Instructions for Presentations

Presenters are expected to stay for the whole conference and exchange ideas of their work also outside their own sessions. We strongly suggest you to participate not only scientific sessions but also social events to help us create a wide network of media and information literacy experts.

General Instructions

There will be parallel sessions during the conference. The Paper, Best Practices, PechaKucha, and Doctoral Forum presentations and Workshops will take place in the conference rooms (Aurora, Merikoski, Nukuttaja-Näyhä, Rossi and Linna). Please see venue plan for the location of rooms in the Conference Programme. Poster Session will take place in room Ståhlberg. Please see the Conference Programme for the date and time of your presentation.

Conference language is English. Please, bear in mind that the majority of the participants will not be native English speakers. Therefore, pronounce clearly and speak slowly.

The best presentations are supported through well-chosen visual material and clear captions. We like to encourage you to use visual material that clearly illustrates the argument and that can be shown in high quality.

Powerpoint presentations should be sent to organizers in advance, by September 21. Speakers should arrive at the designated room 10 minutes prior to the start of the session and introduce themselves to the chairperson.

Paper Presentations

Please send in your presentation by September 21 to the organizers (ecil2018presentations@oulu.fi). It may be a good idea to have a back-up copy with you, just in case.

The time limit for your presentation is 20 minutes, and 5 minutes for discussion. The session chairs will be given clear instructions not to allow speakers to overrun their time. Unless the session chair decides otherwise, discussions take place after each presentation.

Projectors, screens and computers will be available in each Room. We strongly recommend that you do not access the Internet in your presentation because of possible delays. Please use screen snapshots instead.

Keep in mind that all participants have your written abstract in their hands, there is no need to repeat everything on your slides and in your oral presentation.

Best Practice Presentations

Please send in your presentation by September 21 to the organizers (ecil2018presentations@oulu.fi). It may be a good idea to have a back-up copy with you, just in case.

The time limit for your presentation is 15 minutes and 5 minutes for discussion. The session chairs will be given clear instructions not to allow speakers to overrun their time. Unless the session chair decides otherwise, discussions take place after each presentation.

Projectors, screens and computers will be available in each Room. We strongly recommend that you do not access the Internet in your presentation because of possible delays. Please use screen snapshots instead.

Keep in mind that all people have your written abstract in their hands, there is no need to repeat everything on your slides and in your oral presentation.

PechaKucha Presentations

Please send in your presentation by September 21 to the organizers (ecil2018presentations@oulu.fi). It may be a good idea to have a back-up copy with you, just in case.

The time limit for your presentation is six minutes and 40 seconds strictly. The session chairs will be given clear instructions not to allow speakers to overrun their time. After the presentations there will be 10-15 minutes discussion time.

PechaKucha presentation is expected to be a very focused, visually appealing and inspiring slide show in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each. You are expected to set the timer for each slide and run the show automatically.

We strongly recommend that you do not access the Internet in your presentation because of possible delays. Please use screen snapshots instead.

Poster Presentations

Poster size should be 70 cm x 100 cm (that is width x height; portrait format), or size A1. Mounting the poster will be easier and the result may look nicer if you prepare your poster on a single sheet. Posters should include following information: title, name of author(s), affiliation(s), contact address and e-mail. APA style should be used for references.

Posters will be mounted on Tuesday, September 25 at 10:00-11:00. There will be an assisting person available in the Poster Area to help and show the stand for your poster.

The posters will be available on Tuesday, September 25. You are expected to be present at your poster during the poster session at 12:30-13:30.

Please, avoid including large amounts of text in the poster. Recommended font size is 24-point minimum for legibility. You can prepare handouts for interested people and bring a number of copies with you.

After the poster session, we encourage you to keep your material in place (except for valuable items) until Tuesday afternoon. The posters are taken down on Tuesday at 17:00-18:00.

Workshops

Presenters are free to use time allocated for the workshop as they wish.

Projectors, screens and computers will be available in each room. If you have specific requests (other than standard equipment) please contact organizers. If you need to use your own computer in the presentation, please, contact the organizers (ecil2018presentations@oulu.fi) early enough before the conference so that we can check the compatibility of devices beforehand.

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