Interface™ Speaker’s Guide

Purpose

To provide you with a concise summary of how best to succeed when you give your presentation at Interface™.

The Proceedings

The proceedings will be available on CD ROM at the conference. Please email your completed manuscript 2 weeks prior to the conference to interface@fujifilm-ffem.com to ensure inclusion in the Proceedings.

The Presentation

Logistics of Your Presentation

Email your presentation (5mb max per email), to us at interface@fujifilm-ffem.com or mail your PC Compatible 3.5" - 1.44 MB (high density) diskettes, CD, or Zip 100 Disk using Microsoft PowerPoint via regular mail to:

Interface Conference Coordinator
FUJIFILM Electronic Materials
80 Circuit Drive
North Kingstown, RI 02852

In addition
Bring a copy of your presentation to Interface™ on PC Compatible 3.5" - 1.44 MB (high density) diskettes, CD, or Zip 100 Disk using Microsoft PowerPoint. We will have a room set up as our Speaker Ready Room and we will have A/V personnel on site from 12:00 Noon until 6:00PM on the Sunday prior to the conference. This meeting will allow you to ask all the questions you may have about presenting your paper. In the meantime, here are some vital points to remember:

  • Your total presentation time is 30 minutes. Since there are usually questions, please plan to spend 25 minutes presenting your paper.
  • Since the conference is scheduled tightly, please keep to your allotted time. Each speaker will have time at the end of the day they speak to answer questions and talk with the attendees during our Author's Corner. This is time set aside at the end of the day for more detailed discussions.
  • We are here to help you. If you have questions or need help, please call and ask.
  • All Presentations are done with PowerPoint Software

Please bring a copy of your presentation to Interface regardless of whether you have previously sent your presentation to us. FUJIFILM Electronic materials will return your disc at the end of the Conference if requested.

Here are some useful tips to remember about presentation:

  1. Please bring a back-up (duplicate) copy of your presentation.
  2. Light colored letters or diagrams on a darker color background are most effective.
  3. Stay away from using dark reds, magenta, or dark blue for letters or figures. They are hard to see from a distance.
  4. The bigger you can make the text and graphics, the better. One of the most common criticisms we receive about the presentations is that the audience had trouble seeing the details. The back of the auditorium could be 90 feet away from your presentation, so plan accordingly.
  5. Make each graphic simple and easy to understand. Don't put too much on each one. Four to six lines of text is a good guideline. If you are wondering if you have too much on each page, you probably do. Make another one.
  6. Please DO NOT make changes to your presentation after you submit your final manuscript. Attendees will be following along in their copy of the Proceedings and will expect the most up-to-date information.
  7. Your presentation will be projected on a large screen (often 9' x 12') in front of an audience usually of approximately 200 people. You will have a microphone attached to you, a light or laser pointer, and a means to advance your presentation.
  8. Since many attendees will have a chance to at least review your work in The Proceedings before you talk, and they will have all text and graphics available during and after your talk, your presentation should be a summary of your work.

Here are some tips and techniques to make your talk go smoothly:

  1. Please practice before arriving at the conference site. Good information presented poorly often is judged as less than good information.
  2. Remember that speaking time is 25 minutes. Plan accordingly. Questions will use the remaining 5 minutes.
  3. Don't just read your speech; talk to your audience.
  4. For emphasis, start and end with your conclusions. "Tell what you are going to tell them, tell them what you want to tell them, then tell them what you told them."
  5. Relax. In 41 years of Interface™, we haven't lost a speaker yet.