IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
& MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE
21ST SYMPOSIUM ON ROOM-TEMPERATURE
SEMICONDUCTOR X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS
Washington State Convention Center • Seattle, WA USA • 8-15 November 2014

The 2014 NSS/MIC Conference App

Use the app to create a personalized schedule, meet new colleagues and exhibitors, and navigate the conference in a whole new way!

The 2014 NSS/MIC Conference app has been designed to replace the traditional Program Booklet, the Abstract collection, the Exhibitor Guide, and to give you new ways of enjoying the Conference.

You can browse through the (constantly up-to-date) program and all the events taking place during the Conference (sessions, talks, excursions, short courses, refresher courses, exhibitors’ sessions...). You can also create your own personalized schedule, take notes, find your way through the convention center and locate a poster, an exhibitor, and a session room. You can contact other attendees or exhibitors, exchange your contact information, download documentation, and always have the latest content. Using the application is easy but, in case you have a doubt or a question, here you will find a number of hints and how-to advice to improve your experience with the app. This help is currently available for Android devices. Other devices will be available soon.

Please note that, while the main program is available in the app, some other information could still be missing. We will add all the missing information as soon as they are available.

The app is available for Android, iOs, Windows Phone, Blackberry, and it is available as a web interface.

Just look in the corresponding “app store” for your device for “2014 IEEE NSS MIC” or go to this page to download the app or get access to the web interface.

Enjoy!

 

How-To, for Android, iPhone and iPad.

How wonderful does this app look ?

For Android, here the three main screens of the app:

On an iPhone the app has the same general appearance of the Andriod version. The iPad version has the main screen options in a tool bar on the left side that is always active.

Where do I find the general conference information that was in (the first part of) the Program Booklet?

Go to the “General Info” tab from the home page and browse through the different chapters.

How to view the program?

The main tab for the Program is “Schedule” . There you can view the entire program schedule. The schedule also includes Excursions and Short Courses. You can choose a particular “Track” (NSS, MIC, Refresher Courses…) or view the Full Schedule.

The program is arranged by day and time. You can browse thought he program or search a particular session or talk.

How to view session content?

Go to Schedule. Choose your “Track” (NSS, MIC …) or click on “Full Schedule”. The sessions are listed by day. If you do not know the day, you can search on any word in the session title (beware: the Search function also searches talk titles).

When displaying the desired session, click on the “Talks” tab.

How to view an abstract?

Once you have found the “talk” you are interested in, click the “Details” tab to display the abstract for that talk. Beware: even the posters are tagged as “talks”.

How to find a talk or poster knowing the author’s name?

Go to the “Authors” tab . Search for the name of interest or scroll through the list. Click on the author’s name – the list of related talks appears. Click on the one in which you are interested.

Note: Due to the way the author list is entered during abstract submission, you may find an author name listed more than once. Browse through them to find the desired talk.

How to add/remove an event in My Schedule?

You can add any event in your schedule – sessions, talks, refresher courses, short courses, excursions, industrial sessions ... To do this, view the details of the event. The “+” sign at the upper right corner is a toggle to add/remove the event from your personalized schedule.). (on the iPad, click the dialog box button for add to My schedule).

Also on the iPad, when you have overlapping windows, you can remove the window in the front by swiping to the right in the window.

How to view my schedule?

Go to the home page and click on the “My Schedule” tab

I do not see “posters” in the app – where are they?

Well, posters are categorized as “Talks” in the app. It is the session name that will indicate that it is indeed a poster session. Go to the “Talks” in the desired session and … there they are!

How to find a particular poster (the poster room is big!)?

Once you have found the “talk” corresponding to the poster you are interested in, you will see a locator icon on the upper right corner. Click on it, and the poster room map will appear with the locator pointing to the requested poster.

The iPad has the same icon as shown in the iPhone app below for locating papers/posters/exhibitors on the map.

How to find an exhibitor?

Go to the “Exhibitors” tab . Search for the exhibitor in which you are interested. You will find pointers to their web site, an email contact, and a telephone number. You can locate their booth in the exhibition by clicking on the “locator” icon. This will open a map of the exhibit with a locator symbol on the corresponding booth.

How to take notes (and what to do with them)?

You can either add general notes or you can add notes to an event like a talk or a session.

In the upper right corner of the event details is an icon that you can use to add notes.

Click it once, and, for Android, on the following screen, click it again (sigh!, perfection is still far away…). Now you can write.

You can mail your notes to yourself or to any other recipient by clicking on the “mail” symbol in the “My Notes” tab

How to find the detail for an excursion?

Go to “Schedule”, and then choose the “Excursion” track. The Excursions are displayed by day.

How to contact a fellow attendee?

Go to the “Attendees” tab. Search for the name you are looking for or scroll through the list. Click on the attendee’s name. Depending on the attendee’s own settings, you could see:

  • “Send a Message” (with green background): click to send a message through the built-in messaging system (if the button has a grey background, the messaging option has been deactivated by this attendee).
  • The attendee’s email address: click to send an email using your favorite email client.
  • The attendee’s telephone number: call…
How to see messages that other attendees (or the organizers) sent me?

Go to the “Messaging” tab. If a circle with a number appears, it means that you have unread messages. Lick on the tab to read your messages.

How to sign in to visualize the protected content of the app?

Most of the content in the app is open, with no need of signing in. Other parts and functionalities are protected, like the attendee list, surveys, and messaging. You will receive a username and password when you register for the Conference. You can sign in either when you try to access the protected content. Alternatively: for Android, go to the home screen, click on the “option” button of your device and choose “My Profile” to sign in; for iPhone or iPad, click on the icon as shown here.

How to change my settings?

For Android, go to the home screen, click on the “option” button of your device and choose “My Profile”. For iPhone or iPad, click on the icon as shown here.

There you can decide if other attendees can send you messages through the application and if your email and/or your telephone number will be displayed in your listing. By default, you are allowed to receive messages, but your email and telephone number are hidden.

How to sign out?

Go to the home screen, click on the “options” button of your device, and choose “My Profile”.

There you can decide if other attendees can send you messages through the application and if your email and/or your telephone number will be displayed in your listing. By default, you are allowed to receive messages, but your email and telephone number are hidden.

How to return to the home page?

The Home icon is located on the upper left corner of each page of the application.

How to refresh the content of the application?

The application should look for new content when it starts. If you need to manually refresh the content: on Android, go to the home screen, click on the ”Options” button of your device, and choose “Refresh”; oFor iPhone or iPad, click on the refresh icon as shown here.

How to add/remove an exhibitor to “My Exhibitors”?

Go to the exhibitor’s details, and click on the “+” sign on the upper right corner to add it to your list, or click on the “-” sign to remove it.

I do not find “My Note” or “Surveys” … where are they?

The app has 3 main screens that you can access by scrolling (or “swiping”) through the pages.