Information for presenters

Presenter instructions

Conference participants intending to present either a talk or a poster at Evolution 2010 will be required to register for the conference and submit details of their presentation with their registration.

All submissions are closed

Please note that presenters will be limited to one presentation, but you may be a non-presenting coauthor on other presentations. This rule includes invited speakers in symposia.

For all submitted presentations (oral or poster), presenters will be asked to submit a descriptive title and to identify keywords for your talk or poster. This selection is very important, as it will be used to sort papers sessions.  A list of the keywords available can be found here.

Abstracts are not required for presentations unless you are applying certain society-sponsored awards (the Hamilton Award for SSE members and the Mayr Award for SSB members).  More information on society-sponsored student awards can be found here.

A link for Talk and Poster title submission can be found here.

Oral presentation details

Contributed presentations will last 15 minutes; 12 minutes for the talk and three minutes for questions. Session

Every conference room will have a computer projector and a PC laptop running Windows XP and Microsoft Office. Presenters are required to bring their presentation on a flash drive or a CD, and load their presentation on the session laptops at the conference break before their session. Volunteer room monitors will be avialable to provided assisstance with media needs. 

Presenter preparation rooms will be available to test or run-through your presentation.

Poster sessions

Dimensions for poster display panels are 1.2 m by 1.2 m (4 feet by 4 feet). Poster presenters will be assigned to one of the two poster sessions. Pushpins will be provided on site for each poster session. Key words will be used to group posters focusing on similar topics. Both poster sessions will be held in the evening in conjunction with social mixers that include snacks, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages.

Poster Schedule*
Session A - Saturday 8:00 AM - Sunday 9:00 PM
Session B - Monday 8:00 AM - Tuesday 5:00 PM
*Please leave your poster displayed for these entire periods.