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Below is some basic information and standard guideline materials to help you as you create your Paper and prepare your Presentation or Poster. The purpose of the Guidelines is to aid individuals as they prepare a finished professional product and their presentation.

  1. Presenter Obligations and Timetable. Submitters will be notified of acceptance ~mid-June.
  2. Presenters FAQ
  3. Paper Guidelines document.
  4. File Upload Instructions will be provided soon.

Presenter Obligations and Timetable

NESUG Terms and Conditions:

If my/our abstract is accepted for presentation, I/we agree to:

(1) submit a draft paper and a signed(by all authors) Permission To Publish form on or before August 10, 2012.

(2) submit a final paper in PDF format consistent with NESUG Presenter Guidelines on or before September 10, 2012.

(3) have the paper presenter registered to attend the conference on or before the early registration deadline of September 14, 2012.

(4) submit a final presentation or Poster display in accordance with the deadlines set for your section (dates will vary by section).

(5) have the paper/poster presenter attend the conference from November 11-14, 2012.

Otherwise, NESUG reserves the right to cancel the conference presentation and remove the paper from the Proceedings.

The following is the schedule for submission of abstracts and, if your abstract is accepted, the timing of the submission of your draft and final versions.

Item Due Date Details
Abstracts May 11

All abstracts must be submitted to the NESUG Call For Papers website. Select your first and second choice sections where you think your presentation might fit to gain maximum exposure of your abstract.

  mid-June
 Section Chairs will notify abstract submitters of their acceptance.
Draft Papers Aug. 10

A draft PDF version of each paper must be submitted to the NESUG Call For Papers website. Earlier submissions are welcome and appreciated by the Section Chairs. The sections chairs and proceedings coordinator will review and provide any necessary feedback to each presenter.
Permission to Publish Form Aug. 10

The Permission to Publish form, must be printed and signed by ALL authors of each paper.

  • Sign, scan, and upload to the Call for Papers url in your acceptance email:

    Follow the file upload instructions given for your papers and slides, but use the Permission to Publish field on the upload screen.

Final Papers Due

 

 Sept. 10
The final version of each paper must be in PDF format, named with your paper code and submitted to the NESUG 2012 Call For Papers website.
Early Registration Ends Sept. 14

Early discount ends. All presenters must be registered by this date.

Hands-on workshop Oct. 1
Hands-on Workshops ONLY: All presenter files, program code, software requests due.

Draft of Presentations (.ppt) files uploaded

Oct.11

For all sections, except Hands-On Workshops. There is a Power Point template available.
Final Presentations (.ppt) files uploaded TBD For all sections, except Hands-On Workshops: Whether or not you must submit a final version of your presentation in advance of the conference is at the discretion of your section chair. For example, because of the very tight scheduling at the conference, Coders' Corner typically requires a final presentation be uploaded about a week before the conference. Contact your Section Chairs for details specific to your section. The sample Power Point template is available.

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Paper Guidelines

NESUG does not publish a printed or CD version of the Conference Proceedings. The proceedings will be loaded on the NESUG website. In order to create a professional product, it is important that the papers are prepared in a consistent fashion by following the NESUG Presenter Guidelines.