Session Chair Guidelines

The session chair would be the person who is responsible for smooth movement of all the talks of the conference and hence the conference itself.

A session chair's responsibilities are:

• Make the required announcements
  • Lightning talks
  • Sponsor (impromptu)
  • Open Spaces
  • Lunch
  • Tea
  • Poster
  • Other impromptu stuff
  • WiFi
• Make sure that the speaker laptops are connected and tested with the projector
  • This should be done during the tea break for the morning session talks & the lunch break for the evening session talks
• Inform the speaker about the timing and point them towards the time keeping TV
• Inform the central session manager once the talk has started
• Make sure that the next speaker is in the room when their previous talk is going on
• Get the consent form signed
• Manage any CoC violations with the speaker
  • If anything violating the CoC was spoken, note it down and pass it to the editor
• Inform the central session manager once the talk has ended
• Ensure that you have copy of the slides as a backup for the speaker, in-case something goes wrong with the speaker's laptop.