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+[[!meta title="Conference-day instructions for speakers"]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2023 Sacha Chua"]]
+
+# Before your talk
+
+If you have a pre-recorded talk, please check in at least 30 minutes
+before the start of your Q&A session (when your talk ends). If you're
+doing the talk live, please check in at least 30 minutes before the
+start of your talk.
+
+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-dev,emacsconf-gen,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> or use the emergency
+contact info in the check-in email and we can give you the URL of a
+BigBlueButton room to join.
+
+- 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 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 you go live. 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.
+- If you want to do Q&A over Mumble:
+  - You can connect to mumble.emacsconf.org.
+
+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. If we start worrying, we'll
+reach out to you via your emergency contact information.
+
+# While your talk plays
+
+People will add notes and questions on the Etherpad, or they'll ask
+them on IRC. Volunteers will try to copy all the questions to the
+Etherpad. If you're watching Etherpad or IRC, you can start answering
+whenever you like.
+
+# Answering questions
+
+- General notes about answering questions:
+  - You can answer questions in any order, and you can skip any
+    questions you don't want to answer.
+  - 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.
+  - Uploading PDFs doesn't work in our BigBlueButton instance, but you
+    can share your screen. Sharing screens with multi-monitor setups
+    can be tricky. If this acts weirdly for you, try sharing just the
+    window you want to focus on, or switch to using one monitor.
+  - The Q&A will be recorded so that people can keep learning from it
+    even after the conference. If you accidentally share something or
+    would like part of the recording removed, please add something
+    like "Oops" in the text chat, possibly with a description of what
+    to remove. We can work on editing that out of the recording.
+- After your prerec finishes:
+  - 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. We'll give you a signal when the
+      Q&A is ready to start. Other people can start joining the Q&A room.
+    - Depending on your preferences, the host can read questions to
+      you, or you can read questions off the pad/IRC yourself.
+    - 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 end the meeting.
+  - 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.
+      
+# 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.
+
+Thank you so much for putting so much time and energy into sharing
+what you know at EmacsConf!