For the
2010 Fall meeting in Boston,
CINF will be running an experimental
session of lightning talks - short, strictly timed talks. The
session does not have a specific topic, however, all talks should be
related to cheminformatics and chemical information. One of the key
features of this session is that we will not be using the
traditional
ACS abstract
submission system, since that system precludes the inclusion of
recent work in the program.
So, since we will be accepting abstracts directly, the expectation
is that they be about recent work and developments, rather than
rehashes of year-old work. In addition, talks should not be verbal
versions of posters submitted for this meeting. Given the short time limits we don't
expect great detail - but we are expecting compact and informative
presentations.
That's the challenge.
What
- Talks should be no longer than 6 minutes in length. At 6 minutes, you will be asked to stop.
- Use as many slides as you want, as long as you can finish in 6 minutes
- Talks should not be rehashes of poster presentations
- Talks will run back to back, and questions & discussion will be held of off until the end
If you haven't participated in these types of talks before here are
some suggestions:
- No more than three slides for a 5 minute talk (but if you can
pull of 20 slides in 6 minutes, more power to you)
- Avoid slides with too much text (and don't paste PDF's of
papers!)
- A single chart per slide and make sure labels are readable at a
distance
When
Aug 23, 2:45 PM
Submissions run from
July 17
to
Aug 7
Where
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 155. You can get a map of the concourse
here
How
- Send in an abstract of about 100 - 120 words to cinf.flash@gmail.com
- We will let you know if you will be speaking by
Aug 15
and we will need
slide decks by Aug 20
- You must be registered for the meeting
- Note that the usual publication/copyright rules apply
- We will encourage live blogging and tweets (if we have net access)