| RE: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Short talk concernsand logistical proposals |
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FWIW, I think 5 minutes is too short for a
short talk. 5 minutes is realistically 2 slides. From: eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bjorn Freeman-Benson Ed (and everyone), 1. Currently there are only 39 submissions
for short talks. Where are all the 75-90 short talks going to come from? The deadline isn't until Feb 1st, so it's not a
surprise that there are not enough submissions yet. And how on earth are we going to go
through and evaluate so many talks? What do you think about just having people
sign up for short talk slots (1 hour granularity) like they sign up for BOFs?
No approval necessary, and no deadline. We could either do the signup on
the web site ahead of time, or on a piece of paper at the conference. First
come, first served. Interesting idea. I want to have them settled in
advance, and we should filter them ever so slightly, but nothing like the
effort that goes into long talks. 2. Switching between computers can
take a couple minutes, which is significant when you're only talking about a 5
minute talk. What do you think about requiring people use a shared computer for
the talks? Allow them to upload any slides to the web site in a common agreed
upon format. When the time comes, they would give the presentation using those
slides from the web site. I understand the concern, but I have a solution and
I've used the solution before at a real conference. The solution is to have two
projector setups: one is being used to talk, the other being used to set up the
computer. They alternate back and forth. It works great and there is less than
10 seconds of switching time - mostly the chair saying "thanks Ms. X, now
here's Mr. Y". 3. What about demos? I propose we say
there are no demos allowed during the short talks. Too many things can go
wrong with demos and if one talk goes over it will affect all the others in the
hour long slot. They can just as easily use screenshots. How much can you demo
in 5 minutes anyway? When I've done this in
the past, I've left it completely up to the presenter. If they want to demo
something, that's their call. I was very strict about the time limit - I even
turned off the projector of the one guy who ran over. |