Conference Tips

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• SPIE index terms (keywords)
• Please send your bio sketch with your submission, so you can be announced properly at the conference. This is an example.
• Decide what is your main point, and build your presentation around it. Focus on making sure after the presentation everybody can walk out of the room and clearly remember your main point.
• Not sure whether you should do a demo?
  Do no do it! Focus on your main point. You have only a very short time to get the message out to the audience. Even if you bring your own laptop with you, You do not know where outlets are, what equipment is available for projection (it is always changed in the last minute). Unless you are a salesman, you will have to deal with the demo effect and something will go wrong, consuming your allocated time and leaving behind a very bad impression.
  If you have a good demo, bring it along, but do the demo at the end of the session during the authors interviews. This will allow you for true interaction and you do not have to race against the session chair's clock.
  If the demo is part of you main point, then you should show it. However, for the above reasons, do not attempt to do it in rela time. Do it leasurely at home in your lab or office and tape it on video. You can edit the video to about 5 minutes and you have something that is binary: either it works or it does not work (Murphy's law is very benign to videos and they always work).
  Instructions on how to make a good video. We have done several videos, take advantage of our experience.
• Manuscript guidelines
• If you use TeX to create your paper, note that your PDF file by default will contain Type 3 fonts, which are bitmapped and do not look nice. This document explains how to use the more modern Type 1 fonts. Check also out the NSF site at http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/pdfcreat.htm

When you arrive at the conference site

• Immediately find the AV desk and announce yourself. Make sure the AV chair has the correct information about your requirements.
• Find your session chair and let her/him know you arrived and are ready for your presentation.
• Confirm the time your presentation by consulting the final program. It is often necessary to do last minute changes to the program. Also remember that not all sessions start at the same time in the morning.
• Attend the speaker's breakfast. It is free, you get to meet the other speakers, and allows the session and AV chairs make sure everything will run smoothly. It is part of good etiquette.

Selected Imaging Technology Conferences

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