Abstract submission for the 2024 JBJC meeting will open in April. Datablitz and abstract submissions remain open until July.
Submission instructions are on the submission forms. If you wish to submit an abstract or datablitz for the 2024 JBJC meeting, use this form. Please email your form to the Chair of the Program Committee, Andrew Iwanuik ([email protected])
The annual meeting of the J.B. Johnston Club comprises oral presentations by members and a talk by the Special Invited Guest from the previous day's Karger Workshop.
Submission instructions are on the submission forms. If you wish to submit an abstract or datablitz for the 2024 JBJC meeting, use this form. Please email your form to the Chair of the Program Committee, Andrew Iwanuik ([email protected])
The annual meeting of the J.B. Johnston Club comprises oral presentations by members and a talk by the Special Invited Guest from the previous day's Karger Workshop.
Datablitz guidelines:
The purpose of the datablitz is to allow students and junior researchers to present a small piece of their work to the JBJC audience. The main benefit is that students gain experience with presentations and have a forum to introduce themselves to the larger audience of JBJC members. It is not intended as a substitute for a full presentation, but rather a brief snippet of research and as an introduction.
The Rules:
The presentation will be strictly timed (usually 5 minutes, depending on the overall day’s schedule), so please plan accordingly. That is time enough to explain 2 or 3 complicated graphs or illustrations, but not much more.
The best datablitz talks present either a general overview of a research program or the results of a single experiment. It is extremely difficult to present a whole series of experimental results in this short time.
Some Tips:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/6-minute-science/id543567475?mt=10
These talks range from 6-8 minutes, but if you watch the timer you’ll see that many could be stopped at 5 minutes or easily cut back to that length. Notice how simple and self-explanatory all the graphics are in these slides. Don’t try to circumvent the time limit by increasing the content per slide, reduce and simplify the content instead.
The Rules:
The presentation will be strictly timed (usually 5 minutes, depending on the overall day’s schedule), so please plan accordingly. That is time enough to explain 2 or 3 complicated graphs or illustrations, but not much more.
The best datablitz talks present either a general overview of a research program or the results of a single experiment. It is extremely difficult to present a whole series of experimental results in this short time.
Some Tips:
- Introduce yourself, your laboratory and a concise statement of your overall research interest and context.
- Choose the single most interesting result and focus on that one question. If it’s easy to explain, you might have time to also include a second related result. DO NOT TRY TO PRESENT YOUR ENTIRE PROJECT.
- Practice! 300 seconds is a short time, but can be well used if you are organized.
- Use graphics and data as much as possible and try to avoid too much text. Graphics should be self-explanatory and well-labelled (in a readable font).
- Speak and present at a normal pace.
- Remember that you will be presenting in a crowd of talks. The audience will remember the simplest, clearest ones and be overwhelmed by talks with a complicated logic or a big set of experiments. Try to stand out with clarity and simplicity.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/6-minute-science/id543567475?mt=10
These talks range from 6-8 minutes, but if you watch the timer you’ll see that many could be stopped at 5 minutes or easily cut back to that length. Notice how simple and self-explanatory all the graphics are in these slides. Don’t try to circumvent the time limit by increasing the content per slide, reduce and simplify the content instead.