function validateForm(form) {

	if (form.contact.value == "") {

		alert("Please enter a contact name")

		form.contact.focus()

		return false

	}

	

	if (form.telephone.value == "") {

		alert("Please enter a telephone number")

		form.telephone.focus()

		return false

	}

	

	Ctrl = form.email;

	if (Ctrl.value.indexOf ('@', 0) == -1){

		alert("Please enter a valid email address");

		form.email.focus()

		return false;

	}

		

	

return true

}

function validateSpeaker(form) {

	if (form.speaker_name.value == "") {

		alert("Please enter a contact name")

		form.speaker_name.focus()

		return false

	}



	if (form.sessions.value == "") {

		alert("Please enter the session at which you would like to present a paper")

		form.sessions.focus()

		return false

	}

    if (form.paper_title.value == "") {

		alert("Please the title of your paper")

		form.paper_title.focus()

		return false

	}



	Ctrl = form.email;

	if (Ctrl.value.indexOf ('@', 0) == -1){

		alert("Please enter a valid email address");

		form.email.focus()

		return false;

	}

    if (form.abstract.value == "") {

		alert("Please enter your abstract")

		form.abstract.focus()

		return false

	}





return true

}