Conferences

The final programme and abstract book for the SASBi/SAGS 2018 conference is now available as a PDF file. Delegates will receive a printed copy of the abstract book in their conference bags. Click here to view the abstract book in PDF format (Version: 2018-10-05)

For posters, please keep to the following: The poster format is A0 Simpler is better. If you can say something with a graph, diagram, or picture, then don’t say it in words. Posters will be displayed in a poster venue, and Posters must be put up before the poster session. There will be a list with the specific location for each poster, as well as tape and/or tacks to affix…

The scientific committee has reviewed all submitted abstracts and identified those that should be presented orally. Communicating authors have been informed of this outcome. Please use the following guidelines to prepare your talk: Duration of normal talks, including questions: 15 minutes. Duration of session plenaries, including questions: 30 minutes. The display format is 4×3 (not widescreen). Take special care with colours, so that text is easily readable from the back…

Prepared by Darryl Herron What is a lightning talk? A lightning talk is, well, what it says… a lightning talk. It is a short talk on a topic – your poster. Presenters are given four minutes to present their work with a minute afterwards for a quick question or two. You don’t have any slides but you can use props to help you explain concepts, like using a sponge to…