Fall 2011 Annual Biological Design Graduate Program Symposium

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azim58 - Fall 2011 Annual Biological Design Graduate Program Symposium


Annual Biological Design Graduate Program Symposium December 10th 8:30am
Title and Abstract (approximately 130 words)
Talk: 15 min long with 5 min for questions
presentation can be prepared as a powerpoint file but saved as a pdf file
as well

Schedule 120411

My Title and Abstract 11-29-11
Presentation

see JoAnne's 11-4-11 e-mail

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Hi everyone,

We are looking forward to hearing your presentations at the Annual
Biological Design Graduate Program Symposium on December 10. Below are
instructions for preparing the presentations. Please note that we need
the titles and abstracts by November 29 and the slides by December 6.

Thanks,
JoAnn


This year the Annual Biological Design Graduate Program Symposium will be
held at the Arizona Science Center (600 E. Washington St.) on Saturday,
December 10th. Students should plan to arrive at 8:30 am and stay until
5:00 pm. Lunch will be provided.
Presentations
Students giving talks should prepare a presentation on their current
research to be delivered to other BDGP students and faculty. The talk
should be 15 minutes long, with 5 minutes allowed for questions. Talks
should be given using PowerPoint slides.
Students should prepare an abstract of their presentation for a general
scientific audience with a maximum of approximately 130 words for use in
the printed symposium program. The title and abstract should be submitted
to the BDE 792 Fall 2011 Blackboard by noon on Tuesday, November 29.
A pc-type computer will be used to show the presentations. The
presentation can be prepared as a PowerPoint file and should also be
saved as a pdf file. The files will be loaded and checked on the laptop
computer that will be used for the presentations a few days prior to the
symposium. The presentation files should be submitted to the BDE 792 Fall
2011 Blackboard by noon on Tuesday, December 6.
Students will be scheduled to give their talk sometime between 9:00 am
and 4:30 pm.
A few pointers for presentations:
  1. Know your time and adjust accordingly.
  2. Focus on the punchline. Start with the information you most want to
convey and then work backwards or around it for the presentation. It is
bad to not leave yourself enough time to present your best stuff.
  1. Limit your background to what is appropriate for the audience and time
you have. Especially in short talks only give the background that they
need to appreciate what you are going to have as a punchline.
  1. When someone asks a question, take your time to listen carefully. Let
them finish the question before you answer.
  1. It is best not to use dark background slides as they are harder to read
than light background slides.