Note: YOU CANNOT SUBMIT ABSTRACTS
TO THE FILM & TECHNOLOGY THEATER
Please submit your abstracts to the appropriate Section, SPIG or Caucus for peer review. Please see below for additional instructions.
The Film & Technology Theater is an environment for live presentations of information and computer technology applications for public health and for the showing of public health films and related audiovisuals. It is a fully equipped meeting room with Internet access, LCD projection capability, and theater-quality video projection and stereo audio.
The Film & Technology Theater is broken into two different sections. Morning sessions are devoted to scientific content; afternoon and evening sessions are devoted to the showing of films and other audiovisuals that make up the Film Festival.
Scientific Sessions
All abstracts for possible presentation in this environment should be submitted to the Section, SPIG or Caucus with members who would be most interested in the topic.The Section, SPIG or Caucus will peer review your You should also indicate when you write your abstract that you are technology dependent (require special technology not provided by APHA or access to the Internet) and wish to present in the Film and Technology Theater.
What does technology dependency mean to you as a speaker? You must need one or more of:
- a need to show a film, video, DVD and require special equipment to do so
- have a special application that requires demonstrating it interactively such as a database or GIS system or special software application (e.g., a nutrition program that helps people determine their daily intake of fat, calories, etc)
- demonstrating a Web site where the speaker needs to go online to demo it
It helps to think about the words: interactivity, Internet and real-time demonstrations, audio-visual, DVDs, films, when you are submitting your abstract
The abstracts will be reviewed by peer reviewers/content experts within the Section, SPIG, or Caucus you submit your abstract to. If enough technology dependent abstracts are accepted to fill one session, the Program Chair will schedule the session with the Film & Technology Theater Program Planner. If only a few abstracts are accepted by the Program Committee, the Film & Technology Theater Program Planner will combine the abstracts for a cosponsored Session. The Film & Technology Theater Program Planner will do her best to bring related talks together into one session, but this is not always possible.
Please note there are only a limited number of time slots that can be accommodated in the Technology Center. If your accepted abstract cannot be scheduled for presentation in the Technology Center, all costs for additional AV equipment will be the responsibility of the individual presenter. (Equipment costs listed below).
If you have specialized software that you would like to demonstrate, ask to be put in the Technology Theater. You may distribute freeware/shareware in the form of CDs for people to use at the annual meeting. Please let me know ahead of time if you need to load software. Similarly, if you have special equipment needs and are assigned to the Technology Theater, contact me as soon as you know so that I can ensure the equipment you need is available. I can be reached at this email address . If you have any questions, my preferred means of contact is by email, not by telephone.
Film Festival
If you have films you want to showcase during the Film Festival slots, please contact Laura Larsson with the following information:
- Name of film
- Producer
- Length
- Audience: American audience/topic or International Health audience/topic
- Brief Description of the Film
- Your name
- Your email address
Films will be peer reviewed by film and public health experts. Video/Film productions produced for US based audiences will be required to submit documentation of either a formative or summative evaluation of the project.
In the event that many submissions are made, only a portion of your film might be shown.
Note: At this time no prizes are offered for your film.
Equipment
The Film & Technology Theater provides access to the following equipment:
- recent model Windows-based PC (no Macs) running Windows XP with 2 USB ports
- CD/DVD player
- floppy disk drive
- Ethernet Connection (T1 line)
- VCR with output (sound and video) through overhead sound system
- sound mixer
- 4 port switch box for accommodating laptops
- Phone line (if requested in advance. This is an extra cost to you. It is not provided by APHA)
- speaker timer
- LCD Projector
Software loaded onto the computer includes:
- Adobe Reader (current version)
- Netscape 7.x browser
- MS Internet Explorer 6.x browser
- MS Office Suite including PowerPoint and Word
- Flash player (Macromedia)
- Quick Time player
- Real Player
- Windows Media Player
- Winzip (for unzipping files)
Scientific Sessions
All abstracts for possible presentation in this environment should be submitted to the Section, SPIG or Caucus with members who would be most interested in the topic.The Section, SPIG or Caucus will peer review your You should also indicate when you write your abstract that you are technology dependent (require special technology not provided by APHA or access to the Internet) and wish to present in the Film and Technology Theater.
What does technology dependency mean to you as a speaker? You must need one or more of:
- a need to show a film, video, DVD and require special equipment to do so
- have a special application that requires demonstrating it interactively such as a database or GIS system or special software application (e.g., a nutrition program that helps people determine their daily intake of fat, calories, etc)
- demonstrating a Web site where the speaker needs to go online to demo it
It helps to think about the words: interactivity, Internet and real-time demonstrations, audio-visual, DVDs
The abstracts will be reviewed by peer reviewers/content experts within the Section, SPIG, or Caucus you submit your abstract to. If enough technology dependent abstracts are accepted to fill one session, the Program Chair will schedule the session with the Film & Technology Theater Program Planner. If only a few abstracts are accepted by the Program Committee, the Film & Technology Theater Program Planner will combine the abstracts for a cosponsored Session. The Film & Technology Theater Program Planner will do her best to bring related talks together into one session, but this is not always possible.
Please note there are only a limited number of time slots that can be accommodated in the Technology Center. If your accepted abstract cannot be scheduled for presentation in the Technology Center, all costs for additional AV equipment will be the responsibility of the individual presenter.
If you have specialized software that you would like to demonstrate, ask to be put in the Technology Theater. You may distribute freeware/shareware in the form of CDs for people to use at the annual meeting. Please let me know ahead of time if you need to load software. Similarly, if you have special equipment needs and are assigned to the Technology Theater, contact me as soon as you know so that I can ensure the equipment you need is available. I can be reached at this email address . If you have any questions, my preferred means of contact is by email, not by telephone.
Just as a reminder, you cannot submit abstracts to the Film & Technology Theater. Send them to your Section, SPIG or Caucus for scientific review. Indicate that you wish to present in the Film & Technology Theater, however, if you wish to present there.
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