Timeline for Offer to chair a session - how should I decide whether to accept?
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| Aug 14, 2017 at 4:50 | comment | added | Andreas Blass | The need to cut off a speaker who talks too long seldom arises, but when it does, it is (in my opinion) the must unpleasant task of the chair. This is especially the case when the offending speaker is giving a really bad talk and most of the audience is thinking "When it the chair finally going to make him shut up?" At that point, you just have to forget that the speaker is probably way more senior than you, and just insist that he stop. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 22:13 | comment | added | Fábio Dias | In a somewhat regional conference, supposedly there were 2 random students to help and a random kit as well... In practice, 5 minutes before the session, I was alone with the presenters in the room, with only the projector. The presenters ended up using my laptop. The "organization" showed up, 1 or 2 minutes before the scheduled start.... | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 14:52 | comment | added | Chris H | I've been to a conference where the A/V was run by a bunch of random PhD students (inc. me) from the host insitution with borrowed kit. I've presented at a conference with an A/V technician per room (up to 4 parallel sessions) and room to upload and test slides (in this case you had to use their computer, PPTx or PDF only). That's two ends of a spectrum, most confereences appear to be somewhere in between. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 14:18 | comment | added | jakebeal | @ChrisH My experience has been that A/V is often theoretically supported by a technician, but in practice not really. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 13:30 | comment | added | Chris H | Major conference venues often have an A/V technician so the A/V aspect is more about being nice to them. One reason not to do it (yet) is if you're not sure about your ability to tell someone more senior to wrap up their talk. | |
| Mar 7, 2016 at 11:37 | history | answered | jakebeal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |