Caucus for content review.