You play a critical role in organizing your session, starting and ending your session on schedule, and making the most of your session for attendees at IFD&TC. Thank You!

Set up a conference call with all presenters or panelists to go over session details, set the order of speakers and review Session Focus and what’s included on the IFD&TC Program about your session to be sure it’s accurate. Please send changes to Kevin no later than April 15.

• Review the presenter’s topic(s), and length of presentation.
• Encourage limiting number of slides to the number that easily fits in time allotted.
• Establish a deadline and mechanism for receipt of each presentation BEFORE the conference.
• Request information useful for making introductions from each presenter or panelist.
• Upload a copy of each presentation for the IFD&TC organizers (details will be sent later).

• Start your session on schedule, end your session on schedule, and keep the session on schedule.
• Set any ground rules at the beginning, such as whether Q&A will come after each presentation or saved until the end.
• For Roundtables, be sure everyone gets a chance to introduce themselves and talk.
• Briefly introduce the topic for your session and each of the presenters.
• Control questions from the audience, especially if one person tries to dominate the questioning.
• If appropriate, summarize key points at the end of the session and weave together any similarities of presentations.