Student Symposium
Information for Presenters
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.
Submit your proposals online here. To submit your proposal for the 2012 Student Symposium please complete this submission form. You will be asked to submit an abstract (at most 100 words) that has been approved by your faculty sponsor.
If you cannot complete the entire form in this session, you may save your responses and complete the survey at a later time. However, you *must* use the same computer you are currently working on to retrieve your saved form.
Technology Requests
If you have any special audio-visual/information 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 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 comes to 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. Location for the 2012 Poster sessions will be forthcoming.
4. The moderator of your poster session will supply each presentation with one poster board (black foam board) and an easel and long pins with which you can mount your posters. The moderator will be there 30 minutes prior to the poster session.
5. 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 minutes: plan a 15-minute talk + 5 minutes for questions. Some panel sessions are scheduled for longer: please allow 5-10 min for questions. Please be sure to keep within these times.
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 to the moderator assigned to your session (wait until the current panel ends). You can tell him or her how to pronounce your name and provide any special information that you’d 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 they will mediate the discussion after presentations. Moderators will not allow talks to run overtime.
Important advice: You should be thoroughly prepared to present your talk if technology fails. Bring your notes/critical handouts that you may need if PowerPoint fails. Technology is NOT foolproof, even if you take all the precautions indicated above.
For all other questions regarding the Symposium Schedule, contact Professor James Marquardt ,Professor Janet McCracken or Harriet Doud
