There will be over 120 presentations at MCQMC 2000. These instructions are designed to help you communicate your new results.

• Watch your time. In order for the conference to run smoothly all speakers must strictly adhere to the schedule. Plenary talks are 50 minutes plus 5 minutes for discussion. Special session talks are 25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for discussion. Contributed talks are 17 minutes plus 3 minutes for discussion. Plan what you have to say so that it fits the allotted time.
• Don't get bogged down in the details. Given the short time allowed for most talks, it is not possible to give full details of your work. Rather you should try to explain clearly your main results and their significance. Those who want to know more will approach you afterwards to discuss your work.
• Cater to the diversity of the audience. The participants at MCQMC 2000 come from a wide variety of backgrounds, including mathematics, computer science, statistics, finance, and physics. Many in the audience may not be familiar with the subject of your talk, so provide sufficient background for them.
• Theory and practice are both important. This conference includes both theory and practice. Talks on theoretical aspects should include remarks on how the results can aid practitioners. Talks on applications should highlight unresolved theoretical questions that have arisen.
• Make sure that the audience can see. The lecture halls where the conference is being held can accommodate more than 100 people. Prepare your transparencies, slides or computer demonstrations so that they can be read from a distance of 15 meters away.
• What equipment do you need? Each lecture hall will be equipped with two overhead projectors, a projector for displaying computer output, and a whiteboard. If you have any special requests for audio-visual equipment, please let us know in advance.
• Are you giving a poster presentation? The poster session will be held, 10:50am - 11:50am, on Wednesday, November 29. Please put up your poster on Wednesday morning, 8:30am - 9:00am. Posters should be taken down on Thursday morning, November 30. The area available for each poster is 4 × 3 = 12 portrait-oriented A4 pages.
• Conference CD-ROM A CD-ROM will be prepared with a softcopy of the conference program, abstracts, list of participants, and style files for the proceedings. We can also include pdf files of preprints or slides of your talk. These files must be received by the end of Monday, November 27. To submit such files either ftp to
  ftp://ftp.math.hkbu.edu.hk/pub/incoming/MCQMC2000 or give us a floppy disk.