Author Information

Travel Information Pack:

Oral Presentations: A Windows laptop and an LCD projector are available at the conference with Power Point 2007 and Adobe Reader 7 installed. You may also use your own laptop. Please inform the organizers by 31 July 2008 if you need a projector for transparencies or other special equipment. The presentation time limit including discussion is:

• 30 min for invited papers
• 20 min for regular papers
• 15 min for postdeadline papers

To avoid delays during the conference, please e-mail your presentation file (PPT or PDF) before the conference to Slawomir.Sujecki@nottingham.ac.uk using your paper number as file name (e.g., "MC8.pdf"). As backup, please also bring this file to your session on an USB memory stick.

Posters must be attached to the assigned poster board by 13:00 on Monday. The poster boards are 90 cm wide and 210 cm tall. Velcro fasters are being provided. Posters should be removed by 16:00 on Thursday, any poster left will be discarded.

Paper Cancellation Policy: You are expected to register before 31 July 2008 and to present your paper at the conference. If you are unable to personally attend the conference, please name a replacement speaker or poster presenter (e-mail to piprek(at)nusod.org). Papers without registered presenter will be removed from the program and from the proceedings.

Special Journal Issue : All authors will have the opportunity to publish expanded versions of their NUSOD '08 paper in a Special Journal Issue. The online submission deadline for this issue is 19 Sept. 2008.