SFU WCPA 2006

Info for Speakers, Commentators, and Chairs

Thank you all for participating!

Chairs: Please read the info below, and ensure that the sessions start and end on time. (Give the speaker a five-minute warning, then a one-minute warning, and the commentator a two-minute warning, then a 30-second warning. Call time if you must!) You should facilitate the asking of questions, making a note of people in the order in which they raise their hands, and not letting any one exchange go on for too long. It is customary, but not strictly mandatory, for the speaker not to have an opportunity to respond to the commentator until after questions from the audience have been taken.

Speakers and Commentators: There will be overhead projectors in each room. You should already have heard if there is a DPU in your room. (If you are using a DPU, please bring your own laptop or make arrangements, as computers will not be supplied. Also, bring back-up transparencies; bulbs burn out, systems can be incompatible, etc..) Although the conference is being held at SFU, the setting is not the normal academic one (because it is at the downtown campus), so please try to bring enough photocopies, etc., with you. It may be difficult to print or to make photocopies on site.

Speakers: Keep your presentation under the 30-minute time limit. If you have revised your paper at all, get the new copy to your commentator in a timely manner. (Consult with him/her as to what ‘timely’ means.) If and when you receive the comments in advance, you are not to change your paper to avoid or deflect criticism. If you are talking, as opposed to reading, your paper, be sure to include the parts relevant to what the commentator has chosen to focus upon.

Commentators: Limit your remarks to between 5 and 10 minutes. Try to send the speaker your comments a couple of days before the conference, keeping in mind travel time for some speakers.

Chairs, Speakers, and Commentators: Have fun!

Updated: 2006/10/09