Guidelines Paper Presentations

There are three presentations during each 90 minute session. Plan to speak for just 15- 20 minutes to allow time for questions and discussion. We encourage you to talk about your work instead of reading a prepared speech. Even if you feel your English is not perfect, delegates will get more from an informal presentation than a talk that is read. Do not “read” your paper since everyone there has already read it; instead, talk about it.  If you do not feel comfortable speaking English, just say a few words about your work, show the slides, and ask for questions. The other delegates will help make your presentation effective.

 We have asked sessions chairs to ensure that one paper presentation does not intrude on another paper’s time.  The thirty minutes you have includes time for setting up and questions.  If you talk too long, there will be no time for questions and everyone will feel cheated.  So plan to speak for 15 minutes;

 All of the presentations rooms have a computer with standard Office software, a computer projector, and Internet access.  But, never trust the Internet to work and plan for the computer or projector might fail during your presentation.

 We suggest bringing your presentation on CD so it can be loaded quickly. Unless absolutely necessary, it is better not to use your own computer since the time to set up and switch systems will take away from your time to present.  

If you have any special requirements for your presentation, please let us know as soon as possible so we can see if they can be accommodated.

 Again and again, technology commonly fails at the most crucial moment, so have one or more backup plans for your presentation.

Please print your PowerPoint presentation with either 6 or 9 slides per page and make 35 copies to hand out during the presentation. This will help others take notes on your presentation.