Please refer to the poster presentation guidelines. The space of the poster will be 40 inches high by 60 inches wide.  Most posters will be assigned to foam core sheets that we will provide; some posters may be assigned to free-standing cork board surfaces or cork-surfaced walls.  When you arrive, come to the registration desk on the first floor of the Campus Center. We will provide you with your registration materials, your poster location and push pins or doublestick tape to affix your poster element(s) to the surface. 

Poster presenters will receive a reduced registration rate of  $295 to attend the entire conference. You will be responsible for paying for your meals and any evening workshops you choose to attend, as well as arranging and paying for your own travel and lodging. Please register no later than September 10, 2010.  Poster Presenters who do not register by September 10,  will be removed from the final program. Click here for online registration. 

Please note the following deadlines:

·         Submit a one-paragraph biography by August 10, 2010 (no CV's please).  Presenter biographies will be posted online.  Please submit only the presenting author's biography.   

·         Resubmit your abstract by August 10, 2010, ONLY if you have made changes.  Otherwise the original abstract you submitted will be posted on our website (www.UMassSoils.com) and printed in the conference abstract book.  Please be sure to follow the Abstract Submission Guidelines if re-submitting. 

·         We encourage you to submit a manuscript for publication in the conference proceedings Contaminated Soils, Vol 16.  Manuscripts are due September 14, 2010.  The proceedings will be published mid-2011.  Please refer to the Manuscript Guidelines.  Selected manuscripts may be invited to also submit to the peer reviewed journal, the International Journal of Soil, Sediment and Water.

·         In addition, we encourage you to submit your manuscript to one of the following journals, to be considered for publication as a peer-reviewed article:

• Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal

• The International Journal of Phytoremediation

• Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

• Environmental Forensics: An International Journal

Please see the following webpage: http://www.aehsfoundation.org/Journals.aspx and go to ‘instructions for authors’ for submission instructions for each of these journals.

Questions should be addressed to Brenna Lockwood, 413-549-5170 or brenna@aehsfoundation.org.

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