| About the Conference
Venue The conference will be
held in the Sofitel Melbourne Located at the prestigious Paris End
of Collins Street, in the heart of the central
business district, hotel Sofitel Melbourne commands
the city's premier address. The hotel is nestled
amongst historical buildings, elegant boutiques,
theatres, restaurants and corporate headquarters. A
private entrance leads to an extensive first floor
lobby and lounge. All rooms have sweeping views of
the Melbourne skyline: rooms start on level 35 and
soar 15 stories surrounding a mirrored atrium.
About the Conference Facilities
PRESENTER INFORMATION
Presenters at the main conference will have access to a laptop,
connected to a data projector. Laptops will have both CD and floppy
drive, and a USB port. There will also be an overhead projector
available. Laptops will run Windows XP, and will have MS Powerpoint,
Adobe Acrobat Viewer (for PDF files), and Ghostview (for PostScript)
installed.
Presenters will not be permitted to use
their own laptops. Instead, bring your presentation on a Windowns
XP-compatible CD, floppy, or USB pen drive. An overhead projector will
also be available. Presenters should use the break times to install
their presentation and ensure that it works correctly.
Paper presentations should be 25 minutes long in
total - please allow 5 minutes for questions (i.e., 20 minute
presentation plus 5 minute Q\&A).
Information for poster presenters can be found on the
Poster information page.
Workshop presenters should contact their workshop chair as details
vary. All rooms will have a projector. However workshop chairs are
responsible for laptop arrangements and overhead projectors are
available only by special arrangement.
Tutorial presenters will have only a projector, unless they have
already arranged an overhead projector.
DEMONSTRATIONS
There will be two demonstration tables in the area used for morning
and afternoon tea. These will have an internet connected PC and can be
booked for demonstration purposes. Those wishing to give scheduled
demonstrations of systems should contact the conference chairs. There
will also be options to book these demonstration booths during the
conference.
INTERNET ROOM
There will be an internet room at the Sofitel Hotel, with a limited
number of PCs, connections for laptops and a wireless network
supporting 802.11b protocol (possibly also 802.11a and 802.11g). The
internet room will be using a single ADSL connection, so should not be
used for intensive data transfer. There are also several nearby
internet cafes with reasonable rates.
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