Sessions and presentations

Presentation technology

A lap-top and beamer will be available in each room for presentations. Our default assumption is that you will use these for your PowerPoint presentation, which you can bring along on a USB memory device (risk averse individuals bring along at least two of these). To avoid the loss of time, hooking up of personal lap-tops is discouraged. Presenters are invited to the room 10 minutes prior to the start of the session, so that presentations can be copied onto the lap-top before the session starts. Please avoid the use of file names like eaere2009.ppt, as this may replace your colleagues' presentations. Our congress assistants will be happy to help in case of technical difficulties.

Duration

Generally, for parallel sessions with 4 papers, the average time available for each presentation, including discussants' and general discussion, is 26 minutes.

Chairs

Chairs are invited to come to the room 10 minutes prior to the start of the session. They introduce the session and the speakers, make sure that the time available is divided equally over the papers to be presented, and guide the discussion with the floor following the presentation. Although exceptions may occur, the chair is usually the same person as the presenter of the final paper in the session. The conference program identifies the chairs for individual sessions. In case the scheduled chair does not show up, the actual presenter of the session's final paper is expected to take over the role of chair.

Discussants

Discussants are expected to provide a brief discussion, focusing on more general issues and questions, leaving sufficient time for discussion with the floor. Any detailed comments can be passed on to the presenter after the session, possibly in written form. Although exceptions may occur, the discussant is usually the same person as the presenter of the next paper in the session; the presenter of the final paper is usually discussant of the first paper. The conference program shows for each session whether this principle indeed applies.