Presenting

To facilitate the lively exchange of ideas, the conference program includes six different presentation types:

Long and short oral presentations

• The authors of papers accepted for oral presentation are asked to bring powerpoint (or similar) slides and present their research in a podium presentation.
• We will prepare a computer for presentation, but authors can also use their own laptop.
• A long presentation is 15 minutes (12 minute talk + 3 minute Q/A).
• A short presentation is 10 minutes (8 minute talk + 2 minute Q/A).

Posters

• The authors of papers accepted for poster presentation are asked to prepare a poster and display it for the duration of the conference on a designated panel provided by the conference.
• Poster authors are assigned two poster sessions in which they must be near  their poster to engage in interactive discussions with other conference attendees.  
• Poster authors are also assigned time to make a very brief (40 second) presentation in the teaser sessions, as described below.
• The final program of poster and teaser sessions can be found here.
• If a poster paper is associated with a hands-on demo, the poster will be collocated with the demo.  Please see notes on demonstrations, below.
• Poster authors are responsible for creating, preparing, and transporting posters to the conference.
• Each poster should indicate the paper title, authors, affiliation, and paper number and must fit within a 48" x 48" space.
• We do not specify a format for posters, except suggesting to include a logo of Haptics Symposium (download one with a clear background or one with black background).
• The poster space will be open for setup on Sunday, March 4, 18:30-21:00, and Monday March 4 starting at 8:00.  All posters should be cleaned up and removed by 17:00 on Wednesday, March 7. 

Hands-on demonstrations

• Demo authors are assigned two demo sessions in which they must be near their demo to engage in interactive discussions with other conference attendees.
• Demo authors are also assigned time to make a very brief (40 second) presentation in the teaser sessions, as described below.
• The final program of demo and teaser sessions can be found here.
• Each demonstration will be assigned a space at the conference.  The space will include a table, chairs, electrical power, and poster board.
• Demonstration authors are welcome to bring a poster to accompany their demo.
• The demonstration space will be open for setup on Sunday, March 4, 18:30-21:00, and Monday March 4 starting at 8:00.  All demonstrations should be cleaned up and removed by 17:00 on Wednesday, March 7. 
• For information on shipping and customs, please refer to this link.

Teaser presentations for posters and demos - additional details and best-of-2010 examples here.

• For all posters and hands-on demos, authors are invited make a very short teaser presentation to increase the visibility of their work and attract conference attendees to their posters and demos.
• Each teaser presentation is 40 seconds long.
• At the beginning of each teaser session the presenters for that session will line up near the podium in the order given below.  Each presenter will step to the podium in turn as the session chair advances the teaser slides.
• A demo associated with a paper being presented as a poster will share a single teaser with the associated poster. A demo associated with a paper being presented orally will have its own teaser.
• Authors should make a one-page powerpoint slide for teaser presentation and upload it by February 19, 2012. Late submissions will not be included in the teaser presentations.  The upload form, detailed formatting requirements, presentation instructions, and suggestions for teaser slides can be found here.
• The final program of teaser sessions can be found here.

Commercial exhibits

Further presentation guidelines will be provided closer to the time of the conference. To receive important announcements about the conference, you can register for a HAPTICS account, or login to your existing account; then edit your account profile to turn email announcements on.