Speaker Information

• Oral presentations can be proposed by sending via email, authors name(s), title, full address data and an abstract of maximum 200 words (for inclusion on the website) to our secretariat (i.j.scholten-kamstra@tue.nl) ultimately 15 December 2007.

• Lecture proposals will be reviewed for quality and fit to the program by the OC Subcommittee Paper Selection.

• Upon selection, the author will be notified ultimately 10 February 2008.

• In case a lecture proposal cannot be accommodated in the program, the author will be asked to present his paper in poster format.

• The final program will be set up by the OC Subcommittee Programming.

• The full lecture program will be available on this website in February 2008.

• All speakers, poster presenters, committee members and participants of COSI  have to register their attendance through the registration webpage.

• Make sure your presentation is suitable for MicroSoft XP, Office 2003.

• If you use any movies or others media in your presentation, make sure to put the files in the same directory as the power point file. To prevent broken hyperlinks during the presenation.

• There will be assistants available in the plenary room before (30 minutes) and during each session to help you in technical matters.

• The lecture hall is equipped with laptop, beamer and overhead projector. We nevertheless, advice you to take printed slides with you as back up.

• We prefer that you try out your presentation on the laptop, well before you transfer your electronic presentation to the conference laptop available in the lecture hall before the start of the session. The assistant can do this for you.

• Please avoid delays between talks and be on time as indicated in the schedule. Please finish on time for the next lecture to start at the scheduled time.

• Please, fill in your brief CV and send it to us before the start for the conference. This will facilitate your chairman in introducing you.

• Extended abstract:
  You are encouraged to submit an extended abstract (up to 1200 words) when your lecture has been accepted or when you have been invited. At the conference, a booklet of combined extended abstracts will be provided to all participants.

• Format extended abstract: Word file

• Manuscript publication, each accepted or invited presentation will be published in a special issue of Progress in Organic Coatings, which will be sent to your home address, approximately January 2009. 

• The manuscripts will be reviewed by a review commission appointed by POC. POC holds the right to refuse manuscripts if the quality is not up to standard.

• Your manuscript must be submitted to prof.dr. G. de With (g.dewith@tue.nl) or to the secretariat (i.j.scholten-kamstra@tue.nl) before 2    June  2008. The manuscript should  comply with POC instructions see also the instructions below.