The 29th PEMS Annual Convention will be held on 21 November 2009 (Saturday), 8 am - 5 pm , at the CS Auditorium, CSLAB, Velasquez St., University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Lectures will be held in the morning and a workshop (30 slots only) is scheduled in the afternoon. Participation in the workshop is on a first-come first-serve basis. The theme of the convention is "Genes in the Environment". Please check out the PEMS Newsletter October 2009 issue for more details. You may also send an e-mail to philemsoc@yahoo.com for inquiries.

Registration will start at 7:30 AM on 21 November 2009. Convention fee is PhP 400 for members (lecture only), PhP 600 for members (lecture and workshop), PhP 500 for non-members (lecture only), PhP 750 for non-members (lecture and workshop) and PhP 250 for students who pre-register (lecture only). For students who register on-site, the fee is PhP 300 for lecture only and PhP 450 (lecture and workshop). Students must present ID. The fee is inclusive of AM snacks and lunch for those participating in the lecture only while those participating in the workshop will have PM snacks.

 
Poster Guidelines --
(Adapted from the guideline for poster presentation of the UPJ SPACE
    http://www.pitt.edu/~etbell/upj-space/PosterGuide.htm )

General Aim and Format
 

A poster is a graphically based approach to presenting research. In presenting your research with a poster, you should aim to use the poster as a means for generating active discussion of the research.

It is suggested that the text is limited to about one-fourth of the poster space, and use "visuals" (graphs, photographs, schematics, maps, etc.) to tell your "story."

 

Design and Layout Specifications
 

The entire poster must be mounted on a 40" x 50" board. The suggested poster size is 80 cm x 100 cm.

The board must be oriented in the "portrait" position (long dimension is vertical)

 

Lettering
 

Text should be readable from five feet away.

 

Visuals
 

Present numerical data in the form of graphs, rather than tables (graphs make trends in the data much more evident). If data must be presented in table-form, KEEP IT SIMPLE.

Visuals should be simple and bold. Leave out or remove any unnecessary details.

Make sure that any visual can "stand alone" (i. e., graph axes are properly labeled, maps have north arrows and distance scales, symbols are explained, etc.).

Make sure that the text and the visuals are integrated. Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which the are first mentioned in the text.

Each visual should have a brief title (for example: Figure 1- Location of study area).

 

Text
 

Keep the text brief. It is suggested that blocks of text should not exceed three paragraphs

The current PEMS Board of Directors are on a holdover capacity due to failure of elections held in Decrembe 2008. The Secretary of the Society, Dr. Irene M. Villaseñor, is again making a call for nominations. There are ten seats in the Board of Directors. All regular and life members of the Society who are in good standing may be nominated. The list of life members and regular members are posted at the PEMS website: http://www.PhilEMS.org. Please make your nominations by e-mail or by mail.

Through e-mail  :   Secretary     ivillase@yahoo.com
 
                                  PEMS    philemsoc@yahoo.com

Through mail addressed to :
                                                     Dr. Irene M. Villaseñor
                                                     Institute of Chemistry, UP Diliman, QC 1101