Contributed/Poster:
Time allotted: 4 minute presentation, with 1 minute additional for questions (5 minutes total). In your oral presentation, you will be allowed only three transparencies:  (1) one stating the issue or question considered: what you did and why it is important, (2) one with your main results and central overview, and (3) one stating your conclusions and what the work means.
 
You are also asked to display a poster of your talk throughout the week. Approximate poster dimensions are 46 inches tall x 44 inches wide.  

Invited/Poster:
Time allotted: 25 minute presentation, plus 5 minutes for questions and answers (30 minutes total).
 
You are also asked to display a poster of your talk throughout the week. Approximate poster dimensions are 48 inches tall x 44 inches wide.
 
Upgraded/Poster:
Time allotted: 17 minute presentation, plus 3 minutes for questions and answers (20 minutes total).
 
You are also asked to display a poster of your talk throughout the week. Approximate poster dimensions are 48 inches tall x 44 inches wide. 
 

Manuscript Deadline: January 30, 2009
As in the past, papers presented will be published together in the July/August 2009 issue of the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, one of the premier journals in applied physics and related fields. To continue this tradition of outstanding conference proceedings we strongly encourage you to submit a manuscript related to the topic of your PCSI presentation, whether poster, upgraded talk, or invited talk. To prepare and submit your manuscript, please follow these Manuscript Instructions.