Guidelines for virtual presentation recording
Official Language
The official language of the conference is English.
All presentation including discussion and submissions shall be made in English.
Instruction for Oral Presentations
As an online virtual conference, all presentations will be pre-recorded by the presenter and uploaded to EDAS repository by May 10. See instructions below.
The conference itself will run on May 17-21 in parallel sessions (see Program ) chaired with live introductions and Q&A.
Duration for each category of oral presentation are listed below:
- Keynotes and Panels will be LIVE
- Regular (author) Talks are scheduled for 20 minutes (including 3-5 minutes of Q&A). Upload deadline – May 10
Note: A test program is available in EDAS with a test paper and test video, accessible here. This link will be valid only when the final schedule is released. Authors and TEMSCON staff logged into EDAS will be able to view the video on the site. The videos can be extracted as well.
Authors Guidelines for Preparing Recording
Authors please use the following guidelines for preparing your video for uploading using Zoom MP4. NOTE: Zoom generated MP4 are compact; PPT MP4s can be very large.
Duration: up to 20 minutes (including 3-5 minutes for LIVE Q&A with attendees)
File size limit: 100MB file
File format: MP4
Recommended video height: 480 pixels (or whatever will keep size down to 100MB or less)
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Upload deadline: May 10 (midnight PT)
Please use the following PPT Template for your slides:
Follow the instructions below to create the recording file.
The presenting author(s) will receive email instructions to upload the video.
Please start early: given that the resulting video files can be very large, they might need a long time to transfer, and you might not be able to upload them in time if you start late.
Please play the recording after you make it to verify the audio quality. Check the microphone setup. We recommend a headset so you won’t get laptop fan noise etc. Also be in a quiet location – a coffee shop is not appropriate.
Instructions for Recording
The easiest way to prepare your presentation video will be to subscribe to the free version of Zoom and use it to record your presentation video. A 15-20 minute presentation should be well below 100MB. See video instructions at the bottom of this page.
Alternately, you can use Voice-over-PowerPoint (available in PowerPoint 2016 & 2019) and create a PPTSX file. Then Export to MP4. Note the generated MP4 by PPT Save-As is typically quite large and will likely need to be compressed to meet the size limit of 100MB for author uploads. Be sure to verify that the audio is included as there have been problems with PPT recordings. See the Microsoft support article here.
Please check the recording for quality and understandability, and for timing, as it needs to fit into the specified duration. We recommend using a headset so you won’t get laptop fan noise etc. in the recording.
Zoom Recording
Here are three links for videos showing as how to record a presentation with Zoom:
1. How to install and setup Zoom and create recording
2. Detailed instructions on setting up Zoom meeting to make recordings.
3. Advanced tips for recording – multi-segment