The abstracts of lectures and posters should be submitted by March 15, 2009. 

Please use the LaTeX2e format below, and avoid any special macros. 

The length of the abstract should not exceed  one half A4 page. 

Please keep mathematical formulas to a minimum, and do not use  references 

unless absolutely necessary. Please make the abstract accessible to a wide 

audience by avoiding excessive use of technical details.

Please send your TeX file by e-mail to kaptan@fen.bilkent.edu.tr

and attach also a PDF file. 

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\parskip4pt plus2pt minus2pt
\renewcommand{\title}[1]{\begin{center}\textbf{\large #1}\end{center}}
\newcommand{\speaker}[3]{\begin{center}by\\
\bigskip\textsc{#1}\\
\textrm{#2}\\
\texttt{#3}
\end{center}}
\renewenvironment{abstract}{\noindent}{}
\newcommand{\joint}[1]{\medskip\noindent{Joint work with #1}}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

\begin{document}

\title{Sample Presentation} % Title of presentation

\speaker{Sample A. Speaker} % Speaker's name
{Sample University} % Speaker's university
{speaker@university}

\begin{abstract} % Text of abstract

Sample abstract, more sample abstract, further sample abstract, another
sample abstract, also sample abstract, still sample abstract.

\end{abstract}

\joint{Other A. Author and More A. Writer} % If there are authors for the
% presentation other than the speaker; remove this line if the speaker is the
% only author.

\end{document}

You can download the template also here: abstract.tex