ABSTRACTS WERE DUE: 20 FEBRUARY 2012

This is an overview of the details of all ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS. All talks (invited or volunteered) and all posters must have a corresponding abstract. This is our permanent record of the symposium. Please note that talks and poster spaces are ordered and arranged based exclusively on those abstracts we recieve by the deadline, which is was 20 February 2012.

All extended abstracts must be submitted electronically (see last paragraph). For abstract submission, we require the following formats: File Format: Microsoft Word; Margins: Left and right 1 inch. Heading Text: Centered 12 pt. bold Times New Roman with one space between text above and below. Subheading text: 10 pt. bold Times New Roman; Body Text: 10 pt. Times New Roman single-spaced (we will make the paper with two columns, please do not do this). Figures (& photos as figures): Please include figures within the text as high resolution JPG or TIFF format (maximum size of each figure is 1 Mb) - no other formats will be accepted (i.e. embedded Excel graphs).

Please try to avoid the required use of colors, but feel free to submit figures in color, and we will convert to B&W/Grayscale for the print version. The online pdf version of the abstracts will be in color (see links below for previous abstract volumes) but the printed volume for the conference will only have limited color use. So it is helpful if figures are meaningful and understandable if in either black and white or color. When essential, we will use color for printed figures. Figures will be placed in the text as either one column or two column, so some thought should be given to length to width ratio of individual items.

LENGTH: Extended abstracts can be between 1 and 4 pages given these formatting guidelines, including figures placed as a reasonable size in the text. Start the extended abstract with an subheading: introduction or overview - do not start with an "abstract." Please ensure that your extended abstract is equal to or less than 10 Mb, including figures. Any single figure greater than 1 Mb will be returned or simplified.

Please DO NOT ZIP or compress your electronic submission. Note that we will insert figures into the final formatted text. Please see examples from 2009 or from 2010 for what will be the ulitmate format (do not attempt this formatting, we will take care of this).

To submit your abstract, please email the text file and figures to: Jaclyn Cockburn <jaclyn.cockburn@uoguelph.ca>

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Last Revised: March 6, 2012