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Lecture Presentation Details
PRESENTATION TIME: Presentation time is
critical; each paper is allocated 15 minutes for
lecture sessions. We recommend that presentation
of your slides should take about 12 minutes,
leaving 2-3 minutes for introduction, summary,
and questions from the audience. To achieve
appropriate timing, organize your slides or
viewgraphs around the points you intend to make,
using no more than one slide per minute. A
reasonable strategy is to allocate about 2
minutes per slide when there are equations or
important key points to make, and one minute per
slide when the content is less complex. Slides
attract and hold attention, and reinforce what
you say - provided you keep them simple and easy
to read. Plan on covering at most 6 points per
slide, covered by 6 to 12 spoken sentences and
no more than about two spoken minutes.
Be
prepared to begin your presentation as soon as
the prior presenter has finished; it is
important to keep on schedule. You should meet
with your session chair during the break
immediately prior to your session. Meet inside
or near the door of the presentation room. If
the room is not being used, this will give you a
chance to test any presentation equipment you
will be using. Copying your files to the
computer before the session will also save you
some time during your presentation.
ORGANIZATION OF IDEAS: Make sure each of
your key points is easy to explain with aid of
the material on your slides. Do not read
directly from the slide during your
presentation. You shouldn't need to prepare a
written speech, although it is often a good idea
to prepare the opening and closing sentences in
advance. It is very important that you rehearse
your presentation in front of an audience before
you give your presentation at SSIAI. Surrogate
presenters must be sufficiently familiar with
the material being presented to answer detailed
questions from the audience. In addition, the
surrogate presenter must contact the Session
Chair in advance of the presenter's session.
EQUIPMENT PROVIDED: A computer-driven
slideshow for use with a data projector is
recommended for your talk at SSIAI. The
presentation room will be equipped with a
computer, a data projector, a microphone, a
lectern, and a pointing device. If any other
audio or video equipment is required,
arrangements must be made by the presenter
either directly with the hotel, or some other
vendor, or the presenter should bring their own
equipment.
Each computer will have a recent version of the
Windows OS installed, a CD-ROM drive, as well as
PowerPoint and Acrobat Reader software. Remember
to embed all your fonts into your presentation,
if you are using any special font or plug-in
such as MathType.
Please, pay attention to the following critical
points:
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There WILL NOT be an overhead projector in
the room.
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Make sure your presentation does not run
into a problem on Windows XP platform, if
you are a MAC or Linux user.
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If
you will be playing video or animated media,
make sure it runs on Windows Media Player.
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Embed all the fonts in your presentation.
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When preparing your slides, make sure that
the entire audience will be able to see your
presentation.
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