Information for Speakers

Conference Rooms

All conference rooms are equipped with a notebook with USB ports, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and a projector. Note for presenters and discussants: please use these notebooks for your presentations and bring along your slides on a USB memory device. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the start of the session to upload your presentation to the notebook before the session starts.


Duration
To ensure the smooth proceeding of the Conference, please start and finish the sessions on time. Please note that each presenter has approximately 25 minutes for the presentation, the remaining time should be left for discussion. The chair and the speakers should agree on the precise timing and format of the discussion: that is whether it covers the session as a whole or comes following each paper.


Session Chairs

Chairs are invited to come to the room 10 minutes prior to the start of the session. They introduce the topic and the speakers, make sure that the time rules are followed and guide the general discussion following the presentation. They should also coordinate with the speakers and agree on the form and precise timing of the discussion. The conference programme identifies the chairs for each session: in case the scheduled chair does not show up, the presenter of the session’s last paper is expected to take over the role of the chair.