Technical Program
Speaker Ready Room
A speaker ready room is located in Room 206, 2nd Floor, Wes Watkins Center. Computers and assistance will be
available to view presentations. We will not have Mac capabilities. All presentations computers will best run
PowerPoint presentations.
Poster Venue
Posters are in the 112 Exhibition Hall, 1st Floor, Wes
Watkins Center. Presenters are expected to have their posters
up by the beginning of the day, and presenters are expected
to be with their posters 9–11 a.m. or 3–5 p.m. Check your
acceptance notice for exact time. Presenters must remove
your poster at the end of the day so the next group will be
able to put up their posters.
Oral Presentations
All presenters are required to plan your oral presentation
carefully to adhere to the allotted time. Otherwise, we
request that session chairs maintain the scheduling set in
the program as a courtesy to all. Presenters can plan on 17
minutes of presentation and three minutes for questions
and answers. All oral sessions use one LCD projector and
Microsoft PowerPoint software running on a Windows PC
platform. There is a speaker ready room located in Room
206, 2nd Floor, Wes Watkins Center where you can view your
presentation. Please be prepared with a USB memory device
containing your presentation that can be uploaded by the
session chair prior to your session 7:30–8 a.m., for morning
sessions, and 12:30–1 p.m. for afternoon sessions.
Posters
Each poster board is 48” × 72” for the actual poster (landscape).
Posters can be hung with tape, Velcro dots or magnets.
We will have supplies in the poster board area, please
leave them when you remove your poster. Posters are all
located in the 112 Exhibition Hall, Wes Watkins Center east
of the area with the vendors, exhibitors, and the break area.
Posters are hung by the beginning of each poster session and
should be removed at the end of the session, or they may be
recycled. Presenters are expected to stand by their posters
during the assigned times in the poster sessions schedule and
the break (9:45-10:15 am). TechFest posters are encouraged
to remain posted until the Tuesday evening banquet.
Technical Sessions
Please direct questions related to the following sessions to the Technical Program co-chairs, Ahmed Ismail, ahmed.ismail@okstate.edu, and Tracy M. Quan, tracy.quan@okstate.edu.
Call for Papers
Abstracts deadline: 6 Dec. 2022, 11:59 p.m. PST
Abstract submittal fee: GSA members: professionals: US$30; students: US$18.
Non-members: professionals: US$60; students: US$36.
If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org.