Thank you for sharing your work! Please read these Instructions for Speakers

A great opportunity to network, learn, and celebrate! Photo: Claire F. Meyler.

 Speaker profile: You should have received an email from the Webex platform with a link to complete your Speaker Profile. Please update your bio with a picture, description, and any links or documents you want to share with attendees.

Submission deadline: Please submit your presentation slides by Monday, Oct. 14. We will open the Symposium platform for registrants on Wednesday, Oct. 16.

Your file:

• Upload your file using the Dropbox link emailed to you, or email to jburger@cal-ipc.org.
• PDF (preferred) or PPT file of your presentation.
• Lightning talk presenters: pre-recorded presentation (.mp4 or .mov video file, instructions below).
• Name your file per the following convention: Lastname_Session#_Cal-IPC2024. You can find session numbers using the program on our website.

We ask for your presentations early so that we can post them for attendees with visual impairments or learning/processing disorders so they can view them in advance, helping to make the Symposium more accessible. Having your file on hand also serves as a backup for your presentation in case connectivity issues keep you from being able to share your screen during the Symposium.

Length of talk: Presentations are 15 minutes long, which leaves time for questions and transition between speakers. Lightning talks are 5 minutes. (Note: if your session is atypical, your Session Chair will let you know if your presentation has a different length.)

Logging into your session:

• Confirm the time of your session from the Symposium program on our website. We are opening this portal for attendees on Oct. 16.
• IMPORTANT: Use the Webex link you receive from us by email to enter your session. Each session has a unique speaker link.
• Log into the session 20 minutes early so we can make sure everyone’s audio and video are working and set up share screen options. Cal-IPC staff and volunteers will be present to help with questions and technical issues.

During your session:

• Your Session Chair will introduce you and help you stay on time.
• After your presentation, if there is time, your Session Chair and/or the session’s Q&A assistant will present you with audience questions to answer. There may be more questions through the online platform than can be answered during the limited time allotted. We encourage you to type in answers to questions after you speak.
• If your session is receiving DPR CEUs, make sure to cover topics of the quiz questions related to your presentation.

Need Help? For speaker questions, contact Jutta Burger at jburger@cal-ipc.org. For Symposium platform questions, reach out to Claire Meyler at cmeyler@cal-ipc.org.

Student Presentation Contest

Graduate students, undergraduates, and recent graduates (within 1 year after graduation) are encouraged to enter our Student Presentation Contest, which recognizes the top presenters with an honorarium (apply on the Call for Abstracts Form).

Thank you for helping to strengthen the California stewardship community!

We post PDF files of talks on our website on the Symposium archive unless you ask us not to when you turn yours in. Oral presentations will be recorded and made available in the archives as well. Questions? Contact  symposium@cal-ipc.org.

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