Congratulations again on having your manuscript accepted for presentation at the SMA 2008 meeting. Your manuscript will be presented in the session titled ‘A Sample Session’, which is scheduled at 4:30pm on Friday, January 1 (room: Ball Room).

To view details of the session in which your manuscript will be presented, and to download manuscript files, and view contact information for session participants, please go to www.southernmanagement.org/acms/session_details.asp  

Each presentation room will be equipped with both a laptop computer (loaded with MS-PowerPoint) and a projection unit. We will NOT be providing overhead projectors.
 
Presentations should be saved on a USB memory stick (preferable) or CD. Presenters should arrive in the presentation room 15 minutes before the start time to load their presentations on the laptop computer. Technicians will be onsite to provide assistance, if needed.
 
Note that all 3-paper sessions are 90 minutes long (workshops and symposia usually take up a whole session). Generally, each paper is allotted 30 minutes for presentation and discussion. We recommend that speakers take 15-20 minutes to present their papers, giving the discussant 5 minutes to share their comments, followed by a few minutes for general discussion. Please adhere to the time you are allotted so that each paper will have equivalent time for presentation and discussion. If a session has only two papers, then the previous time allocations can be followed and the session can end early.  If a session has four papers, the time allotments mentioned above will need to be modified accordingly.

Thank you for participating in the SMA 2008 annual conference as a session chair!

To view more information on sessions you are participating in, download manuscript files, and view contact information for session participants, please go to www.southernmanagement.org/acms/session_details.asp 

Note that all 3-paper sessions are 90 minutes long. Generally, each paper is allotted 30 minutes for presentation and discussion. We recommend that speakers take 15-20 minutes to present their papers and that discussants take about 5 minutes to provide their comments, followed by a few minutes for general discussion of each paper. Please be sure that the participants in your session adhere to their allotted time so that each paper will have equivalent time for presentation and discussion. Session chairs have some discretion here. If a session chair has other timing in mind, he/she should advise the presenters and discussants as soon as possible. If a session has only two papers, then the previous time allocations can be followed and the session can end early.  If a session has four papers, the time allotments mentioned above will need to be modified accordingly.

Thank you for participating in the SMA 2008 annual conference as a discussant.

To view more information on sessions you are participating in, download manuscript files, and view contact information for session participants, please go to www.southernmanagement.org/acms/session_details.asp 

Note that all 3-paper sessions are 90 minutes long. Generally, each paper is allotted 30 minutes for presentation and discussion. We recommend that speakers take 15-20 minutes to present their papers and that discussants take about 5 minutes to provide their comments, followed by a few minutes for general discussion of each paper. As a discussant, please plan to raise some issues that will provoke further thought and discussion about the paper and that may provide the author(s) with suggestions about continuing their work in the area.  Please be constructive in any comments that you make. This does not mean that you cannot mention limitations of the paper, but please do so with an eye toward how the limitations might be addressed or overcome in future research.  Please be sure that you adhere to your allotted time so that each paper will have equivalent time for presentation and discussion.