The goal of this Workshop is to provide relevant information on research and operational meteorology to a wide audience. We have found that the attendees and many others appreciate access to the presentations after the Workshop concludes. For these reasons, we will require that all presentations be made available in electronic form (e.g., Powerpoint or pdf files ). We would prefer to have these presentations received prior to the Workshop, but if you can bring your presentation on a USB flash drive/stick, we can load it on our laptop in the morning. No zip-disks, floppies, CDs, etc.

Content of posters are also encouraged to be made available in electronic format. For all posters, please send ahead of time (or bring with you on a USB flash drive) one Powerpoint slide that summarizes your poster. The first 10 minutes of the poster session will be used to summarize the posters. I am expecting the poster session to be very constructive and we are allowing sufficient time for everyone to have the opportunity to chat with you about your work.

We will also place all of the talks on one laptop so that little time will be consumed transitioning from one presentation to another. All presentations should be self-contained and viewable on a Windows PC with appropriate players provided for loops or special graphics.

As with all conferences and workshops, the Intermountain Workshop relies on the speakers to present their material in a clear and concise manner. Speakers have from 12-22 minutes to present their talk and answer questions. Avoid attempting to present a large number of slides in the limited amount of time available. Please also consider that the audience (order 100) at the workshop is quite diverse: many are not meteorologists but rely on weather information in their profession. While some may be familiar with the jargon of your specialty, many may not. Be careful to define terms and acronyms.

Thanks again for your willingness to participate in the Intermountain Workshop and let us know if you have any questions or comments.