Information for Speakers
Important dates
| 15 September | Call for Papers submission deadline |
| 3 October | Final presentations and tutorial handouts due |
| 29–30 October | Open Standards 2008 |
Presentations should be:
- 40 minutes long (30 minutes for talk and 10 minutes for Q&A). Two 40-minute sessions will be presented consecutively in each room
- Focused on technologies and solutions rather than products or services. Please avoid marketing or promotional pitches
- In MS PowerPoint, PDF or HTML
- You may also wish to include a more formal paper in MS Word or any text format.
Tutorials
Tutorials are generally 3 hours or a half day long. Full day tutorials will also be considered. PCs will not be provided. The tutorial day is scheduled to run on October 29, 2008.
All tutorial presenters must forward a copy of their manuals and or handouts to us prior to October 16, 2008 for reproduction by Allette Systems.
Audio Visual
All session rooms will include the following standard equipment:
- data projector and screen
- microphone (if applicable).
Please get in touch with us if you have any specific AV or equipment requirements.
Things to note:
- All speakers will receive a complimentary 2 day conference pass. Please note that this only applies to one presenter per presentation and does NOT extend to tutorials. A discounted speaker rate will be set up for additional authors/presenters. Speakers wishing to attend any tutorials will be able to do so for a discounted fee.
- Speakers may also request a free conference SESSION pass for a colleague.
- Regrettably, we cannot offer to cover costs for travel or accommodation except in exceptional circumstances.
- Please bring a backup of your presentation on CD or DVD even if you have your own laptop.
- Internet access will be available in the rooms.
All speakers...
- Please arrive at least 1 hour before you are scheduled to speak.
- Please come and collect your name badge from the front registration
desk upon arrival.
- Two presentations are held every session.
You should make yourself known to the conference manager and be ready to take
your place for the first presentation of the session. All speakers are
requested to stay for the duration of their session.
- Running late? Please call to let us know that you're coming.
- Allette Systems reserves the right to publish all papers on our conference website.
- All speakers are required to REGISTER
For all speaker enquiries please contact:
Stefan Zagorski, Conference Manager
Tel: +61 2 9660 8866
Email: