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Presenter Information

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. The sections below discuss in order:

  1. Presenter Obligations and Timetable
  2. Paper Guidelines
  3. Presenters FAQ

Presenter Obligations and Timetable

Terms and Conditions:

If the submitted paper/poster is accepted for presentation at NESUG 2010, I/we agree to:

(1) submit a draft paper on or before August 9, 2010;

(2) submit a Permission To Publish form signed by all authors on or before August 23, 2010;

(3) submit a final paper in PDF format consistent with NESUG Guidelines on or before August 23, 2010; and

(4) have the paper presenter (identified in paper abstract) registered on or before the early registration deadline of September 25, 2010.

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

To submit an abstract to present a Paper, go to our Call for Papers site.

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 April 30

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.

  May 28 Section Chairs will notify abstract submitters of their acceptance by May 28.
Draft Papers August 09

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 August 23

The Permission to Publish form, must be printed and signed by ALL authors of each paper. Authors can send their signed Permission to Publish forms in one of three ways:

  • Mail to:

NESUG Inc.
P.O. Box 7701
Silver Spring, MD 20907

  • Fax to the NESUG Fax:

    1.440.744. 2288

  • Sign, scan and email to:

    PTP@nesug.org

Final Papers Due

 

 August 23
The final version of each paper must be in PDF format, named with your paper code and submitted to the NESUG 2010 website.
Early Registration Ends September 25

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

Draft of Presentations (PPT) files loaded

Up to your Section Chair(s)

Whether or not you must submit a draft and/or 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.
Hands-on workshop September 29
Hands-on Workshops ONLY: All presenter files, program code, software requests due.

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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.

Please refer to the NESUG Presenter Guidelines document for detailed information. Within this document are links to the Permission to Publish form and examples that will assist you in preparing your submission.

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