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Call For Abstracts

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS - DEADLINE Extended to : MARCH 22, 2010

Abstracts must be submitted online. Please follow special instructions for inserting special characters (e.g., italics, diacritical marks, or other symbols). SWS cannot be responsible for inserting such special characters and symbols. Follow instructions for entering your abstract components into the online submission form below.

Presenting Author
Enter your name, institution, department, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address in the appropriate boxes on the online Abstract Submission Form. SWS will send all correspondence for the 2010 Annual Meeting to the email and mailing addresses you provide. If you change your email address during the period between submission of your abstract and the meeting, please contact the SWS Business Office to update your records.

Presentation Format
Select either poster or oral presentation format (includes Contributed Session and Symposium presentations). If you are submitting an oral presentation for a Contributed Session, select your session topic preferences.

Audio/Visual Requests
Computer projectors will be available in all presenting and speaker ready rooms. A computer will be provided for each session; therefore, you can bring your presentation on a CD or memory stick. The Program Committee requests that speakers deliver their presentations to the Ready Room as soon as possible after checking in at registration. Speakers are expected to visit the Ready Room prior to his/her presentation to ensure that the presentation will work on the computer and projector that are provided.

Best Student Presentation Program
SWS presents Best Student Presentation Awards at the Annual Meeting each year. If you wish to compete, check the Best Student Presentation box on the online submission form. Awards will be given for Best Student Oral Presentation and Best Student Poster.

Author Box
Type each author name in conventional upper and lower case, last name followed by initials, in the appropriate boxes i.e., Hupp, C. (Author Box 1), Conlin, W. (Author Box 2) and Noe, G.,* (Author Box 3). Use an * (asterisk) following the name of the presenting author if more than one author is listed.

Institution Box
Type author institution(s) in conventional upper and lower case in the box. Do not include your department, or repeat the city or state if they are already part of the institution(s) name. Capitalization and punctuation must be as shown in this sample (University of California, San Diego 33454 USA and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20009 USA).

Title Box
Enter the title of your presentation in all capital letters in the box.

Abstract Box
The abstract will be published in the final program booklet as submitted. Do not leave a margin at the top; keep all text flush left. Enter only the single-paragraph body of the text in the abstract box. DO NOT re-enter your name(s) or institution(s). Maximum length: 250 words. The total number of characters including authors, institutions, title, spaces, and abstract body is limited to 2000. The abstract text-body will not be accepted if the total exceeds that number.

Final Notes
All abstracts must be received by the SWS Business Office by March 05, 2010. Abstracts for posters, contributed sessions and symposia MUST be submitted online: SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE.

The full schedule of presentations, with dates and times, will be posted by the middle of April, 2010. All presenters must register by April 16, 2010 so that we can hold your space in the program schedule. If we do not receive your registration by April 16 then we will assume that you are not presenting at the SWS annual meeting and we will work with the session chair to replace your presentation in the program. Registration is available here

Abstract authors will receive a confirmation email from the SWS Business Office acknowledging receipt of your abstract. If you do not receive confirmation, your abstract has not been received. Check with the SWS Business Office if you need assistance.

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