Technology Services is hosting its fourth annual Emerging Technologies Day on Friday, April 8, 2005, in the Commonwealth Ballroom of the Student Commons on the Academic Campus. As one component of this event, we are calling for papers and posters showing innovative ways technology can be/is being used at VCU to improve teaching, learning and research.

Papers and posters are solicited on such topics as:
• Innovative uses of Blackboard and/or Internet2
• Mobile computing
• Videoconferencing
• New student services
• Student and faculty research projects
• Telehealth applications

Faculty, staff and students are invited to submit proposals for papers, posters, exhibits and presentations. This is a wonderful opportunity to share information with instructors, researchers and students.

Papers will be published in PDF format on this Emerging Technologies Day Web site.

Posters will be furnished with poster panels approximately 3' X 5'. Posters will be hung on the panels with velcro dots (provided). All handouts must be in a holder attached to the panel with velcro. No tables will be allowed in the poster area.

Exhibits will be furnished with a 3' x 6' table and 2-3 chairs. Exhibits may use computers and wireless connections. A limited number of wired connections will be available, but wireless laptop computers are encouraged. Smaller exhibits may be asked to share table space, depending on availability. Exhibit space is limited and exhibitors will be chosen by the review committee from the applications submitted. Someone should be available to staff your exhibit during the exhibit day (10 am - 4 pm)

Presentations will be approximately 10 minutes long with an additional 5 minutes allowed for questions. Presentations will be in the Commonwealth Ballroom A, partially separated from the main exhibit area. The is limited presentation time, and presenters will be chosen by the review committee based on innovative uses of technology and interest to the entire VCU community. We will work with you to schedule your presentation during your available time periods.

To Submit Proposals
Please complete the online proposal form, which requires an abstract of no more than 250 works. If you have not written an abstract before, there are many excellent Web sites that can help you with the process. Here are some places to start:

The Colorado State University Writing Center

The Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute

LEO: Literacy Education Online at St. Cloud State University

HyperText Books English 102: Writing an Abstract

We encourage you to write your abstract in a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word, so you can take advantage of the spell-check and word count features, then copy and paste your abstract into the form.

Submission Deadline is Friday February 18, 2005. Accepted authors/presenters will be notified by Monday, February 28, 2004. There is no cost to submit a proposal or to present accepted papers or posters.