Re: [ontolog-admin] scheduling session speakers

[Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>]

Great questions, Tara,

The nominal start time is 12:30pm EDT, with these panel session running for 2.0 Hours (+/- a few minutes). It is recommended that you only plan on having 1.75-hrs at you're disposal, as we will invariably lose a few minutes at the beginning for things to settle in, and for people not finishing up within their time allotments,  etc.

... that said,  there have been occasions when the session would start an hour earlier or an hour later, by special request. While this is a prerogative of the session chairs, I should warn though, that this will (by past experience) generally affect the size of the participants adversely (noting that some Ontolog community members have carved out this nominal weekly time slot on their calendars, so they can participate regularly), and should hence be considered with care.

> are all panelist expected to be present for the full session (given the Q&A period is at the end) ...

[ppy] if you ask me, I'd say "Yes!" ... In the panel discussion sessions, the plan is to invite the panelists to join the community and participate in "a discussion". "The briefing" should only help establish a particular panelist's position and help prime the discussion (and not meant to be an "invited talk".)

... in reality, we do have panelists, in the past, who only show up to give the talk. Again,  this is a call by the session co-chairs (which I hope they make with care.)

Thanks and regards. =ppy
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On Oct 6, 2013 6:52 AM, "Tara Athan" <taraathan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Gary, Peter - Amit Sheth has tentatively agreed to talk in the panel on Ontology-based Standards in the Geospatial Domain, but has asked for more explicit information about the schedule. Since I haven't organized one of these sessions before, I would appreciate some advice.

I have forgotten the precise starting time, and can't seem to find that in our notes. Also, are all panelist expected to be present for the full session (given the Q&A period is at the end) or can we accommodate speakers who have partial conflicts?

Thanks, Tara

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