Abstract Template
PLEASE PREPARE YOUR ABSTRACT STRICTLY ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING TEMPLATE:
NO-NONSENSE ABSTRACT INSTRUCTIONS
(REPLACE WITH YOUR OWN TITLE, OBVIOUSLY)
Author(s)
Affiliation (including full mailing address and e-mail address)
Introduction
The important thing is that the abstract conveys the key points you wish to make in your poster presentation, and gives enough information for the program committee to judge whether it is appropriate for the IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions: (1) does it relate to a low-cost planetary mission (defined as less than $0.5B US); (2) is it appropriate for the session to which it is being submitted; (3) will it attract interest from other conference attendees.
Page Length
Abstracts are limited to one page in length. They will be reproduced electronically and provided to conference attendees on a CD.
Basic Format
It is preferred that your abstract conforms to the basic format indicated on this page (use this Word file as a template); i.e., 11 point Times New Roman text, BOLD ALL-CAPS TITLE, bold subtitles. The important thing is that it is readable.
Digital Formats
A one-page MS Word .doc file or unlocked Adobe .pdf file is preferred.
File Size and Images
Please feel free to include figures if they are required to convey a key point, but please use only black and white in order to keep the file size to a minimum. Crop/resize your images as appropriate before inclusion. Make sure lines are bold enough and text large/bold enough to be legible; for photographs, make sure there is adequate contrast. Note: the program committee cannot fix abstract formats or figures for you. The program CD will contain only what you submit.
No Color
Due to limited CD capacity and our expectation that we will receive many abstracts, please do not use color. Please provide text and figures (if any) in black and white, with suitably high contrast.
References
By all means include references if you feel they provide useful material to the conference participants. If you refer to obscure material such as company or Space Agency reports (material that a typical university library is not likely to be able to obtain easily), please feel free to bring copies to the meeting to hand out at your poster session. Please also feel free to bring hard copies of your abstract to hand out at your poster session. The distribution of any hard copy will be your responsibility.
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