Seeing at the Nanoscale - Call for Papers

Deadline Now Extended - April 8, 2011

Presenter Information

Share your research at the world's leading SPM conference and have your voice heard among your peers and experts in nanotechnology!

Bruker and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at the University of California, Santa Barbara are putting out a general call for papers to be presented at the Seeing at the Nanoscale Conference in Santa Barbara. Topics cover a wide range of nanoscale imaging and modification applications and techniques within the specific focus of the five sessions.

Contributed papers will be considered for either oral or poster presentation at the conference unless the authors specifically request the poster session. All abstracts will be reviewed by the session chairs, and final abstracts will be printed in the conference program.

Each poster will be allocated a space of 33 x 44 inches (width x height). It must be in a portrait (vertical) layout as shown to the left.

We know this will be a very dynamic conference and we look forward to your participation.

Presentation Aids

The conference auditorium will be equipped with a data projector, screen, laser pointer, and lavaliere microphone. Presenters will be asked to send their presentation ahead of time for inclusion on the main conference computers. Presenters may also bring their own laptops and appropriate cabling.

Presentation Format

Each presentation within the five sessions will be 15 minutes in length with an additional five-minute discussion period. In keeping with our policy of having all talks within one room, so that everyone has the opportunity to hear all of the oral presentations, roughly 35 abstracts will be selected for contributed talks.

Submission Guidelines

• Deadline for abstract submissions is now updated to April 8, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. PST
• Notification of acceptance is now Late April or early May, 2011
• Pre-registration deadline for lower rate is now May 15, 2011
• Presenters must register for the conference and pay the registration fee
• You may submit more than one abstract (submit each one separately with a new form, title, etc.)
• Abstracts must be 200 words or less
• Each abstract should contain a sentence stating the study objective; a brief statement of methods, if applicable; a summary of results obtained; and a statement of conclusions
• Please prepare your abstract in a Microsoft Word document in Times New Roman, 10-point font
• Ensure that all graphics and tables in your abstract measure less than 3-inches width. There is a limit of 2 images for each abstract and the total abstract file size cannot exceed 1MB. To increase your chances of acceptance we suggest you include at least one graphic and/or plot showing your key results
• Use standard abbreviations for units of measure. Other abbreviations should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses
• All abstracts must be submitted on-line. The form will require you to enter general contact and abstract information. You will then be given the option of either cut-and-paste the text of your abstract into the form, or upload a Microsoft Word format version (recommended if you include graphics)
• You will receive email notification within 24 hours of your abstract submission. If you do not receive confirmation of your submission, email Ceci Stenger at Cecilia.stenger@bruker-nano.com

Guidelines for Oral Presenters

Give a brief overview of your subject matter for a cross-disciplinary audience — Why are you doing this work and why is it important?

Summarize key results in one or two slides with an easy to understand graphic. This graphic should represent a fair amount of data reduction from raw data into key conclusions. The reason for putting this first is that if you run out of time, you will have at least shared the most important results of your research.

Follow the summary graphics with detailed experimental procedures, assumptions, models, results, etc. for subject matter experts. Organize from simple high level to more complex. (if you don't get to all the details, you can discuss with other experts during the conference breaks).

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