Information for Speakers

General Information

  1. Please check the session schedule on the web to see on which day and at what time you are presenting your contribution.
  2. Total duration of each contribution is 20 minutes. This includes the time available for presentation (15 minutes) and questions from the audience (5 minutes).
  3. An LCD projector (with D-Sub 15 cables), a screen, and a laser pointer will be available in all the conference rooms for lecture presentations. Neither 35 mm slide / overhead projectors, nor VHS videotape player will be available. If you could not bring your laptop, or want to use overhead projectors, please contact to NOLTA 2009 general secretary no later than 9th October 2009.
  4. Speakers should arrive in their session room 10 minutes before the start of the session in order to ckeck your laptop connection to the LCD projector, and to contact with the chairperson. An audio-visual assistant will also be available.
  5. Mac users are requisted to bring a VGA interface adapter.
  6. The local meeting organizers and conference site are not responsible for the operation or safe keeping of computer-related equipment belonging to participants.

Preparation of Visuals

  1. Limit the number of words per visual to no more than 20.
  2. Leave space, at least the height of a capital letter, between lines of text.
  3. All fonts, including those on graphs, should be 18 point or larger.
  4. Graphs and charts should have bold lines and symbols that contrast sharply with the background.
  5. Your presentation time is about 15 minutes, leaving about 5 minutes for questions from the audience.
  6. A reasonable presentation time for each visual is about 1-2 minutes, as any shorter interval will make it difficult for the audience to understand.
  7. Do not waste visuals where they are not needed. Use them where a picture, chart, diagram, or cartoon will help. Tables of figures are hard to read and understand quickly, use pie charts or column graphs instead.
  8. If it takes longer than 10 seconds to comprehend a visual, then there's too much material in it. Do not put anything on the visual if you don't need it. Tell what each visual is all about, but do not read from it. Keep it on the screen, as long as your talk refers to it.