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+[[!meta title="Conference-day instructions for speakers"]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2021 Sacha Chua"]]
+
+# How to check in
+
+Please check in at least 30 minutes before the start of your Q&A
+session. You can check in on IRC by joining the #emacsconf-org channel
+on libera.chat using your favorite IRC client or using
+[https://chat.emacsconf.org](https://chat.emacsconf.org/?join=emacsconf-org).
+If you want, you can also join the channel for your track as well
+(either #emacsconf-gen or #emacsconf-dev).
+
+Say something like "Hi, this is <your name> checking in" in the
+\#emacsconf-org channel and one of the organizers will check you in.
+If you are having a hard time with IRC, e-mail
+<emacsconf-submit@gnu.org> and we can give you the URL of a
+BigBlueButton room to join.
+
+# The process
+
+- If you want to do Q&A over IRC or Etherpad:
+  - You can hang out in the IRC channel for your track and/or on the
+    pad for your talk.
+- If you want to do Q&A over Mumble:
+  - You can connect to mumble.emacsconf.org.
+- If you want to do Q&A in a BigBlueButton room (ex: quick demoes):
+  - We'll set you up in a BigBlueButton room (check your e-mail for
+    the URL, or ask in #emacsconf-org). You can keep watching the
+    conference or doing other things while waiting there. We'll let
+    you know shortly before your prerec ends. If you want, you can get
+    things ready for whatever you might want to demonstrate.
+  - Please use headphones or earphones to minimize the risk of audio
+    feedback. Webcams are optional.
+- While your prerec plays: people will add notes and questions on the
+  pad, or they'll ask them on IRC. Volunteers will try to copy all the
+  questions to the pad. If you're looking at the Etherpad or IRC, you
+  can start answering whenever you like.
+- General notes about answering questions:
+  - You can answer questions in any order, and you can skip any questions you like.
+  - You don't have to answer questions right away. If you want to take
+    some time to think about things, that's okay.
+  - If you're answering questions by voice and the host is not reading
+    the questions out for you, please read the question out before you
+    answer it. This makes it easier to follow the conversation and to
+    copy the answers to the talk page afterwards.
+- After your prerec finishes:
+  - If you're doing IRC/Etherpad: we'll let people know where to ask
+    questions and we can read out some of the questions and answers
+    that are there.
+  - If you're on Mumble: we'll pull you into the channel room and the
+    streamer will connect to it. When we confirm that you can be
+    heard, you and the host can go ahead with the Q&A.
+  - If you're doing Q&A in a BBB room:
+    - We'll switch the stream to broadcast from the BBB room you're
+      in, and we'll start recording the session so that Q&A can be
+      available after the conference.
+    - Depending on your preferences, the host can read questions to
+      you, or you can read questions off the pad/IRC yourself.
+    - We'll open up the Q&A for other people to join if there's time
+      for a longer discussion. If so, this conversation can continue
+      for as long as you like. If it's time for the next talk to
+      start, we'll give you a heads-up and your Q&A can continue off
+      the stream in the same BBB room. When you are ready to stop
+      answering questions, you can wrap up however you'd like and
+      leave the meeting.
+- After the conference, we'll collect questions and answers from IRC
+  and the pad. We'll put them on the talk page and e-mail them to you
+  in case you want to follow up or keep the conversation going. We'll
+  also work on extracting the videos from the Q&A sessions and we'll
+  post them on the talk page.
+
+# Tips and backup plans
+
+- Doing a tech check can help if you want to do live Q&A.
+  https://test.bigbluebutton.org has a self-serve tech check.
+- Please let us know if you're running late or if it turns out you
+  can't make it. Drop by #emacsconf-org, e-mail us at
+  <emacsconf-submit@gnu.org> , or use the emergency contact
+  information from the check-in instructions email.