56^th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLATFORM ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

IMPORTANT:

• All presentations must use electronic presentation format.  Presentations can be submitted in advance at http://presentationmanagement.com/ASHG (see instructions below) or at the meeting by visiting the Speaker Ready Room 242 in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in advance of your presentation. 

• All presentation files (i.e., PowerPoint) must be loaded on to the central computer system to assure their availability for your talk. 

• Please come to the Speaker Ready Room AT LEAST 4 hours before your talk.  To avoid last-minute problems, we recommend that you load your presentation 24 hours in advance of your presentation time. 

• When presenting data and health information (including photos) all presenters must have informed consent compliant with human subjects and applicable HIPAA regulation.

• Because session rooms are large, it is critical that you take great care in the design and content of your electronic presentations.  Please read and follow “Guidelines for Preparing and Delivering Electronic Presentations.” 

• The Speaker Ready Room 242 in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center will be open according to the following schedule:

            Monday, October 9                2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

            Tuesday, October 10                7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

            Wednesday, October 11          7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

            Thursday, October 12              7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

            Friday, October 13                   7:00 AM – 11:00 AM

• Standard audio-visual equipment available to all plenary session presenters includes: LCD projector and computer with mouse for computer-generated presentations, screen, lectern, microphone, pointer, and speaker timing lights.  No dual projection will be provided. Overhead projectors and 35mm slide projectors will NOT be provided.

• If you have an emergency and are not able to make your presentation as scheduled, please immediately notify Dayna Silberman at dsilberman@ashg.org.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING YOUR PRESENTATION IN ADVANCE at http://www.presentationmanagement.com/ASHG

• First Time Login: Use the e-mail address you provided when you submitted your abstract and a blank password (leave the field empty).

• After submitting a file, Please click the LOGOUT link at the top of the page to ensure that a confirmation is e-mailed to you. You will receive a confirmation e-mail within an hour of submission. If you do not, please contact Support ( support@presentationmanagement.com ) to make sure your files were received. When contacting Support for technical issues, please include the meeting name and the presenter's full name.

• If you need to make changes to a presentation that you have already submitted, resubmit the files on the Web site using the same file name (or a new file name and delete the earlier one submitted on the site). If you'd like to review your presentation prior to your session, you have the option of visiting the Speaker Ready Room 242 in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

• If you have questions about this Web site, please e-mail them to support@presentationmanagement.com