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Poster Display Requirements

Only professional standard posters will be eligible. Posters are to be certified by Deans and/or Faculty Research Chairs (FRCs) and/or Head of Postgraduate Studies (HPSs), to be of high quality and acceptable to represent the Academic Unit. Nominations due by 5pm, Monday, 30 July 2007.

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Key Dates

Selection Criteria

Poster will be selected on the basis of:

• Quality of Research
• Accessibility and interest for a general audience as well as interest to industry and professionals in the area 
• Compliance with the recommended format
• Quality of Presentation
• Use as little jargon as possible (write for general audience)

Poster Details

• poster size – ISO paper size – AO (1189mmx841mm)

Please note:
- Posters are to be portrait not landscape
- Poster boards supplied will be 2.30m high by 1m wide
- Poster’s MUST BE OF HIGH QUALITY AO PAPER

Poster Abstract (to be supported by Faculty Dean and/or FRC and/or HPS)

Word Limit

• Title of abstract should be no more than 20 words
• Abstracts should be between 150 and 300 words

Title Page

Click here to down load the Poster Display Title Page as a pdf file.
If you prefer to complete this Title Page electronically and e-mail to to Mari Dwarte (mdwarte@uow.edu.au), please download the word file.

Document Requirements

• Must have title page as outlined above
• Abstracts must be submitted in Word for Windows format
• 14 point for title, 12 point for text in Times New Roman
• Single spaced throughout • Should not contain subheadings, underlines or bold type (other than in the heading)
• All margins are to be 3cm, justify left and right margins
• Page size – Type on 1 side of A4 (210x297mm or 8.27x11.7inches)
• Tables and figures will not be accepted within the abstract
• Do not use bullet-pointed or numbered lists within the abstract
• Abstracts should contain brief but complete statements
• Abstracts/final papers must be original compositions
• Use as little jargon as possible (write for general audience)

Language

Abstracts must be submitted in plain English.

References

A maximum of three key references can be included in or at the end of the abstract

Authors

• For proposals with more than one author – only one person should submit the abstract. This person will be the contact for all correspondence concerning the abstract with the conference organiser.
• Write authors with surname first followed but initials. Do not place commas between the name, surname and initials. A comma should be used to separate authors except for the last where you should use “and” before the last name.

Author Biography

• A 50 word biography of the presenting author only must also be provided with the abstract submission
• Highlight the name of the expected presenter in bold type face

Acceptance of Abstracts/Closing Date

• Abstracts that do not adhere to the guidelines will be rejected.
• The committee may limit the number if presentations by any one person in order to give as many students as possible the opportunity to present.
• Abstracts received after 5pm on the closing date will not be accepted

Intellectual Property (IP issues)

Please ensure that your paper does not contain confidential information owned by a third party. Also, if you think that your research may have commercial outcomes, speak to your Managers of Innovation and Commercialisation for advice before submitting an abstract as making the information public may limit the ability to obtain a patent or commercialise your discovery.

Publishing Consent

By submitting an abstract authors and co-authors permit their abstracts to be published on the Internet.