GUIDELINES

International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA-02)

Copenhagen, 17-21 May 2002

Guidelines for poster presenters

You'll have approximately one square meter (if you need 1,5 m², we’ll work it out). It's up to you how you want to fill that space. Some choose to make one big poster, others choose an arrangement of several pages of A4-format. Think of it as a written presentation that people will read/look at from a distance of half a meter. Illustrations work well and so does not too small a font. It's also a good idea to have handouts printed (with your e-mail address) to give to interested colleagues.

There will be a special, centrally located room for the posters, and the participants will have ample time to study the them. Presenting a poster is in many ways more fruitful than presenting a paper, since the feedback from the audience is more informal and can lead directly to a better research network for the presenter.

We've organized the posters thematically. This way you should have maximum chance of getting the most qualified audience and discussion partners for your poster.

So as you see, it's up to you what to do in your poster. You can just put up a paper or parts of a paper, but it's not advisable. You'll get maximum response, if people can easily see your point and discuss it with you.

You put your poster on a board in the morning, people walk by and look at it all day. In the long afternoon coffee break on the day of your session you are to be next to your poster to answer questions. The poster programme shows you when to be there. In the evening of the same day, please take your poster down.

For poster session schedule: see poster programme.

Questions you might seek an answer to:

Can I make copies of my handout at the conference site?

Yes, you can buy a copy machine card at the conference secretariat. Payment: Danish currency, we cannot handle other currencies (including the Euro).

Will I have access to a printer at the conference site?

Yes, there’ll be computer facilities with Internet hook up and printer connection. But bear in mind that there’ll only be a couple of computers (12, if they all are in order) available to all conference participants. Copy machine cards work to pay prints as well.

Can I check my webmail at the conference site?

Yes, some of the computers have Internet hook up, but see above. However, if 400 participants want to check their mail daily, a lot of people will probably spend their coffee break waiting.

Can’t I just hook up my own computer to one of your printers?

No, please don’t! We’ll have plenty of things to do besides repairing corrupted printer connections.

Who am I to contact with last minute problems when I’m on site?

The conference secretariat. When on site, you can’t miss us.

Office hours for the conference secretariat:

Mornings and breaks: 8-9 am + 10:30-11:30 am + 1-2:30 pm + 4-5 pm.