INFORMS Annual Meeting :: Seattle 2007

INTERACTIVE SESSION TRACK

You can still submit an Interactice Session.
Your abstract will appear in an addendum to the printed program and in the online program.
To submit, follow the submission instructions below and email your submission to paulette.bronis@informs.org

You are invited to submit an interactive presentation for display at the 2007 INFORMS Annual Meeting Seattle. The Interactive Sessions will receive increased visibility at the meeting and will serve three main purposes:

Complement the Job Placement Services by providing:
1. Recruiters with an additional vehicle to learn more about and better evaluate job applicants and their research,
2. Graduate students with networking possibilities and a platform to showcase their OR/MS accomplishments, thus strengthening their case in front of potential employers.
Provide opportunities and time for further communication and discussion that are not available in a typical oral session. The authors will be encouraged to make creative use of poster boards as well as of hands-on computer simulations and demonstrations.
Allow participants to present projects that are at initial stages of development, thus benefiting from constructive critique, suggestions and encouragement from colleagues working in similar areas.

Interactive Sessions will be held in a highly visited area close to Job Placement Services. Sessions will take place during the lunch period on Monday and Tuesday when no other events are scheduled.

Awards
Two awards will recognize the best Interactive Presentations with a first-place award of $1,000 and second-place award of $500. A panel of judges will review each presentation and announce the award-winners on Tuesday at 1:15pm.

Guidelines for Submission
Researchers, professionals and students who would like to share their work in the areas of OR/MS in such a format are invited to submit an abstract. Deadline for submission is September 1, 2007. The Interactive Sessions Committee will select up to 50 submissions for display during the conference, 25 for each daily lunch period. Selected presenters will be notified by email by September 25. Interactive presentations on topics presented in other venues of the conference are permitted. For additional information, please contact the Interactive Session Chair, Archis Ghate: archis@u.washington.edu, telephone 206-616-5968. We look forward to receiving your Interactive Session submissions.

Submission Instructions

Email the following information to paulette.bronis@informs.org: contact information for yourself and any
co-authors, session title and a 50-word abstract.
The contributing author will be assumed to be the individual who will attend the Seattle meeting to present the session (all attendees must register and pay the meeting fee).

Display/Presentation Guidelines
Posters

You have two options for a poster display: (1) mounted on a bulletin board (board provided by INFORMS), or (2) a three-panel display that you provide to stand on a table (table provided by INFORMS).
The bulletin board provided by INFORMS measures 8 feet wide by 4 feet high. Your overall poster must fit within that space.
The display table provided by INFORMS measures 6 feet wide by 18 inches deep. Your display must be constructed to stand alone on this table.
You can produce your poster as (1) a single large sheet of paper that can be rolled and transported in a tube or one large piece of corrugated plastic that can be folded in thirds for easy transport; (2) as multiple pages that are mounted onto the bulletin board, or (3) as a three-panel display.
For the three-panel display, we recommend that the title and overview be placed on the middle panel, with other information on the left and right panels.
For all posters, please follow these guidelines:

Maintain a good contrast between background and foreground text.
Avoid acronyms and extensive mathematical notation as much as possible.
Overview information should include the poster title and full names of all contributors, their affiliations, addresses and an email and/or web link. The overview should also include one or more of the following: a short description of the problem, objectives of the work, the methodology utilized, conclusions, relevant diagrams, graphs and charts in order to present an overview for the application.

Laptop Demo/Media Loop/3D Display

INFORMS will provide a table (6 feet wide by 18 inches deep) and electrical connection. Projection (using a computer projector) is not possible due to space constraints. Internet connection is also NOT available.
You may wish to combine a laptop or 3D display with use of the bulletin board. In this case, the table will be placed against the bulletin board; the available space on the board will then be no larger than 4 feet wide by 3 feet high.

If you have questions about display guidelines, please contact Cheryl Clark, INFORMS Meeting Planner, at cheryl.clark@informs.org (800-343-0062 or 401-722-2595 x202).

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