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FlexPackCon® 2023 Speaker Guidelines

SPE FlexPackCon® 2023

Speaker Guidelines

Presentation Template

Please use the following guidelines when producing your presentation.

  • All speaker presentations must be in Microsoft PowerPoint. No exceptions. It is the speaker’s responsibility to provide the presentation in this format.
  • Use only standard Windows system fonts in your presentation; non-standard fonts may not display correctly on our presentation computers. We recommend “Arial,” font size 16 whenever possible.
  • We also recommend that you test the display of your presentation on different computers prior to submission. Be sure your on-screen text is large enough for the audience to read from a distance.
  • Be aware that dark text is much easier to read on light backgrounds than on dark backgrounds. Attendees have commented that slides with dark backgrounds are very difficult to read from a distance.

Click here to download the presentation template (ppt format).


Time Management

Presentation times

  • Keynotes: 35 minutes + 5 minute Q&A
  • Speakers: 20 minutes + 5 minute Q&A

Staying within your allotted time is critical. Attendees switch back and forth between the concurrent sessions and therefore it is critical to stay on the schedule. It is generally accepted that you should allow (3-5) minutes for questions from the audience as part of your presentation. The number of slides should be consistent with a presentation of this length.


Commercialism 

Excess commercialism in your presentation will result in poor evaluations from attendees reflecting negatively on you, your company, and your products. We encourage company logo / affiliation information for the first and last slides only.

If your company’s corporate guidelines require logos on each page, this information must be very small in size and located at the bottom of the slides.

NOTE: Prior attendees have indicated that they do not favorably view presentations with repeated references to the presenter’s company or products. It is in your best interests to eliminate or minimize the use of logos or company identification on all middle slides. Presentations are reviewed by committee peers and excessive commercialism can result in the removal of the presentation from the conference agenda. Presentations given during the conference that are viewed by attendees as too commercial can result in not being invited to present at future conferences. 


Promote Your Presentation

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Event Code of Conduct

All attendees, speakers, sponsors, vendors, partners, SPE staff, and volunteers at ANTEC® and its events, or any SPE event that is virtual or live, are required to adhere to the following Code of Conduct. Event organizers will enforce this Code throughout the SPE events. More information. Report an Incident.

Copyright & Permission to Use

SPE may take photographs and audio/video recordings during the conference, pre-conference meetings and receptions that may include attendees within sessions, networking areas, exhibition areas, and other areas associated with the conference both inside and outside of the venue. By registering for this event, all attendees are providing permission for SPE to use this material at its discretion on SPE's websites, marketing materials, and publications. SPE retains ownership of copyright to all photographs and audio/video recording obtained at this event and attendees may request copies of any material in which they are included.

Anti-Trust Statement

  1. No discussion among members, volunteers, or staff, which attempts to arrive at any agreement regarding prices, terms or conditions of sale, distribution, volume, territories, or customers;
  2. No activity or communication which might be construed as an attempt to prevent any person or business entity from gaining access to any market or customer for goods or services or any business entity from obtaining services or a supply of goods;
  3. No activity or communication which might be construed as an agreement to refrain from purchasing or using any materials, equipment, services or supplies of or from any supplier; or
  4. No other activity which violates anti-trust or applicable laws aimed at preventing unfair competition.



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