Guidelines for presentations

Session types
Official languages
Presentation format
Assistance
Final program

Session types

Large group session (keynote address)

This is the most formal of the Statistics Canada IT Conference sessions, with about 300 people attending. The topic is of interest to a large group. Presentation materials such as PowerPoint slides are typically used. Where material to be presented comes from a formal paper, only highlights are presented; the paper is not read. Total presentation time is no more than 40 minutes, with 5 minutes for room changes. You will be notified if your presentation will serve as a keynote address.

Small group session

In these sessions, a smaller audience, typically about 100 people, attends one to three presentations on stimulating, innovative topics of common interest. Presentation materials highlight key points. Where material to be presented comes from a formal paper, only highlights are presented; the paper is not read. Total presentation time is no more than 40 minutes, with 5 minutes for room changes.

All accepted proposals are awarded a free admission to the two day conference and a copy of the conference proceedings.

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Official languages

To ensure that all presentations are available in both official languages (French and English), please provide the English/French presentation to Lawrence de Paulsen.

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in all technical streams at the conference.

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Presentation format

Presentations should be prepared using MS PowerPoint.

1. The following information should be printed on the first page of the presentation:
   • Title
   • Presenter(s)
   • Organisation and/or division
   • Complete address and phone number, fax number, and E-mail address
   • Topic
2. Do not include any company specific terms or acronyms unless defined.
3. Must focus on what can belearned.
4. Must not propose any introductory or text-book type material.
5. The focus must be on specific experiences rather than vague advice.
6. Must not promote any service or products.

A facilitator will be present to introduce presenters and assist in the question and answer period.

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Assistance

For presentation prepared by Statistics Canada staff, an expert in presentations/communications will be available to help presenters practise their presentations and will provide feedback on the content and format (colours, animation) as well as the style of your delivery.

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Final program

The program will be finalised by the end of January 2005.

In summary, submissions must include all items below in this order:

1. Presentation or paper title
2. Presenter’s name, title, affiliation
3. Mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and E-mail address
4. A short biography of each presenter must also be supplied for the facilitator’s introduction.
5. A narrative description of the concepts covered
6. A updated outline (abstract) of the presentation. This outline is needed for inclusion in the conference proceedings and the web site.  The outline must include the author’s name, title, and affiliation. If more than one author, indicate who will be presenting.
7. The actual PowerPoint presentation.
8. Indicate whether the material was presented before and name and date of the event.

All items (1 to 8) must be provided to Lawrence de Paulsen by February 11^th 2005 at the latest.