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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!