Preparing Your Presentation
Preparing Your Presentation
By agreeing to provide your presentation material and registering for the conference, the accepted manuscript will be published and searchable on IEEE Xplore. Presentation material will only be made available to registered conference attendees for a limited period.
Speaker Dashboard
IEDM has implemented a Speaker Dashboard to keep all the relevant details and action items in one convenient place. Use of the dashboard is mandatory as it’s the only place to upload your headshot, bio, and presentation video.
Accepted speakers will receive an email in September with instructions and link to create an account. If you need that information resent please send a request to iedm-info@ieee.org.
All presentations will be in-person, no exceptions
Along with uploading your PowerPoint presentation in the speaker-ready room at the conference, all speakers must upload an MP4 file of their video via the speaker dashboard no later than November 21. The file will be used for the OnDemand portion of IEDM that begins December 18. If you have questions, please email iedm-info@ieee.org.
Slide Guidelines
For your 20-minute presentation, please use the PowerPoint Presentation Template which contains suitable colors and fonts, as well as examples of good and bad techniques. Even if you do not plan to use PowerPoint, carefully review the information in the PowerPoint template. In particular, note the following:
Refer to the IEEE IEDM PowerPoint template as a guide for formats and presentation recommendations
Page set-up: IEDM uses a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio for all presentations. The provided PowerPoint template uses a 13.33″ wide, 7.5″ high landscape page setup.
Leave 1/2″ or 1cm margin on all four sides.
All pages should be in a horizontal format, not vertical.
No logos are permitted except on the title page.
High contrast is important. Use black or dark-colored fonts on a white background.
Use Calibri or a similar sans-serif font. Do not use font sizes smaller than 24 point.
For pages with text only, use no more than 30 words and no more than 6 lines, per slide.
For illustrations, make all lines, numbers, and captions of sufficient thickness and size so that they are projected clearly. Again, use Calibri or a similar sans serif font and do not use font sizes smaller than 24 point.
Often graphical data imported from another application have inadequate line width and font size to be useful. If necessary, re-draw the material using thicker lines and larger fonts or directly in native PowerPoint graphics.
Use duplicate copies of a page if you need to refer to it at different times in your presentation. Do not rely on moving back to previously shown pages.
Save your presentation using the following format: Session Number-Day-Author. Example: 2-2-Mon-Shah.ppt
Embed true-type fonts in PowerPoint files. To embed fonts, click on “File”, “Save As”, “Tools”, “Save options”, “Embed fonts in the file” or, click on “File”, “Save As” and check “Embed True Type”
Suggestions for a Good Presentation
Briefly outline your talk and what will be covered.
Define your problem. What led to your work? What were your objectives?
Use your presentation to visualize the essential points of your talk. Be selective.
Keep concepts as simple as possible and limit each page to one main idea.
Use several simple figures rather than one complicated one, especially if you plan to discuss it at length.
Make a clear conclusion. Suggest potential applications.
Rehearse your talk aloud with a private audience prior to recording it.
For video presentation, you can choose to show your face through the webcam and display your slides as you talk. Be sure you get a good quality recording, and your final file is in the MP4 format.
Instructions for Creating an MP4
All files must be in MP4 Format.
Files of up to 1GB can be attached to the form. Please export the video to an MP4 format and a resolution of 720p.
Make sure all figures are easy to read; consider zooming in when discussing harder-to-read tables and images
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