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**Recruit vulonteers
 
**Recruit vulonteers
  
= Tasks & Vulonteers =
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= Tasks & Volunteers =
 
 
  
 
==Session Chairs==
 
==Session Chairs==
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**Provide signalisation to the different rooms and programme at the doors of the different rooms
 
**Provide signalisation to the different rooms and programme at the doors of the different rooms
 
**Prepare all printed material
 
**Prepare all printed material
 
  
 
= Schedule =
 
= Schedule =

Revision as of 06:23, 18 September 2015

Main topics where chairs/heads needed

Conference Chair

  • TBD
  • Tasks


Chair of program committee

  • TBD
  • Tasks
    • Decide which presentations are included in the program
    • Put together the program / schedule
    • Call for papers


Financial Issues

  • TBD
  • Tasks
    • Budget
    • Follow-up


Sponsorship & Exhibition

  • TBD
    • Communication with sponsors
    • Exhibition stand plan
    • Accompany the exhibitors to their stand

Catering

  • TBD
    • Communication with catering


Code Sprint

  • TBD (Brussels open data?)


Technical Infrastructure

  • TBD
    • Support technical issues during the event
    • Printer at the venue


Volunteer Chair

  • Oliver May
    • Hand out t-shirts / badges for the volunteers
    • Recruit vulonteers

Tasks & Volunteers

Session Chairs

  • Session chairs serve as the "master of ceremonies" for one 90 minute session of presentations. Each session has three 25 minute presentations, with a 5 minute question-and-answer period after each. Chairs are expected to:
    • introduce the speakers,
    • ensure each speaker stays within his or her 30 minute combined presentations-plus-questions presentation limit,
    • ensure the next presentation starts promptly as scheduled, and
    • occasionally read off a few reminders and announcements at the end of the session.
  • Session chairs:
    • Morning sessions
      • Plenary Opening: TBD
      • Session 1 (Main track 11h): TBD
      • Session 2 (Side track 11h): TBD
      • Session 3 (Side track 11h): TBD
    • Afternoon sessions
      • Session 4 (Main track 14h): TBD
      • Session 5 (Side track 14h): TBD
      • Session 6 (Side track 14h): TBD
      • Plenary Closing: TBD

On call - Runner

  • Tasks
    • Checks that all sessions start at the correct time, and that the chairs are available
    • Communication between sessions if needed
    • Fix technical issues if session chair can't fix

Volunteer tasks

  • Entrance / Hand out badges
  • Hand out goodie bags / programme
  • t-shirts at entrance
  • food bracelets

Other tasks

    • Provide signalisation to the different rooms and programme at the doors of the different rooms
    • Prepare all printed material

Schedule

Time Slot Program Entrance Main room chair First room chair Second room chair On Call
8:00 - 9:30 Setup exhibition & entrance TBD - - - -
9:30 - 10:30 Morning plenary TBD TBD - - -
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break TBD - - - -
11:00 - 12:30 Morning sessions TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break TBD - - - -
14:00 - 16:00 Afternoon sessions TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break TBD - - - -
16:30 - 17:00 Closing plenary TBD TBD - - -
17:00 - 19:99 Networking TBD - - - -