ICML-2000 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 with a dinner reception, with poster setup starting at 6:30 PM.
• Friday evening, the session will include posters from COLT-2000 and UAI-2000, as well as ICML.
• Each poster will be presented for one evening only, with around 80 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. Please take note of your assigned evening and room.
• In order to allow everyone a chance to see other presentations, we suggest that those presenters whose birthdays occurs in the first half of the year (i.e., through June 30) to be at their posters during the first half of the session. Similarly, presenters with birthdays in the latter half of the year should be available during the second half of the session. Naturally, presenters are welcome to stay with their poster for the entire session.
• 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 vertical folds that let them stand on a table. This format accommodates 16 Letter size pages in landscape orientation. 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 four parallel sessions that run from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM on Thursday through Saturday, with breaks for discussion and lunch.
• We have grouped talks around problems and issues, as shown in the conference schedule.
• Talks in the parallel sessions are limited to 18 minutes, with 4 additional minutes reserved for questions and answers.
• Unless you specifically request other audiovisual aids, the only equipment available will be an overhead (viewgraph) projector. We cannot ensure a computer projection system or videotape player unless requested before June 9.

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 Web 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.

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