AM Online: Streaming Science of Entomological Presentations
A New Way to Appreciate the ESA Annual Meeting
Scientific sessions at
ESA’s Annual Meeting again will be recorded and freely available to all
registered attendees on the Internet after the meeting concludes. Posters will
be included in AM Online and a special area for feedback
from viewers will be part of each presentation.
First introduced by ESA at the 2004 meeting, AM Online offers online streaming
media of the full text, audio, and static PowerPoint slides or poster text.
Poster presenters may submit PDFs, PowerPoint slides, and .jpg and .gif uploads.
A site will be available prior to the Meeting for all presenters to upload their
presentations. Attendees can view a presentation they missed or get a second
look at a particularly interesting one. The streaming format means that text
files and photos are secure, protecting the integrity and format of the
presenter's work.
The presenter’s permission is the only restriction as to what will be available
in AM Online each year. This new technology will capture every screen in an oral
PowerPoint presentation (or every text/graphics page in a poster), and will be
synchronized with the presenter’s voice and mouse pointing activity for oral
presentations. When the oral presentation is loaded into a file manager system,
the presenter will be asked for permission to be recorded. After the meeting,
all attendees will be sent instructions for logging into the site and will be
able to view the presentations and offer feedback where they feel it is
appropriate.
This service is free for all ESA members. Non-ESA members can purchase access by
emailing
subs@entsoc.org or calling 410-263-3622.
Your Login Information:
2008: The 2007 AM Online site from the meeting in
Reno is now open. You'll need your ID number and last name.
Click here
to access the 2008 files.
2007: The 2007 AM Online site from the meeting in
San Diego is now open. You'll need your ID number and last name.
Click here
to access the 2007 files.
2006: The 2006 AM Online site from the meeting in
Indianapolis is open. You'll need your ID number and last name.
Click here
to access the 2006 files.
2005: The 2005 AM Online site from the meeting in
Fort Lauderdale is open. You'll need your ID number and last name.
Click here to access the 2005 files.
2004: The 2004 AM Online site from the meeting in
Salt Lake City is open. You'll need your ID number and last name.
Click here to log in to access the 2004 files.
What is Included?
All presenters at the meeting are asked if they would like to
participate in AM Online. If they agree, at the beginning of their presentation
the recording begins. It captures audio of the speaker's voice, video of the
PowerPoint slides (though not the slides themselves), and the movements of the
mouse. The overall effect is similar to sitting and watching the screen during
the presentation. The presentations are viewed using QuickTime technology. About
half of the presentations from the 2004 meeting were included, and nearly two-thirds of the 2005 presentations
are included.
Click here to see a
demonstration of AM Online with a recording from the 2004
Annual Meeting.
Click here to see a
listing of the
presentations that were made at the 2005 Annual Meeting.
Click here for a PDF of the
press release about the launch of AM Online.
This service is free for all ESA members. Non-ESA members
can purchase access by emailing
subs@entsoc.org or calling 410-263-3622.
