The forum will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. and
end on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2003 at 04:30 p.m.
 

Opening and technical sessions will be held at Diamond Ballroom 2 on the first day. On the second day, technical and closing sessions will be held at Diamond Ballroom 1, and the group-based discussions in the Lotus, Azalea,and Orchid rooms. (Diamond Ballroom 1, 2 are on the 2nd Floor. Lotus, Azalea, and Orchid rooms are on the 23rd Floor)

Oral presentations
Authors will have 15 minutes to illustrate the main topics of their contribution(s). Five minutes will be reserved for questions and answers. Discussion is planned for the group-based discussion on the next day.
A beam projector will be available. Illustrations should be in Powerpoint 2000 compatible format and stored on CDrom following ISO-1 standard only. An overhead projector for transparencies (30 x 30 cm) will be available.

Poster set-up and Poster sessions
The poster will be set up along the corridors of the Renaissance Hotel. Two 1-meter wide panels (format A0, 841mm x 1189mm) will be available per poster.
The authors of the posters are requested to attach their posters on Monday between 3:00 p.m and 5:30 p.m. They should leave their posters posted until the end of the seminar.
Session IV will consist of brief presentations on ten (10) research institutions. Each introductory presentation is allocated 3 minutes, total 30 minutes. After a brief introduction, there will be a discussion period lasting 25 minutes.