Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America 

Oral Presentation Instructions

The presentation format will be PowerPoint files using laptop computers and projectors. Laptop computers with Microsoft Windows XP or Vista and projection equipment will be available on site.

  • Speakers that present submitted papers (Student Competition or General Submission) should bring their PowerPoint files on a CD or flash drive (memory stick) to the Audio-Visual Room/Table by 6 p.m. the evening before their scheduled session. Mac users please make sure your presentation file has a .ppt file extension. The meeting Operations Committee will assist with transferring files. Speakers that are not available to turn in talks according to this schedule should email their presentation in advance to David Haviland  (dhaviland@ucdavis.edu) by 5:00 p.m. (PST), Thursday, March 26, 2009. 
  • Symposia speakers should deliver their presentations to the symposium organizer prior to the session.  This should be done according to the timeline and instructions provided by the organizer.  Symposium organizers will then compile the talks onto their own laptop computer and bring it to the session. 

Please contact David Haviland, 661-868-6215,  dhaviland@ucdavis.edu or Pete Goodell, 559-646-6515, ipmpbg@uckac.edu for questions about meeting Audio/Visual operations.

MODERATOR TRAINING: All symposia organizers and session moderators should report to their respective meeting rooms 30 minutes prior to the session for moderator training.