Suggestions for Talk Recordings

The following is a list of suggestions that you may find useful when recording your talk.

  • You are free to use any recording medium you feel comfortable with. There are two very easy methods (see also below for additional options), either will record your talk and save it in a form suitable for YouTube.
    • Use PowerPoint to make your slides, you can then very simply record your entire presentation within PowerPoint using the instructions here.
    • Open a Zoom meeting, share your screen with your slides and click record.
  • If you choose a different method please make sure the format is supported by YouTube, e.g. MP4, MOV, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, and FLV.
  • We accept slides in the PDF format. If you do not use slides to present your research, we kindly ask you to provide a summary/conclusion slide.
  • When using slides in your talk, make sure that the slide number is clearly visible for easier reference during the asynchronous discussions.
  • It is easy to waste time over-optimizing a prerecorded talk. See the public talks of previous editions of the conference series to get an impression of what others have done in this medium.
  • You are free to choose the structure of your talk. You can use the default of a recorded Zoom “webinar” if you wish. Otherwise, feel free to experiment. Some possibilities are:
    • Recording a presentation of slides with voiceover using other software, with additional features, e.g. StreamYard or Open Broadcaster Software.
    • Recording yourself being interviewed by a colleague (in person or on Zoom).
    • Recording yourself in front of a blackboard.
  • Keep the time limit of the talks in mind: plenary talks should not exceed about 45 minutes and parallel talks are strictly limited to 18 minutes.
  • If you like, you can briefly introduce yourself before you talk about your research, for example by mentioning your name, affiliation and research interests.
  • Make sure that the room you are recording in is well lit and free of distractions, and that you can be seen and heard clearly in your recording.
  • Whichever method you use, remember that you as a speaker should probably appear somewhere on the screen during your talk. Keep that in mind when writing your presentation slides so that you don’t obscure important parts of any slides.