Instructions for Symposium Presentations
We will have facilities
to allow students to make electronic presentations. You can
use regular clear transparencies (for an overhead projector)
as in the past, or you can bring a presentation adhering to
the following guidelines.
If you wish to use the electronic facilities, please
note the following:
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Your presentation must be prepared as a self-contained PowerPoint file.
You will not have internet access.
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Note that PowerPoint files can be prepared on a Macintosh computer,
as well as on Windows-based systems.
This year we might be using a Mac for displaying the slides at the
symposium, so you should use a font that is compatible with both systems.
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We will only accept PowerPoint files that have been prepared
on a portable USB file device (one of the so-called
"key-chain file systems" or "thumb drives"). The projection system will not be
equipped with a floppy disk.
Since Windows-formatted drives are readable by either type of machine,
we ask you to format the drive in Windows format if you use a Mac.
Also, if you make your file on a Mac, it would be a good idea to
test it on a USB-equipped Windows machine.
- You must also bring hard-copy transparencies, just
in case a system incompatibility prevents you from using the
on-site computer and projector.
If there is any malfunction in using the computer projection system, we will
immediately ask you to switch to the overhead projector.
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We have moved the symposium to 1:30 to leave time for loading
presentations onto the machine. If you are chosen as a finalist,
you must immediately submit your presentation for preprocessing
and testing. We will announce how to do this at the time of
the finalist announcement.
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The symposium presentations will be 10 minutes this year (2014) plus 2 minutes for questions.
This is a bit more time than previously announced, so make sure you plan your presentation accordingly.
We will be naming 12 students to the symposium this year.