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NEWS
2009-12-28 / 10:52 (CET/MEZ/UTC+1): Monday / Day2 of 26C3: The new version of the Lightning_Talks_Schedule is online! Please remember: The Schedule may be subject to change.
2009-12-27 11:30h: here it is - version #1 of the schedule: Lightning_Talks_Schedule please tell everyone about it! thanks.
Registration
Please register your talk by sending us an email to mailto:26C3@lightningtalks.de. [mind you, do *not* register by adding any entries to the pentabarf system or by changing the wiki page. thankyou.]
We need the following information from you:
language: DE (Deutsch,German) or EN (English)?
title_short: just a few keywords here
title_long : a possibly longer title
keywords: optional, but always helpful.
abstract: a description - max 300 words.
name+addr: the name can be a nickname, too.
but the email address must be a valid one!
documents: a link to your slides.
URL: a link to your own website on this very talk.
Example:
language: EN title_short: Here be Dragons title_long: Hideouts of Dragons on the Internet keywords: cryptology, steganography, fun abstract: Find the hidden messages on webpages. name+addr: Dr Agon 26C3@internetlair.net documents: http://www.lightningtalks.de/26C3/DrAgon.Here_be_Dragons.pdf URL: http://www.internetlair.net/26C3/
Anonymity: When you specify your contact details, you might want to use an extra E-Mail address like 26C3@YourDomain.TLD.
Chat: If you have questions, send email, too. You can also chat with us on the IRC channel #26C3 on FreeNode.
Simply send us a "ping" message:
/msg oli-p ping /msg sveng ping
About
Contact: mailto:26c3@lightningtalks.de
Discuss: Lightning Talks Discussion
Description: Lightning Talks are 4-minute talks by *you*. Everyone can register for this until the list is full.
Content: Your talk can be about a program, a system, a technique, some hardware - or about a cool project, or some strange idea. You may also give us an idea about your real talk, announce your workshop or tell us about your booth. Or you could simply ask people to join you for some DOS attack of the next food store, announcing a key signing party, or maybe a *real* party. Whatever it is... be brief. Four minutes is all you get! Practise your talk to make it worth the time. And keep in mind that this is a platform to get in touch with people who are interested.
Amount: We hope to squeeze about eight to ten talks into an hour. So with a two-hour slot each day we will have about 64 to 80 talks at the event.
Contact+Feedback+Registration:
Please send your talk idea and your feedback
to mailto:26C3@lightningtalks.de - thanks!
Moderators: Sven Guckes (dect: 6467) and Oliver Pritzkow (dect: 5858)
Notes
Remember:
- There is no need to fill the available time.
- There is no need for any catchy slides.
- Just be informative, be quick, be smart.
- Tell people how to get involved and how they can contact you.
- Add links to the description here in the wiki.
- Add links to your contact info (ie a dect/phone number, and an email address).
Last slide:
- Keyword
- Title
- Name
- Contact (DECT, email, fon)
- Links (project homepage)
- Place of contact (booth, room, party)
Preparation
We don't want to lose time with connecting each and every laptop to the beamer.
The moderator should bring a laptop which is capable of reading PDF and PPT (OpenOffice) to the sessions. If you insist on using your own laptop, your talk will be scheduled to the end of the session. There will be a hard cut after 4 minutes of talk.
Hints for Bad Speakers
- Just sit somewhere in the audience.
- Wait for the moderator to call you up stage.
- Plug in your laptop and dont waste time with the setup of the micro.
- Just speak as you always speak.
- Never mind the audience.
Hints for Good Speakers
Content: Usually the topic is some cool program or project - but it can also be a good rant.
Preparation:
- Practise your talk with friends.
- Send a copy of your slides to the moderators.
At the congress:
- Be in the room there in the break before the slot.
- Meet to the moderator and mention your name and talk.
- Test your hardware with the projector.
- Take a seat in the front row.
- Find out who the person is before you.
- Get ready for your talk.
- When called, get on stage.
Talk:
- Adjust the microphone.
- Speak in your native language.
- Say who you are and mention the title again.
- Avoid slides.
- Avoid fast talk. Speak clearly and loud.
- Only say the most interesting stuff.
- Say everything else on your webpage.
- When you hear the gong, say goodbye.
- Leave the stage.
After the talk:
- Be prepared to meet interested people.
- Give them a flyer or a handout.
- Get back to them during the congress.
- Send them an email after congress.
Check your Hardware: Do not waste time with the setup! Study how the VGA of your Laptop works. Especially if you have installed Linux only to show off during the Congress. Test your hardware with the laptop before the show starts. The short periods during the Lightning Talks prohibit that you invest 4 minutes to the settings of your graphics card (That's generally a good idea for all speakers). Anyone whose setup does not work will be asked to go off stage and try again at the next slot. Some people need an adapter, e.g. Macbook MiniVGA to VGA adapter! Hopefully someone will bring one... If in doubt - bring your own!
There will be only VGA inputs available for the video projectors (a.k.a. beamers). If you need to feed in some other type of signal (e.g. from a camera-to show small things (CVBS,S-video), an ultra new laptop which has only HDMI, some weird gaming console that you will crack (YUV), or whatever) bring a device which can really *convert* these signals. Simple passive adapters mostly do not work (e.g. there are adapters from HDMI to DVI and from DVI to VGA, but with the you will *never* be able to convert a HDMI signal into VGA, without a real converter). Last year we had some converters for CVBS/S-Vid to VGA, but only after Day 2. Probably there won't be any this year. So - if you need any then bring your own!
Practise!: Practise your talk. Know your words. Time your speech. Do not waste time on deviation, hesitation, or repetition.
Presentation: Adjust the microphone. Make sure your voice can be heard. Speak in your mother tongue. Do not waste time stuttering in English when you are quite familiar with German. Whatever the topic - dive right in, and make it count! One "word" of introduction should suffice, and then give us as many info as you can within the available time as possible. Expect the audience to look up references themselves. Remember: This is not a lecture where you should define and explain all words you use - this is a lightning talk!
End: When your hear the buzzer/gong finish it immediately, i.e. say "thanks for listening to my talk about $FOO. the website is $URL, and contact me on number $DECT". Please be fair about the to those talking after you - and just leave the stage.
Links: Enter *one* link to your own page on the matter. Add your slides and more info and link to that page.
Moderators: Being a moderator is a stressy job. Two moderators are better than one. Changing microphones between people costs too much time. So everyone involved should have a microphone - the speakers, and both of the two moderators. As you will most probably be dealing with a laptop, you should have your hands free; use headsets! Bring some DVI/VGA adaptors - speakers usually forget them. Bring a buzzer/gong, too. Shove boring speakers off stage.
Slots: The slots after a break are much referred because you get a chance to test your setup during the break. Moderators should make sure the audio and video angels are present in those breaks to help testing the setup. Be sure to get a (nick)name and a DECT phone number, too.
Discussion
You can use the Talk:Lightning_Talks-page for discussions if you like.
