TPRC54 Best Practices for Authors
TPRC is a dynamic research venue that creates energetic and memorable dialog between presenters and attendees. These recommendations aim to provide paper presenters and session discussions the information you will need to fulfill these important roles for the conference.
The agenda for TPRC54 features 95-minute paper sessions that run in five concurrent tracks over the course of two days. Most paper sessions have three scheduled papers; exceptions include sessions with lightning talks and those in which there was an untimely withdrawal of the paper. Maintaining the order and timing is of utmost importance as registrants will often “session hop” which requires the paper being presented exactly as scheduled on the program.
Each paper is allocated 20 minutes for author presentation and 10 minutes of audience questions. Questions must follow each paper individually, rather than at the end of the session.
Presenters/Authors
As a paper presenter in the conference, it is important for you to be prepared to present the key contributions of your paper in 20 minutes. Graduate students or others without significant experience in presenting research papers should rehearse your presentation in advance to ensure you are able to effectively present your paper and manage time. Everyone benefits when there is adequate time for discussion.
In preparing your remarks, you should also remember that TPRC is a cross-disciplinary conference. Please avoid jargon and undefined acronyms. On the other hand, while members of the audience may not come from your discipline, the average education and training level of attendees is very high. You need not dumb down your presentation.
In short, avoid lengthy introductions or spending significant time discussing methodology. Move swiftly into your presentation and focus on your findings.
Each room is equipped with a computer, internet connectivity and projection. Please make sure your presentation is in a format that is easily accessible to the computer. DO NOT EMAIL YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE CONFERENCE. The best ways to quickly access your presentation from the classroom desktop are:
Email the file to yourself or store in an online folder that is accessible to you
Have the file on a USB drive
Presenters must arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the first paper presented in your session to download your presentation to the desktop. This will allow a quicker hand off between papers. Papers will be presented in the order that they are listed in the conference program. The conference program will link to the abstract as well as your paper.
We wish you a successful conference!