Call for Speaker and Poster Presentations

The deadline for abstract submissions has just been extended through September 30!

We encourage speakers and poster presenters to submit titles/abstracts for presentations by September 30, 2012. As always, any participant may volunteer to make an oral or poster presentation. Click link to see an example of a previous TDW abstract.

All participants interested in poster or oral presentations must submit an abstract by e-mailing a word document (attachment file) to Sally Miller, miller.769@osu.edu, along with cc: to Rhonda Wilkie, rwilkie@scisoc.org.

Below are the instructions for submitting your abstract:

E-mail Sally Miller miller.769@osu.edu, cc: to Rhonda Wilkie rwilkie@scisoc.org, abstract word document as an attachment.
Subject Line of e-mail MUST reflect “TDW Abstract”
Include the topic area from list below that best fits your area of research

Field tomato diseases and management
Greenhouse tomato diseases and management
Tomato food safety
Tomato breeding and genetics
Tomato host pathogen interactions
Tomato pathogen etiology and epidemiology
Tomato disease diagnostics
Other

Indicate poster or oral presentation
Provide the following information and format for the abstract

One page format; font should be Times New Roman 12 with margins of 1.5 inch (left) and 1 inch (right, upper and lower).
Title
Presenter’s name, affiliation, city, sate, country
Include all other co-authors’; name, affiliation, city, sate, country
Must provide e-mail address of Presenter for correspondence
Abstract body (Limit of 2,200 characters including spaces.)

For questions regarding the abstract submission, contact Sally Miller at miller.769@osu.edu.

Oral Presentation Guidelines

Oral presentations will be 15-20 minutes depending on the number of abstract submissions. Time slots will be confirmed by October 1, 2012.
Presentations should be saved in PowerPoint and PDF formats.
Please bring your presentation on a USB key or email it to Melanie Lewis Ivey at ivey.14@osu.edu by 12 pm on October 15, 2012. Please write “TDW Final Presentation” in the subject line.

Poster Presentation Guidelines

The recommended poster size is 46 inches wide by 36 inches high. Posters should not exceed 48 inches wide by 48 inches high.
A limited supply of Velcro or pins will be provided for attaching the posters to the fabric panels.