Posters and Demos
The IEEE CloudNet 2015 Posters and Demonstrations sessions offer an opportunity for presenting and showcasing late-breaking research results, ongoing research projects and innovative work-in-progress. The interactive presentation format of posters and demonstrations offers an excellent opportunity for networking and engaging with a highly skilled audience and key thought leaders.
Submitted demos and posters short papers should be written in English and follow
IEEE formatting guidelines with a maximum length of three (3) pages. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three experts.
Submit Posters and Demos short papers using EDAS website >>
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEExplore, provided that at least one of the authors registers at full rate and presents the Poster/Demonstration at the conference.
If you would like to present a demo without submitting a companion paper, please email your proposal to Noura Limam (n2limam@uwaterloo.ca) and Burak Kantarci (bkantarc@clarkson.edu). Your proposal will be approved based on availability of demo space as well as on the potential impact on the audience.
Posters Presentation Guidelines:
A. GENERAL:
The poster sessions will be held during the afternoon coffee break and will be 45 minutes long.
The Authors(s) are expected to:
- set up their posters before the first afternoon sessions start (i.e. before/after lunch).
- be present at their poster for the entire 45 minute session.
- sign-in at the poster desk next to registeration desk before your poster presentation.
- explain their paper to the collected audience.
- answer questions and interact as appropriate.
- remove their materials by the end of the last afternoon sessions.
B. SETUP, POSTER STYLE PRESENTATIONS and SUGGESTIONS FOR GOOD POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
- All poster materials should be provided by the Author(s).
- Adhesive Putty will be provided at the poster desk to attach poster materials to the wall.
- Posters may be printed on A1 paper or similar format.
- Please try your material layout before you arrive and make sure it fits in the assigned space.
- The title of the poster session should be displayed in large font, 36 - 60 point, to help the audience find your paper.
- Your main point or conclusion should be in large font if it is not covered in the title.
- A font below 18 point is difficult for the audience to read. Try not to include any smaller print on your presentation.
- Avoid large sections of text in all capitals; it can be difficult to read. Use CAPITALS and/or bold to emphasize your points
- Display the highlights of your presentation in larger font, 24 - 40. Use color to emphasize the important points.
- Pictures, charts and graphs are very effective when kept simple. Too much detail will obscure the main points. Use color!
- Information flow is most effective if it is from left to right and top to bottom.
- Your posted materials should be as self explanatory as possible. Attract the audience's attention and then answer detailed questions.
- Consider that the viewers will be two to three meters away from your material and adjust the print font, charts, graphs, and figures accordingly. The audience will not have the time or the space to read pages of text.
- The audience at poster sessions moves! They may want to visit several posters during the session. If you are planning to give a presentation of your material it will probably have to be repeated several times as the audience changes. Keep it short, hit the high points and invite questions.
- Some attendees may be very interested in your topic and will want to monopolize your session time with questions. This may turn away other attendees that are also interested. Recognize this as a factor and be prepared to acknowledge all visitors.
- If you want to interact with certain audience members later, have cards with your contact information available.
- The complete paper is available in the Conference Proceedings that all attendees will have.
