Instructions for Speakers

Final presentations will be posted on the website (linked from the Agenda). Please provide your presentation as a PPT and/or PDF either on a CD or in a separate folder on your laptop (containing just that talk and associated files) so that we can easily load it to a thumbdrive or CD. Presentations will be collected during the breaks FOLLOWING each session, so we can be sure last minute changes are incorporated. Of course you are welcome to give us a copy whenever you have finalized your presentation. Please note that all presentations will be recorded for later posting on the netcast archive, and that by registering for the conference you have agreed to this. (If this is an issue for you, please contact the OC member who invited you or the conference staff ASAP)

Lengths of presentations

Featured presentations are 40 minutes each with an extra 5 minutes allowed for questions. Other invited talks have 25 minutes each, also with 5 additional minutes allowed for questions. The entire schedule is tight--please plan accordingly.

A/V Preparation

Although we will be expecting speakers to bring their own notebooks to plug in to the projector, we will also provide a notebook to play presentations brought on CDs. AV staff will be available for speakers who want to show up early (or during break times) to hook up and verify equipment operation. Mac users might want to bring proper adaptors for compatibility with the projector.