Poster Presenters
Thanks for the upload of your presentation files within the ExOrdo system (for those that haven’t uploaded, please try to do so very soon!). We wanted to provide a little more information about how we are planning the live poster sessions to run. Each live parallel poster session will run only 35 minutes. You currently have a date, time and stage room location assigned for your presentation that you can find in the ExOrdo system (please visit ExOrdo and once logged in, enter your name in the search box on the home page. Otherwise access an electronic copy of the program schedule here.
When the time for your live session comes, please enter the assigned stage room at least 5 minutes before the live session starts. You can enter the stage rooms under the “Live” menu once you have logged in at ExOrdo.
As indicated in an earlier email, the live sessions will only run on a Windows or Mac system (e.g., they will NOT run on Linux). Unfortunately, we learned this only recently and regret this limitation as an unfortunate consequence of our fast pivot to a virtual conference.
Assuming you are using either a Windows or Mac system, when you attempt to enter a live session room for the first time, Cisco WebEx will be installed on your computer. As a result, it will be good to have attended an earlier live session in the conference if possible to be sure your ability to enter the live session isn’t delayed by the installation of the software (we will also plan to set up some trial sessions before the conference, so you can install Cisco WebEx and check your ability to enter a live session then).
Once you enter the live session of your presentation, you will initially enter as an “attendee,” but will be identified by one of the “hosts” of the session as a presenting author in the session, and promoted to the role of “panelist,” which gives you the ability to control your audio in the session, so that you can speak. You can also turn on your video camera when presenting. It is important to note that when you are not presenting, please be sure to mute yourself and turn off your camera.
When entering the live session, all attendees are muted until promoted to panelist status. If for whatever reason you are not identified as a presenter and promoted to a panelist, please alert the host and other panelists that you need to be promoted using the Q&A box in lower right hand portion of the screen. They will see your question and promote you to panelist.
If you are unable to log in and have technical issues, please email: support@exordo.com. If they are unable to assist you, you may also opt instead to call in via audio only to present by phone. (If you only call in, you or the audience won’t be able to see your logged in, but we will be able to hear you by audio.) To receive the conference line # for the stage you are presenting at please email the Society’s National Office at: info@psychometricsociety.org. (Tip: Please plan accordingly and avoid requesting this information last minute, as we cannot guarantee the support staff will be able to respond in time for late requests.)
Each session will have a session chair (identified in the program) who introduces you and moderates the session. Following the order listed in the program, the session chair will ask each presenting author to provide a 1-2 minute summary of their presentations. Unfortunately, due to time and logistical constraints, you will NOT be able to present your poster or any slides while presenting this summary. The session chairs will have to enforce the 2 minute limit on each presenter to help ensure all presenters can present their summaries and that there is still time for questions. So it may be good to rehearse the summary of your presentation to be sure it fits in the 2 minute limit.
After the presentation summaries are finished, the session chair will select from questions that have been posted during the session to ask the individual presenters.
These questions may come from questions posted by attendees during the live session itself or questions posted earlier by viewers of your poster presentation in the OnDemand area of the event page. So you do not need to read or follow any questions being posted in the Q&A box during the live session itself.
As soon as the session ends, you will be moved to “attendee” status so that the next session’s presenters can be made panelists.
We hope this helps clarify what you need to know for the live session events. Please visit https://support.exordo.com/article/922-attending-an-event-on-a-live-stage for additional information on attending a live stage event.