2011 Speaker Center

Welcome to the 2011 Speaker Center!

Welcome to the ESC Boston, DesignCon East, and DesignMED Conference 2011 Speaker Center (aka DesignDays)!

This center is resource for speaker information in order to help speakers plan and prepare for the ESC Boston, DesignCon East, and the DesignMED Conference.

Location/Dates

The conferences will be located at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston:

Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115

ESC Boston

DesignCon East

DesignMED

Registration

As a speaker, you are pre-registered for the conference. We ask that you proceed to Speaker Registration once onsite.

Speaker Registration will be located with Event Registration on the 2nd Level of the Hynes Convention Center.

Registration Hours:

Important Deadlines

Speaker Benefits

Your Role as a Speaker

As a speaker at ESC Boston, DesignCon East and DesignMED, it is your responsibility to submit an electronic version of both your class notes/slide presentation and a technical white paper (1,500 words) that will be posted to the Proceedings website for registered attendees to download prior to the conference.

Please do not send hardcopies of these materials. These notes should be submitted electronically, directions below.

Note: PowerPoint slides or class notes are not a substitute for the technical paper.

Audio Visual

Each of the conference session rooms will include the following:

• 1 wired lavaliere microphone
• 1 podium Microphone
• 1 LCD projector with connection
• Screen

Note: Speakers will be responsible for providing their own laptop.

Evaluations

Evaluations are passed out to attendees as they enter the classroom. At the end of each session, our Conference Team collects the evaluation, tabulates the results and provides each instructor with individualized feedback on their performance. Please be sure to make an announcement about filling out evaluations during your conference session.

Directions to Submit Class Notes/Presentation Slides and Technical Papers

Submit all class notes and proceedings papers electronically in one of two ways:

1. Emailing to Keri Schnakenburg at - DDSpeakerServices@ubm.com
2. Upload to our ftp site (preferred process)

PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t have an FTP program such as Filezilla you will need to use Internet Explorer 6, if you have Internet Explorer 7 or later it will not work and you will need to use Windows Explorer. If you open My Computer, you can just type the address into that address bar.

FTP Instructions:

• Enter: ftp://electroguest@ftpwest.cmp.com
• When prompted, enter:
• Username: electroguest
• Password: elect@19
• Select: “electronics” folder
• Select: “Incoming Folder” folder
• Select: “Design Days Boston 2011” folder
• Select: Either “ESC Boston”, “DesignCon East” or the “DesignMED” folder, depending on which where you are presenting
• You can then drag your presentation to this screen
• Please let Keri Schnakenburg know that you have uploaded your presentations by emailing her at DDSpeakerServices@ubm.com

*If you are using and FTP program like WSFTP, or are on a Mac and using Fetch or some other software:

• Server: ftpwest.cmp.com
• Same username and password as above
• Same directions as above

Feel free to contact Keri Schnakenburg at (415)947-6629 or via email at DDSpeakerServices@ubm.com for any questions or concerns you may have.

Class Note Guidelines

Conference white papers are a requirement of speakers at the DesignDays Boston Conferences. They are of utmost value to our attendees.

Format: PDF and PPT

Please submit your class notes in both pdf and native file formats. We will not distribute or post the PowerPoint (or other native files). Place the class title, the class number and your name prominently at the beginning of your document.

When you submit a PDF, please prepare the file with two slides per page (handout view).

Template

There was a PowerPoint template included in the Speaker Kit, and you can also download the template below. Please use this template. It is important to keep our conference consistent.

ESC BOSTON TEMPLATE
DESIGNCON EAST TEMPLATE
DESIGNMED TEMPLATE

Fonts

Please use standard fonts in your presentations. Some examples are Arial, Times New Roman and Courier. We want to avoid the possibility of some attendees not being able to view your notes because of the font used.

Company Logo

Please refrain from placing your company logo on your slides.

Content

Ideal material includes general session overviews, copies of slides and or files, notes, diagrams, and problem solving exercises. The content of your notes will depend on the format of your actual presentation.

File Naming

Please use the following format for labeling your class notes:

“Session NumberSlides_lastname.ppt”

For example, for Session ESC-206 with Speaker John Smith should be named as follows:

“ESC-206Slides_Smith.pdf”

Technical Paper Guidelines

Conference white papers are a requirement of speakers at the Design Days Boston Conferences. They are of utmost value to our attendees.

Format: PDF

For proceedings and archival purposes, please submit your paper as a PDF. If submitting your paper as a PDF isn’t possible, please contact Keri Schnakenburg. Place the class title, the class number and your name prominently at the beginning of your document.

File Naming

Please use the following format for labeling your proceedings papers:

"Session NumberPaper_lastname.pdf"

For example, for Session ESC-206 with Speaker John Smith should be named as follows:

“ESC-206Paper_Smith.pdf”

Insert Graphics into your Document

Do not “link” the graphics to your document. All graphics, pictures, charts, figures, and etc. should be inserted (embedded) into your electronic file.

Questions?

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the following:

Logistics and Operations (A/V, etc.)

Keri Schnakenburg
Event Specialist
DesignDays Conferences
UBM Plc
303 Second Street, Suite 900 South Tower
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (415) 947-6629
Fax: (415) 947-6805
keri.schnakenburg@ubm.com

Content and Program Related Issues

Katie Stern
Conference Manager
DesignDays Conferences
UBM Electronics
303 Second Street, Suite 900 South Tower
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (415) 947-6824
Fax: (415) 947-6637
katie.stern@ubm.com