Speaker Information

LIST OF SPEAKERS (to be posted)

http://www.talonent.com/event-claws/2014/10/26/presenters-guide-to-av/

COPIES:

As a going green effort, we highly encourage you to send your presentation in advance for posting. Conferees will then be able to download your presentation in advance of the conference. It will also be posted after the conference. If you would like to distribute copies of your presentation at the conference, you are responsible for copying.

SESSION OVERVIEWS:

Please send your session overviews via email to and identify what session number your presentation is as assigned on the matrix (link).

PRE-COLLECTION:

As in years past, we would like to collect all PowerPoint presentations by April 13, 2015 to post on the conference website for attendees to download and bring to the conference. Please send your presentation via email to anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu and identity what session number your presentation is as assigned on the matrix.

PRESENTATIONS:

All presentations will be collected ON SITE in the Speaker Ready Room, (room TBD) prior to your presentation. All presentations will then be placed on the conference website as PDFs following the event.

We ask that presentations be developed in PowerPoint or a compatible version. If you have embedded video please make sure to bring the video files as well as your PowerPoint file as they are needed for your presentation to play correctly. We recommend you avoid using unusual fonts as they may not appear correctly.

SPEAKER READY ROOM:

Speakers will be required to report to the technical support staff in the Speaker Ready Room at least 3 hours prior to the start of their presentation with their PowerPoint presentations. The Speaker Ready Room will also be equipped with workstations for you to edit your presentation if needed.

SESSION ROOMS:

All presentation rooms will be equipped with a PC with the Windows 8, along with an LCD video projector, Internet connection, audio for the computer, screen, wireless lavalier microphone, and wireless mouse, podium and microphone.

RECOMMENDATIONS AND CAUTIONS:

You will not be able to use your personal computer during your presentation; however you can bring it to the Speaker Ready Room if you need assistance copying your PowerPoint presentation Flash Drive. When you arrive at a presentation space your presentation will be loaded on the computer in the room.

If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to ask either in advance or during the event in the Speaker Ready Room.

SHIPPING MATERIALS TO THE CONFERENCE SITE:

Please ship your packages to arrive no earlier than one week before the conference begins.

Any materials being sent must be marked as follows:

Hold for Arrival – Attn: Attendee or Organization’s Name
Complete Return Address
Conference Name and Dates (NERAOC May3-6, 2014)
Number of Boxes (Example: Box 1 of 2 and Box 2 of 2)
Address Package to x

Any materials being sent to Conference Planning Services should be shipped to:

Presentation Posted on Conference Website:

The conference Steering Committee would like to post all PowerPoint files on the conference website after the event. If you do not want your file to be posted on the conference website, return to the Speaker Ready Room after your session and ask that the file be removed from the list of conference files.