Summary of ACP-IOC meeting August 24 at 17:00 CAT
Present: Funmi, Sanae, Diallo, Obinnah, Benard, Azwinndini, Christine, Kenneth, Reatile, Dolly, Kétévi, Mounia
Logistics for Poster Presenters
- We will add a 3rd parallel room for poster presentations
- Poster room will be equipped with:
- Poster board
- Pushpins or similar mounting hardware
- Presenters must print their own posters and bring them to the conference; However the LOC will give a list of local printer centers close to the conference venue; in case someone would like to print it poster at the venue.
- The criteria for a Poster:
- Portrait format (upright format) in A0: 841 mm (width) x 1190 mm (height)
- Mounia will send an email to poster presenters
- We will add a dedicated session for posters; we will use the time slots of no received invited talks; the deadline is set for the 25th of August
- Food Options for Lunch
- We have organized the meeting to give attendees a 90-minute break for lunch, giving them time to go out for lunch.
- Note that searching “restaurants near me” on google maps will give us many options close to campus; But the LOC will provide us with food restaurant options with an approximate walking time.
ACP2023 agenda
- The Agenda for the Scientific Program of ACP2023 is evolving; it is already transferred to ACP Indico
- All times are local times SAST = UCT+2
- The event will start at 8:45 with News and Information except on Monday it will start at 8:30 with a Welcome address
- There will be 3 parallel sessions for contributed oral presentations on Mon. Sep 25, Wed Sep 27 and Thur. Sep 28.
- Authors whose work is selected for oral presentation are scheduled in a 15-minute Oral Session organized by theme.
- Each session will include six to seven 15-minute presentations.
- Each presenter will have 13 minutes for the presentation, followed by 2 minutes of discussion and questions from the audience, moderated by the session co-chairs.
- We will transferred the oral contribution to ACP Indico within these upcoming days
- And we will set up Gather Town for poster presentations (online and in-person, 71 posters)
- By Sep 1st the agenda will be finalized;
AOB
- Kenneth would like to have a Masterclass
- He will write a short report with all his requirements (Computers, expected outcomes, who will help…)
- Delegates' Arrival Date
- We will create a google sheet and share it with participants; where in-person participants will fill in the information about their arrival / departure dates (and flight numbers when this is available) in George and hotel name.
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