Spring 2008 Poster Session
- Jim Helwig
Enjoy great food! Share ideas with your colleagues! Learn something new!
New in 2008! Evening Poster Session
This year we are introducing a new presentation opportunity. Monday evening from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM we will gather in a large room where you can enjoy refreshments and browse various poster presentations. This provides a forum for presenters to highlight their projects and share their successful ideas with the community. Poster presentations provide conference participants an opportunity to quickly and easily become acquainted with what others in the open source community are doing.
Great Opportunity for Presenters
Poster sessions offer a great opportunity for first time presenters. You will engage with a smaller group in a more informal setting. If you are new to presenting, this is a chance for you to get your feet wet without facing a large audience. Experienced presenters can use this opportunity if their talk was unable to fit into the main program or if they want to gage interest for a possible one hour presentation in the future.
Great Opportunity for Attendees
Food and drink will be available in the room. Attendees will be able to grab a snack and visit the poster presentations. The informal nature of the even encourages interaction between presenters and attendees. This dialog provides an opportunity for a fruitful exchange of ideas. Everyone is certain to leave the Poster Session enriched!
It is not too late to schedule a poster! Spaces are available on a first come, first served basis. If you would like to reserve a spot, we need to know your name, the title of your poster, and a brief abstract of the presentation. Please update the wiki page of scheduled posters and send an email to Jim Helwig. If you have special setup or equipment needs, let us know.
Logistics
Each presenter will have a 6'x30" table that they can use for displaying traditional posters. We can provide the large (4' wide x 3' tall), tri-fold poster boards and tacks or tape to presenters for assembling posters on-site. They are like the posters you'd see at a Science Fair. The facing is white, the back is cardboard. You may wish to supplement your poster with laptop demonstrations. Wireless Internet and power strips will be available.
Scheduled Posters
Visit this page for a list of posters scheduled so far.