Welcome to the RFID World 2008 Speaker Center!
This center is designed to help speakers and instructors plan their engagements at RFID World 2008. We recommend all first-time instructors review the links below prior to preparing their presentations and class notes. The documents below provide a good review of basics and templates to follow.
• General Conference Information
• Important Deadlines
• Speaker Benefits
• Your Role as a Speaker
• Conference Speaker Contacts
General Conference Information
Location:
The conference will be located at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Registration
As a speaker at RFID World 2008, you are preregistered for the conference. We ask that you proceed to Speaker Registration once on-site. Speaker Registration will be located with Event Registration on the second level of the conference center.
Picking up your Badge
Speaker badges will be available at Speaker Registration
Sunday, September 7h: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Monday, September 8th: 7:00am – 8:00pm
Tuesday, September 9th : 7:00am – 7:00pm
Wednesday, September 10th: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Important Deadlines
Today Speaker Agreements are due ASAP.
If you have not received a speaker agreement, please contact Tracey Roberts Fax to Tracey Roberts at (415)947-6716
July 28, 2008 Class Notes (presentation slides) are due
Final Deadline Email to Tracey Roberts at: troberts@ubm-us.com
August 11, 2008 Last Day for Special Hotel Rates For hotel accommodations visit:
http://www.cmp-egevents.com/web/rfid/travel
Speaker Benefits
Free Registration: As a speaker, you will receive complimentary registration to the RFID World 2008 Conference. There is no need to register for specific classes, as you will be given a badge providing you access to all the classes and all of the special events, including the keynote addresses and panel discussions.
Colleague Discount: As a speaker, you are welcome to invite colleagues to receive a discount on RFID World 2008 Conference registration. You should have received the promotional code with your welcome email. In the case that you did not, please contact Tracey Roberts.
Extensive Exposure: Your name and course description are featured in our course catalog, our primary promotional brochure, and on our website. We will also be conducting an aggressive PR campaign, designed to increase interest in the conference and your presentation. At the conference, your class information will be part of the printed Official Event Guide. In addition, your name, biography, and course description will be available online.
Access to the Speaker Ready Room: Our Speaker Ready Room will be available for your use during the week of the conference. You will have space to prepare for your sessions, relax and network. There will be a projector, screen and printer available for your convenience.
Your Role as a Speaker
Our chief objective is to produce an event recognized for its high-caliber educational presentations. As such, we strongly caution speakers against commercial presentations. Marketing pitches severely mar the integrity of the conference and, it should be noted, diminish the credibility of the speaker for attendees who are expecting content-rich sessions. Similarly, the RFID World 2008 Conference prohibits the distribution within the classroom or educational program area any material (brochures, contest entries, product spec. sheets, etc.) related to the speaker’s company or its products. In promoting a speaker’s participation in the educational program, companies are strongly encouraged to keep these concerns in mind. We will not support or invite back any speaker who delivers a presentation with a focus on their company’s product or service, or who otherwise compromises the spirit of the speaker’s role.
Class notes (presentation slides) - Due July 28, 2008
As a speaker, you are responsible for class notes or presentation slides for your session(s). Those speakers instructing a full-day tutorial on Monday, September 8 will need to submit both a proceedings paper and class notes. In addition, attendees will have access to these papers and notes on-line. Please read the Proceeding Paper and Notes Guidelines below:
Class Notes (presentation slides) Guidelines:
Format (PDF and PPT): Please submit your class notes in both PDF and native file formats. 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).
Colors: Many Attendees will be printing out a copy or your notes to carry into the classroom. We ask that you keep this in mind and use colors in your slides that will be printer friendly in grayscale or black and white.
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
“RFID-206Slides_Smith.pdf”
“RFID-206Slides_Smith.ppt"
Templates: Please find below 1 PPT template that incorporates the RFID World 2008 Logo. Or feel free to create your own slide template with the RFID World 2008 Logo .
Template 1
RFID WORLD LOGO
If you have any other content you’d like to provide for attendees, you are welcome to submit additional files.
Audio Visual
Each conference session room will include the following:
• 1 wired lavaliere microphone
• 1 podium Microphone
• 1 LCD projector with laptop connection
• Screen
Evaluations
At the end of each session, evaluations are passed out to attendees to gather their feedback. Our Conference Team collects the evaluation, tabulates the results and provides each instructor with individualized feedback on their performance.
Questions?
Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the following:
Logistics and Operations (A/V, etc):
Tracey Roberts
Conference Operations Manager
Event Operations and Services
1 Park Place, Suite 700
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: 949-223-3648
Fax: 415-947-6716
troberts@ubm-us.com
Content and Program Related Issues:
Erin LeMoine
Conference Content Manager
RFID World
600 Harrison, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415-947-6686
elemoine@techinsights.com
