News
- July 14, 2020: In order to give the CHIIR 2020 paper authors an opportunity to interact with the community, we have organized a Virtual CHIIR 2020 event, which will be held on August 13 and 14, 2020. The new instructions for presenters can be accessed here (full paper presenters) and here (short paper presenters), or by clicking Virtual CHIIR 2020 in the navigation menu.
Instructions for Presenters & Session Chairs
In order to help our presenters to prepare for their time at CHIIR 2020, we have complied a list of technical information. Please review the relevant parts of the information below.
For perspective and long paper presentations
- The paper sessions will be held on Sunday March 15, 2020–Tuesday March 17, 2020; please consult the schedule
- Each oral presentation is allocated 20 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions
- Presenters will be expected to use their own computers for the presentation
- Connection to the projector is via HDMI and VGA; presenters are responsible for all necessary converters
- The projector supports a maximum resolution of 4:3
- Presenters should prepare their presentations in widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) format
For short paper (poster) presentations
- The poster session will be held on Sunday March 15, 2020 from 5:30–8:00 PM
- There will be four posters assigned to each 8 x 4 foot poster board (2 front, 2 back)
- Your poster should not exceed 3 feet wide by 4 feet tall
- Thumbtacks will be provided
- One author for each accepted short paper should prepare a two-slides/one-minute talk for the Poster Boaster session (Sunday March 15 from 4:15–5:15 PM)
For demo/resource presentations
- The demo and resource sessions will be held concurrently with the poster session; all items listed above apply, except there will be two posters per poster board (one-sided)
- Presenters will be expected to use their own computers for the demonstrations
- A table and power outlet will be provided
For session chairs
- One session chair will be assigned to each paper presentation session
- Session chairs are responsible for ensuring that the oral presentations end on time (20 minutes), and for moderating the 5-minute question session
- Time cards will be provided to give authors cues for the time remaining
- Session chairs should be present in the room 10 minutes before the session to confirm that all presenters are ready and that they know the time limits
- Technical support will be available in case there is a problem with the projector
- Student volunteers with assist session chairs by circulating handheld microphones during the Q&A
