If
your proposal has been accepted, please check the following items:
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Delegates whose proposals have been accepted
have been notified and sent a paper
number.
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Use this number on the
cover sheet provided for your paper (link to template
here).
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Use your paper number,
without spaces or hyphens, as the name of the electronic file containing
your paper (e.g. CSBE08001.doc), MS Word file preferred.
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Upload
your paper electronically through the FTP site (see instructions below).
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If you have yet to pay
your registration fees, please do so
immediately.
Note
that the conference organizers will endeavour to run all Power point
presentations. However if you include animations you must tell us and we
need to receive and test your power point presentation 1 week in advance to
ensure that it is compatible with the conference software systems and try to
make any required changes to accommodate your needs.
How to upload your
file: 3 methods below:
USING CSBE's PSP routine -should work on all versions of MS Windows and Unix
The password is the same as previously
issued to paper proponents
If you have lost the password request it from:
E-mail
Using Internet Explorer Windows versions 98, 2000, XP---note may be
incompatible with some VISTA Configurations
For Vista use the upload form above or see instructions for using another FTP utility
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Enter the URL
‘ ftp://www.bioeng.ca ’ in the address window. Screen
shot example
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A dialog box might
open indicating a file error. Press OK to clear the dialog box.
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In MS IExplorer you should get a 40 mm x 40 mm logo in
the top left corner of the screen
If not
in MS Windows ver 2000-Vista, IExplore ver 5 to 8 display the classic
tool bar with Files, Edit, View Favourites, Tools etc. and click on
Files
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Go to the File menu
in Internet Explorer and select ‘Login as’. Screen
shot example
or right click on the blank white screen and select 'Login as'
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Enter the username
‘sessions@bioeng.ca’ and the password ‘?????????’. Obtain
password from:
E-mail
Screen shot example
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Drag and drop, or
copy and paste, your file into the browser window to upload your file.
(Make sure your file is closed when you do this, or you will get an
error message). Screen shot example
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Close your browser.
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E-mail 
to confirm that your file has been uploaded.
Using another FTP utility
Vista users may wish to use a Free ware FTP client SmartFTP-
It is compatible with both 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista and is more
reliable but many times more complex than windows IExplorer
http://www.smartftp.com/
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Go to the URL ‘www.bioeng.ca’.
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Log in as ‘sessions@bioeng.ca’,
password ‘????????’. Obtain password from:
E-mail
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Upload your file to
the default directory.
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Log out.
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E-mail
- to confirm that your file has been uploaded.
Tools for authors
Deadlines:
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The deadline for uploading full
paper file is June 23, 2008.
However, you will not be eligible for prize draw unless the file is
uploaded by June 15, 2008
(deadline for early bird registration for the conference)
·
The conference organizers would
much appreciate it if you could upload your presentation file (Powerpoint
2003 compatible or earlier version) by July
9, 2008. If this is not
possible, you may bring your file on a memory stick or CD to be loaded
and checked at the registration desk.
·
If
you include animations in your powerpoint presentation, you must tell us
and we need to receive and test your presentation file one week in
advance to ensure that it is compatible with the conference software
systems and try to make any required changes to accommodate your needs.
You
may obtain your paper number or poster number as follows:
Click on Program Papers and
Posters Abstracts
Student Presentation and Poster competitions criteria
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The student competition is open to all
students (undergraduate or graduate) in any program of study related to
engineering in agricultural, food, environmental or biological systems, and
to those who have graduated from such a program of study in the last 6
months.
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The participant must have indicated their wish
to participate in the competition to the organizing committee.
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The participant must have submitted their full
manuscript on or before June 23th, 2008.
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The participant must give an
oral presentation during one of the technical sessions at the CSBE 2008
conference in North Vancouver
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Poster presentations must be printed and
exhibited by the student at the AGM venue.
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The presentation and manuscript will both be
considered in judging, with greater emphasis placed on the presentation.
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Judging guidelines
for student competition
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The prizes for the best three entries will be
announced at the closing luncheon on Wednesday, 16th July, 2008.
For
further information contact:
Anthony Lau
Chemical and Biological Engineering Dept
The University of British Columbia
2360 East Mall, Room 247
Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z3
Phone: (604) 822-3476
Fax: (604)822-6003
Email: 
