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Panels
SIGGRAPH 98 invites you to bring your ideas, insights, and controversies to the worldwide computer graphics forum. Propose a panel session and share with us your latest revelations, your philosophical questions, your successes and your failures, your lofty aspirations, and your lessons learned. Participate in lively discussions that shed new light on the art and science of computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Celebrate 25 years of SIGGRAPH by reflecting on the past, taking stock of the present, and creating the future.

chair

Celia Pearce

SIGGRAPH 98 Panels Chair 

momentum media group
 
panels-s98@siggraph.org


deadlines



The deadline for Panel submissions was 
14 January 1998











 









Speaker Preparation

 


Responsibilities of Panelists


After a panel has been accepted by the Panels Committee, the panel
              organizer must:


                   Organize and coordinate a 90-minute panel.


                   Obtain signed SIGGRAPH 98 Panels Submission Forms from each panelist.
              Panelists who have not submitted signed forms will not be allowed to
              present.



                   Panelists are responsible for providing their own audio/visual and
              computer equipment for their panel session over and above that which
              SIGGRAPH 98 provides as the basic configuration (two slide projectors;
              NTSC VHS, 3/4-inch SP, and BetaSP video players; and PC and Mac
              computers with video projector).


 

Contributor Recognition


A summary of what you will receive if your work is accepted by SIGGRAPH 98.


 



Materials We Need For Conference Documentation



SIGGRAPH 98 asks you to prepare a final version of the panel abstract,including final position statements from the
panelists, suitable for publication in the SIGGRAPH 98 Conference Proceedings. It is your
 responsibility to provide material in a timely and orderly
manner to SIGGRAPH 98.



Your submission will be documented in the Conference Abstracts & Applications Catalog.
This publication consists of a printed book and an accompanying CD-ROM.




What We Need:


The materials we will need from you to accurately document your
submission are:


  Text


Digital text which describes your submission as you would like it to
appear in print.  PLEASE NOTE:  What you submit will be printed.  For
example, do not include your name or contact information if you do not wish it to
be printed. This publication is produced on a Power Macintosh; please
try to send us text which is compatible with this platform. ASCII text
without formatting is best, as the text will be edited and placed in a page
layout program.


  Images


If you are submitting images over and above those included with your
submission, we prefer to receive images as 35mm slides; they provide
our best opportunity to accurately reproduce your visual content.
Photographic prints and transparencies are acceptable, as are digital images.
Polaroid prints are not acceptable except as a last resort.



If digital images are submitted, they should conform to the following
guidelines:



at least 300 dpi at 4" by 5"



pixel resolution of at least 1200 by 1500



TIFF or EPS formats, no compression, Macintosh or PC platform



GIF and JPEG are not acceptable formats




Screen captures should be made on as large a display monitor as possible,
to ensure acceptable image resolution.




Where To Send It:


  Text



Text for your submission should be sent via e-mail to:



Celia Pearce

SIGGRAPH 98 Panels Chair 

momentum media group
 
panels-s98@siggraph.org




  Images



Images may be sent by courier or postal service to the following
address:



Celia Pearce

SIGGRAPH 98 Panels Chair 

momentum media group

P.O. Box 690

Venice, California 90294 USA

For FedEx Only:

819 Superba Avenue

Venice, California 90291 USA

+1.310.390.8014
 
panels-s98@siggraph.org





Images may also be uploaded to "siggraph.org" via anonymous FTP to
the following URL:



ftp://ftp.siggraph.org/incoming/s98mtl/




use "anonymous" as the username and your e-mail address as the
password



make sure you use "binary" mode to transfer any image files.



label your files clearly and uniquely, using your full name as
part of the filename:



John_Smith_sketch.tif

        John_Smith_sketch.txt
        


notify us that you have uploaded files to this directory at:



Celia Pearce

SIGGRAPH 98 Panels Chair 

momentum media group
 
panels-s98@siggraph.org





Deadline


Text and images as described above need to be sent on or before 
9 March 1998.



NOTE: If you are interested in submitting supplemental material to
be documented in the CD-ROM only, (this could include; additional
images, multimedia projects, QuickTime or MPEG animations, applications,
sounds, source code, etc.), please contact Stephen Spencer at
spencer@siggraph.org for separate deadlines, and complete
instructions to format and send your supplemental material.  Supplemental material is optional, 
though strongly encouraged.



Further Information



If you have questions regarding this document or your
responsibilities as a contributor to the SIGGRAPH 98 conference, please contact:




Celia Pearce

SIGGRAPH 98 Panels Chair 

momentum media group
 
panels-s98@siggraph.org






















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