By July 15
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Welcome to the Information Session Presenter Support Page
We are glad to have you participate in this year's conference, and we will make every effort to assist you in making your presentation a success.
General Information for Information Session Presenters
Information Session dates:
Thursday, August 7 or Friday, August 8, 2008
Information Session format:
Concurrent Information Sessions offer presenters the opportunity to present a topic and discuss its relevance and applicability. Each session runs 45 minutes in length with the final 10 minutes devoted to discussion and questions. Ten tracks of concurrent Information Sessions are scheduled for Thursday and eight tracks on Friday.
Session handout:
We require that each Information Session provide a handout for attendees to their presentation. We also request a copy to include in our Web Resource Library.
- Create handout (some presenters use their PPT slides as their handout, others create a complementary handout to go along with their presentation)
- OPTIONAL: Email handout(s) to Conference Drop Box (distel2@education.wisc.edu) by July 15. In SUBJECT LINE, please write InfoSession_(insert presenter’s last name); Example: InfoSession_Peterson.
- Bring 70 copies of handout to conference. Conference staff will NOT make extra copies for session. If there are extra handouts, they may be set on our resource tables. If you run out of handouts, please inform participants how to get copy from you after the conference.
Registration:
- Up to two presenters per Information Session will receive a discount of $150 off the standard registration fee.
- No other conference discount may be applied.
- All presenters and co-presenters must register for the conference by June 1 and actively participate in the presentation.
- Online registration starts in May, so we will send a reminder at that time with a link and instructions to register.
Standard room and audiovisual set-up:
- Theater-style room set-up
- Audiovisual provided by conference:
- LCD data/video projector and screen
- Wired lavaliere microphone
- Podium with microphone
- Presenter's table with chairs
- Ethernet connection for the Internet
- Room facilitator will assist and monitor each room.
- Technicians will be available to troubleshoot equipment problems.
- Presenters must provide their own computers.
Conference Contact
Kimary Peterson
Conference Manager
608-265-4159
Fax: 608-265-7848
