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PRESENTER GUIDELINES

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

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If your abstract is accepted as an oral presentation you will have 15 minutes to present including Q&A. Each presentation session will be 15 mins in total.

 

AV Tips for Oral Presentations:​

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  • Each room is equipped with a laptop, data projector, and lectern microphone.

  • There are 'clickers' or 'pointers' supplied in each room.

  • Please ensure any video or audio files embedded in your presentation are also brought with you as separate files

  • Both Mac and PC formats will be fine

  • Screens are 16:9 ratio

  • Please upload your presentation on arrival at the conference venue, at least 2 sessions prior to your presentation time. Those presenting on Tuesday morning can upload their presentations on Monday at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre, between 3.00pm and 4.00pm or on Tuesday morning,  between 7.00am and 8.00am.

  • Please bring a backup copy of your presentation with you in the event of any unforeseen circumstances.

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POSTER PRESENTATIONS

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  • If your abstract is accepted as a poster, you will be required to print a poster. 

  • Posters should be A0 portrait layout (1189mm high x 841mm wide). 

  • The poster display boards are Velcro-compatible and Velcro fixers will be provided to all poster presenters at the conference.

  • The poster session will be on Tuesday, as part of the Welcome Function, you will need to be present at your poster during your allocated session, to answer questions and discuss your work.

  • Conference attendees will be able to contact each other and ask questions of both poster and oral presenters via the conference app.

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CONDITIONS OF PRESENTATION

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  • Late submissions will not be accepted. Abstracts Close 23 August 2024

  • A condition of acceptance is that one author must present in person at the conference.

  • The presenting author will be required to register for the Conference to ensure their abstract is included in the final programme.

  • Deadline for presenting author registration is 11 October 2024. Similarly, no speaker fee is paid to authors or presenters.

  • It is the responsibility of the submitting author to ensure the accuracy of the content, spelling, grammar and formatting of the abstract, as it will be published as it is submitted.

  • By submitting an abstract, you also grant the Organising Committee permission to publish the abstract in the conference proceedings in hard copy and/or electronic format.

  • Maximum number of submissions is 2 per presenter. It is preferred that the presenting author submits their own abstract. The committee reserves the right to limit the number of presentations to 1 per person,  if the programme is over-subscribed.

KEY DATES

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Call for abstract & special session
topics close: 31 March
Abstracts open: 2 May
Registrations open: 12 May
Abstracts close: 2 Aug
Author notification: 10 September
Draft programme released: 30 September
Earlybird ends: 10 October
Conference: 1– 4 December

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

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Issie Barrett (Chair) - Waterways Centre

Chris Meijer - Environment Canterbury

Lauren Hitt - University of Canterbury

St John-Ives, Georgina - ChCh City Council

Katie Noakes - ChCh City Council

Angue Webb - AFSS President

Helen Warburton - University of Canterbury

Duncan Law - Tonkin Taylor

Jenny Webster-Brown - Outgoing NZFSS President

Anthony Gillis - University of Canterbury

Jonathan Tonkin - University of Canterbury

Raymond Chang - BECA

Stuart Caird - BECA

Shannan Crow - NIWA

Jay Hepi - NIWA

Channell Thoms - Environment Canterbury

Naomi Heller - University of Canterbury

Ryan Burrows - University of Melbourne

Katie Kerr - ChCh City Council
Dr Charuni Jayasekara - University of Melbourne

Shelley Haring - OnCue Conferences

Lea Boodee - OnCue Conferences

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CONFERENCE CONTACT

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Shelley Haring & Lea Boodee, OnCue Conferences

shelley@on-cue.co.nz

03 928 0620 / 0211170916

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