Dear Author:

1. All necessary  instructions to submit your INTERMAG 2000 manuscript.
2. Guidelines for oral and poster presentations.
3. An important announcement regarding student travel support.

Please note that the information below will not be mailed to you as we have done in the past. If, for any reason, you have difficulty viewing or downloading any of the necessary files, you must contact Courtesy Associates at intermag@courtesyassoc.com .

In order to submit your manuscripts please follow these steps:

1. Download the instructions for preparation of digests from the web page: IEEE Information for Authors. On this page please  follow the instructions for the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. You will need to download the digest preparation instructions: TRANSMAG.DOC for Microsoft Word or, TRANSMAG.PDF for the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
2. Prepare your manuscript according to the downloaded instructions. Please note that invited papers can be up to six journal pages and contributed papers can be up to three journal pages.
3. Please read the information regarding IEEE Intellectual Property Rights and download the  IEEE Copyright Form.
4. Submit SIX complete copies of your manuscript and a completed  IEEE COPY RIGHT FORM DO NOT FORGET TO INDICATE your PAPER DESIGNATION number in the top right hand corner of all six copies of your manuscript. Send the manucscript copies and IEEE Copy Right form to:
Nell Pittman
INTERMAG 2000
Courtesy Associates
2000 L Street, N.W. - Suite 710
Washington, DC 20036
 The February 14, 2000 manuscript deadline will be strictly enforced. Please allow sufficient time for mail delivery.
 

It is important for all presenters to read the following guidelines:

Oral Presentations
 

Basic  Considerations:
• The audience has to be kept interested during the whole presentation. Only a very logically arranged presentation - clear, concise, and to the point - will accomplish this.
• Too much material in the limited time allowed, or presentation of the material too rapidly will overwhelm the audience, and the speaker will lose the audience very quickly.
• INTERMAG attendees come from a variety of scientific disciplines. Some tutorial background is recommended.
• The enthusiasm of the speaker contributes as much to the success of the presentation as does the scientific content.
Time:
• Contributed papers are allowed 12 minutes for the presentation and 3 minutes for questions and discussion.
• Invited papers are allowed 25 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions and discussion.
• Session and paper times are listed in the program book to allow conference attendees to select talks they wish to hear from various disciplines. Session Chairs have been asked to enforce strict time limits.
• Useful guideline: One transparency per minute.
• Practice the presentation to ensure the maximum effect at the conference.
Procedure:
• Check-in with your session chair about five minutes before the session start time.
• Presentations will be called only at the published times.
• The talk HAS to be presented by an author registered for the conference. Authors not registered for the conference will NOT be allowed to make a presentation. If a talk is not presented, the paper will be reported as a "no-show" by the session chair and will NOT be published in the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics.
Equipment:
• Overhead projectors for transparencies will be available.
• Audio-visual equipment other than an overhead projector will not be provided, unless requested well in advance by the author and authorized by both the Program Chair and the Treasurer.

 Poster Presentations

 

Basic  Considerations:
• Poster presentations are just as important a communication medium as oral presentations.
• The key to a popular and effective poster presentation is careful preparation and organization of presentation materials. Logically arranged and posted materials are a natural audience draw.
• Posting a copy of the paper, or similar "shortcuts," is strongly discouraged. The author clearly sends the signal that he/she did not care to prepare for the conference.
• The size of the poster materials should be such that they are easily read  from a few meters away. Expect the aisles to be crowded.
• Useful guideline: About 6 lines per poster page.
• INTERMAG attendees come from a variety of scientific disciplines. Some tutorial background is recommended.
• The enthusiasm of the presenter contributes as much to the success of the presentation as does the scientific content.
Procedure:
• The authors must be by their posters from 8:00-9:00 AM and 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon for morning sessions and from 1:00-2:00 PM and 4:00-5:00 PM for the afternoon sessions.
• The available poster board area will be about 1 m wide by 2 m tall.
• The poster HAS to be presented by an author registered for the conference. Authors not registered for the conference will NOT be allowed to make a presentation. If a poster is not presented, the paper will be reported as a "no-show" by the session chair and will NOT be published in the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics.
• Promptly after the end of the session, remove all poster materials. Leave all pins at the poster area for use by authors in the subsequent poster sessions.

1. The source and extent of current funding that would be available to help the student travel to  INTERMAG 2000.
2. Whether or not the student will present a paper; if so, the title, authors and designation of the paper.
3. Whether or not the student has received a previous travel award.
4. Itemized budget for travel. In order to help the maximum  number of students to participate in the conference, this award provides only partial travel funding. If air travel is planned, the budget should be based  on the most economical airfares available. Frugality is considered a virtue by the committee.
5. Name and IEEE membership number of nominator!
6. E-mail addresses for the student and the nominator.
7. The home address, phone number and social security number of U.S.-resident students. (This is a U.S. government requirement based on IRS regulations that we cannot avoid.)

The awards will be announced on February 14, 2000.

Dr. William Cain
E-Mail: William.Cain@wdc.com
 

Nomination for students in all other countries should be sent to:
 

Dr. Subrata Dey
E-Mail: Subrata.Dey@ReadRite.com
 

Submission will receive an e-mail confirmation that they have been received; send an inquiry if you do not receive one.

F. J. Friedlaender
E-Mail: fritzj@ecn.purdue.edu
Fax: (765) 494 6441

E-Mail addresses MUST be included for all sponsors AND students.