diff --git a/content/info/presenter-information/guidance-for-colocated-events.md b/content/info/presenter-information/guidance-for-colocated-events.md index dd60a5ad6..6aa98ee9e 100644 --- a/content/info/presenter-information/guidance-for-colocated-events.md +++ b/content/info/presenter-information/guidance-for-colocated-events.md @@ -8,8 +8,19 @@ contact: tech@ieeevis.org --- The VIS 2020 Tech Committee will be managing streaming of your event to Youtube and -scheduling of Zoom calls for live components (e.g., paper chairs and speakers, panels, keynotes). -To help us manage streaming of your event, we will need detailed information about the event’s schedule. +scheduling of Zoom calls for live components (e.g., question and answer sessions paper chairs and speakers, +panels, keynotes). To help us manage streaming of your event, we will need detailed information about the event’s schedule. + +In general, your event will consist of playback of prerecorded videos (paper presentations or other presentations) +and live interaction for Q&A with speakers or panels. Questions will be asked +over a chat application (Youtube Chat and [Discord](https://discord.com/)) which the chair can relay to the speaker(s) +in the Zoom call. Only those answering questions or facilitating the session will be in the Zoom call, +those watching the session will view it on Youtube and interact through chat. +It is possible for some presentations to be given live, though we advise this only be done for special scenarios +(e.g., a keynote presentation, short opening or closing by the chairs). +The majority of talks and sessions should be prerecorded to avoid +potential issues impacting the event (e.g., networking, time zones, etc.). + Terminology used in this document: @@ -22,6 +33,7 @@ Terminology used in this document: Youtube, e.g., a live or recorded presentation is given, an interactive panel, etc. - **Session**: A session consists of one or more time slots, e.g., a set of paper presentations, a single keynote talk. Longer events may consist of multiple sessions, separated by breaks. + Each session will have its own Youtube stream, Zoom call, and Discord channel. ## Scheduling your Event @@ -60,6 +72,7 @@ For each presentation (live or recorded) in a Time Slot we need: ## Presentation Videos + Prerecorded videos played during your event (e.g., paper presentations) must be formatted and named following the [VIS talk recording guidelines](/year/2020/info/presenter-information/talk-recording-guide). @@ -79,6 +92,21 @@ in which it should be played. While the choice of this is up to the organizers o it must be unique! Good options are: a number corresponding to the time slot, paper submission ID (if applicable), talk title (if unique during the event). +## Virtual Conference Webpage + +The virtual VIS conference webpage will be created using [Mini-Conf](https://github.com/Mini-Conf/Mini-Conf), +and managed by the web committee (web@ieeevis.org). If you would like, the Mini-Conf webpage can provide +a virtual conference presence for your colocated event as well, e.g., embed each +session's Youtube stream and chat channels, PDF links, calendar information, etc. +Please let the web and tech committees know if you would like your colocated +event to be hosted on the VIS conference webpage as well, or would prefer to receive the Youtube +and chat information to provide this information separately through your event's webpage. +It is also possible to do both, if you would like to include links to each session's Youtube stream on your +webpage, but also take advantage of the calendar and other features of including your +event in the main VIS virtual conference page. +Whichever option you choose, the tech committee will manage the streaming infrastructure for your +event (Youtube, Zoom, chat). + For questions or more information, please email tech@ieeevis.org. Technical Committee