Supported by the School of Graduate Studies, Academic Activity Grants

Supported by the Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Conference Assistance Scheme

Supported by University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association Student Initiatives Funding

Post Graduate Conference 2001

Information for presenters

ABSTRACTS Purposes of abstracts: A booklet will be printed for the conference including the abstracts for each presentation.  Abstracts will also be posted on the web page for the conference. Abstracts should: Include the final title of the presentation. Be between 100 and 200 words. Definitely no longer than 250 words. State the main topic or point of the proposed presentation, with relevant data if appropriate. Avoid references and numbered examples unless absolutely necessary.  If references or examples must be used in the abstract, ideally no more than two should be cited. Abstracts should be submitted in the body of an e-mail message.  If figures, examples or phonetic fonts must be used, please send abstract as a word document attachment.  (Any version of Word is acceptable.)  Please use SIL IPA fonts. Abstracts which do not meet the above criteria may be edited to suit the purposes listed. PHOTOCOPYING The conference organizers are providing each presenter with 25 single-sided (or 17 double-sided) black and white photocopies and 3 transparencies. Photocopying will be available in the Print Room (Graduate Centre - Room G22, Ground Floor) on Thursday and Friday 20-21 September from 9.30am - 5.30pm.  Simply go to the print room and the staff there will help you.  Tell them it is for the Linguistics Conference, and they will charge it to us (up to $4.20).  The Print Room also provides other services, and you may take advantage of any of these at the following rates (click here for pdf file list of services and rates). Please allow an appropriate amount of time before your presentation for the photocopying, and any queues or delays! If you find that you must do some photocopying on Saturday, the ERC library is open from 1-5pm and the Baillieu Library is open from 11am - 5pm.  Photocopying facilities are available in these libraries at your own expense. We recommend that you be prepared for an attendance of 20.  We also recommend that a single-side of an A4 sheet of paper should be sufficient space for the information covered in a 20 minute presentation.  Session Chairing Once the schedule is finalized, we will need volunteers to chair sessions If you are planning to attend all presentations in one session, then you can volunteer to chair that session. A session chair basically introduces each presenter - something along the following lines: I'd like to introduce our next presenter, So and So from X University.  So and So is a PhD/Master's student working on such and such, and today will be discussing .... Session chairs also have to 'gently' hurry along presenters who are going over time.  When the presentation is finished, the chair calls for questions and after that says something like Let's all thank So and So... If you are interested in chairing a session, please e-mail Giao Tran. Other Information If you are not able to present, please notify Leslie immediately. Papers are to be 20 minutes, with 5 minutes for questions.  Sticking to the time limit is crucial.  Conference rooms are equipped with a white board and an overhead projector and screen.