Sessions | Presenter Information | Suggestions

CMAS is NO LONGER accepting oral and poster abstracts for the sessions listed below. The deadline to submit oral and poster abstracts for the 7th Annual CMAS Conference has passed. Please see the 7th Annual CMAS Conference Agenda to view accepted oral and poster abstracts.

Submissions will be sent to the respective session chairs for review. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance status on or after 07/14/2008. We will make every effort to include all reasonable submissions. If the presentation is accepted, the presenter will be asked to submit an extended abstract for publication on our web site.

Extended Abstracts

Extended abstracts should be submitted by September 12, 2008. All presenters (Oral and Poster) need to provide an extended abstract. The abstracts should be NO LONGER THAN 6 pages and should be submitted in PDF format. The abstract should include your name, affiliation, e-mail address, fax number, and phone number. A template for your extended abstract will be provided on this page soon. Please e-mail your extended abstract to cmas@unc.edu with the subject line "Conference extended abstract" by September 12, 2008.

Sessions planned for the 7th Annual CMAS Conference:

• Air Quality Forecasting
• Air Quality Measurements and Observational Studies
• Air Quality Model Developments
• Climate Variability/Air Quality
• Emissions Inventories, Modeling and Analyses
• Integrated Modeling Systems for Environmental Decision Support
• Model Evaluation and Analysis

Presenter Information

Oral Presentations

All oral presentations should be submitted in Powerpoint or PDF format to cmas@unc.edu by September 25, 2008, so that the presentations can be preloaded on the presentation laptops for use during the conference. Presenters will have time each morning of the conference to upload modified versions of their presentation. Please bring modified versions, if applicable, on CD or USB memory sticks. We will not be able to accomodate 3.5" disks. We will not have an overhead projector for presentations.

Poster Presentations

Poster presenters can also elect to submit their presentation in Powerpoint or PDF format to cmas@unc.edu by September 25, 2008 to be made available on this web site as part of the conference proceedings. More information about the poster sessions can be found on the Poster Session page.

All presentations, unless requested otherwise, will be made available on this web site as part of the conference proceedings.

Some Suggestions for Oral Presentations

Oral presentations will be 15 minutes followed by five minutes for questions for a total of 20 minutes. We suggest that you limit the number of slides to less than 1 per minute. This will allow for sufficient viewing time especially if the presentation matter is complex.

• Layout
  • Don't use hand drawn materials
  • Use 18 point fonts for text or numbers. The presentation has to be readable from 50 feet or more from the screen
  • Use a heavy line thickness for graphics
  • Use dashed, dotted or color lines rather than varying line thickness
  • Use a dark background color and bright colors for the copy
  • Avoid shades of gray
• Content
  • Use short, crisp text
  • Don't use the page from your abstract
  • Select only key parts of an equation to illustrate a point
  • Show information piece by piece, built to the conclusion
  • Use simple diagrams
• Computer presentations
  • Do not use bright red, blue and/or green at the same time. It is difficult for the eye to focus on these color combinations
  • Do not use too many colors at the same time
  • Follow common associations people have with colors
  • Keep the presentation simple. Too many animations or complex background images take away from the substance of the presentation