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Presenter Information
Please read these instructions carefully so that the Symposium can truly reflect the excellence of your work. The time and location of your presentation can be found on the Schedule of Events page. Technology Requests: If you have any technology needs that you have not already informed us about, contact Karen Blocker. To avoid technology-based difficulties, please practice with your presentation technology before the symposium. You will have access to the venues in the week prior to the Symposium by making an appointment with Karen.
Poster Presenters
1. Prepare posters that can fit a 4 ft X 4 ft poster space. Make sure you include in your poster your presentation title, name, and department. You are also encouraged to include your abstract, as not everyone who views your poster will have read it in the program.
2. We strongly encourage you to practice your poster presentation at least once with your faculty sponsor, and preferably also in front of your friends and peers. Your presentation should take 3-5 minutes. Remember: to be an effective presenter, you must be able to explain your work to a student peer or faculty member outside your discipline.
3. Poster sessions will be held in Mohr Hallway.
4. We will supply each presentation with one poster board (black foam board) and an easel. We will also provide long pins with which you can mount your posters. These supplies will be provided to you by the moderator of your respective poster session who will be there 30 minutes prior to the poster session.
Morning Poster Session Moderator:
Afternoon Poster Session Moderator:
Please put up your poster between 9:30 -10:00am for the morning poster session and between 12:40 -1:10pm for the afternoon poster session. Morning posters must be removed by 12:30pm and all pins returned to the moderator. You must be at your poster for the entire session. For group posters, please arrange for at least one presenter to be present at all times.
Oral Presenters
1. Length of Talk: Almost all individual presentations are scheduled for 20 min: plan a 15-minute talk + 5 minutes for questions. Some panel sessions are scheduled for longer than 20 minutes: please allow 5-10 minutes for questions. Please be sure to keep within these time periods.
2. To be an effective presenter, you must be able to explain your work to a student peer and faculty member outside of your discipline. We expect you to practice your talk several times, with your faculty sponsor, friends and peers, and on your own. How much practice is enough? When you are starting to bore yourself, you are almost there. Then practice a couple more times shortly before your presentation. If you can get away from prepared text and notes, so much the better!
3. On Symposium day, come at least 15 minutes prior to your panel - even if another panel is taking place in that venue. Identify yourself (wait until the current panel ends) to the moderator assigned to your session. You can tell him or her how to pronounce your name and provide any special information that you would like included in your introduction.
4. The moderator will open and close the panel and will introduce each presenter. Moderators are responsible for keeping the panel on time, and therefore keeping you on time, and they will mediate the discussion after presentations. Moderators will not allow talks to run over the allotted time.
Important advice: You should be thoroughly prepared to present your talk if technology fails. Bring any notes/critical handouts that you may need if PowerPoint fails. Technology is NOT foolproof, even if you take all the precautions we have indicated above.