CogSci97 - Guidelines for Presenting Posters and Talks

Information on Posters

• Poster sessions will run from 7:00 to 10:00 PM on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, concurrent a dinner reception, with poster setup starting at 6:30 PM.
• Each poster will be presented for one evening only, with around 85 posters shown on each evening.
• We have grouped posters by topic areas, as shown in the poster schedule, with the intent of maximizing interaction among presenters with similar interests.
• Poster sessions will be located in four small buildings at Governor's Corner on Stanford campus.
• We will provide white poster boards that are 4 feet wide and 3 feet high, with two folds along the short axis to let them stand on a table. We will also provide push pins for affixing paper to poster boards.
• You may bring any other materials that will fit in your space, as long as it does not distract from other presentations.
• After your poster session, please remove your material but leave the poster board and pins for use by people in later sessions.

Information on Talks

• Talks will occur in three parallel sessions that run from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM on Thursday through Sunday, with breaks for discussion and lunch.
• We have grouped talks around the phenomena they address, as shown in the conference schedule.
• Talks will be located in Annenberg Auditorium (Cummings Art Building), Geology 105 (Building 320), and History 02 (Building 200) on Stanford campus.
• Talks on submitted papers and invited research talks are limited to 18 minutes, with 4 additional minutes reserved for questions and answers. Invited survey talks are limited to 38 minutes, with 7 minutes for discussion.
• Unless you specifically request other audiovisual aids, the only equipment available will be an overhead (viewgraph) projector. We cannot provide 35-mm slide projectors, computer projection systems, or videotape players unless requested well in advance.

General Guidelines (Posters and Talks)

• Use a simple, uncluttered format for transparencies or poster pages.
• Avoid color if possible; use color only for a well-defined informational purpose (but not for decoration).
• Avoid hand-written viewgraphs or poster pages.
• Avoid condensed text, dense text passages, or detailed numeric data; provide hardcopy hand-outs or a WWW site reference for details.
• The minimum recommended font size for overhead transparencies (viewgraphs) is 22 point Times Roman. The preferred font size is 29 point Times Roman. You may use somewhat smaller fonts for poster pages.
• Use one-and-a-half or double line spacing.
• Use one-inch margins on all sides.