Call for Presentations

Submit your presentation abstract by March 30, 2012, to play a major role in creating a high-quality Survey Summit. The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) and Esri strongly encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity. Share your expertise with your peers and gain recognition for your work.

Submit your abstract for one of the following tracks:

• Surveying Business
• New Surveying Workflows
• Technology
• Geodesy
• High Accuracy GIS

Space is limited, so be sure to submit your abstract soon.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

• No more than four abstracts can be submitted by the same company or department within an organization.
• Only one abstract may be submitted per primary author.
• Abstracts and presentations must be in English.
• The title may not exceed 10 words.
• The abstract may not be longer than 500 words.
• Do not use bullet points, numbering, or all CAPITAL LETTERS; the information you enter is used for publishing purposes (e.g., Web site, agenda, CD-ROM).
• At no time is it permissible for presenters to use their time slot to advertise or promote a product, service or company.
• Event Registration is Required
• All presenters must register for the event. Acceptance as a presenter does not register you for the Summit. Registration fees are required.

Because of the large number of submissions, there are a limited number of presentation slots available.

Submission Guidelines for Esri Business Partners

Abstracts submitted contrary to these guidelines will be rejected.

• You must have a client as the primary presenter; you may be listed as a co-author.
• Follow all Survey Summit abstract submission guidelines.
• Describe within your abstract your client's success, and how Esri software provided a solution.
• Do not advertise your services or products.
• At the conference, your client must be the primary presenter, and you may assist with the presentation.

Presentation Types

Moderated Paper Session

• Moderated paper sessions include but are not limited to paper presentations and panel discussions.
• Proceedings will be published on the Survey Summit website to ensure the maximum interaction among researchers, developers, and users.

Workshop

• A workshop provides instruction in a specific professional practice and method, theory, examples and exercises, discussion and/or hands-on experience.
• Duration is half-day (4 hours) or full-day (8 hours)
• Lecture or hands-on style presentation.

The instructor must create and provide handouts to workshop attendees.