Presenter Resources

As a presenter, you must register in order to present. Be sure to register by April 1 to get the early-bird rate. We also encourage you to book your hotel and travel early. Please visit our Hotel and Travel page for more information.

An EDUCAUSE Profile is required to be listed as a session presenter and for conference registration. Also, because your profile is displayed with your session in the online agenda, it is important to have your current title and institution/organization. Please also upload a professional headshot.

Need to create a profile?

• Go to the Member Directory home page.
• Click the "Create a Profile" link.
• You'll be prompted to enter an email address first so the system can cross-check the database. If your email is not in the database, the next screen will direct you to "Create a Profile."
  • NOTE: Please wait until you receive an email indicating that your profile has been approved, then proceed with the steps under Have a Profile.
• If you need assistance, please contact the Membership Team at [email protected] or 303-449-4430.

Have a profile?

• Log in from the Member Directory home page.
• If you have a profile, log in with the red Login button in the upper right corner of your screen.
  • If you have forgotten your username/password, you may reset both from the Login page.
• Once logged in, Update Your Profile will display. Click this to update your bio, photo, visibility setting, and more.
  • Make sure that your visibility setting (found within Edit Primary Info) is not too restrictive. We recommend the option Visible only to authenticated EDUCAUSE members (with contact info).

Interactive Presentations
These sessions are opportunities to share topics of community interest through an innovative, thought-provoking format that encourages audience participation and engagement. Examples might include point-counterpoint on controversial topics. This is the most prevalent type of session, and many are offered in every time slot throughout the conference.

Lightning Talks
These micropresentations are designed to deliver information with focused speed. Each lightning talk session will include five 10-minute talks.

Panel or Moderated Presentations
These sessions feature two to four dynamic presenters sharing campus challenges and solutions through conversational exchange. Presenters create an engaging moderated discussion with dialogue, storytelling, case studies, and lessons learned to help attendees apply concepts to their campus.

Preconference Workshops
Offered for full or half days, preconference workshops offer attendees a deeper examination of various topics, facilitated by leaders with extensive experience in those areas. Workshops are highly interactive and give participants the chance to discuss in-depth approaches to challenges they are facing on campus and to share solutions and learn strategies.

EDUCAUSE has prepared an optional PowerPoint template for your convenience. The template is in 16:9 aspect ratio (widescreen).

All session meeting rooms will be set theater, with the exception of Zurich Ballroom BC, which will be set in rounds of 10. Preconference workshop meeting rooms will be set in rounds.

Yes—please click on a link below to view your meeting room's floor plan.

• Montreux Monday
• Montreux Tuesday-Wednesday
• St. Gallen Monday
• St. Gallen Tuesday-Wednesday
• Vevey 1-2 Monday
• Vevey 1-2 Tuesday-Wednesday
• Vevey 3 Monday
• Vevey 3 Tuesday-Wednesday
• Vevey 4 Monday
• Vevey 4 Tuesday-Wednesday
• Zurich AB

All of the session rooms will have the following standard AV:

• LCD projector with HDMI capabilities and screen (16:9 widescreen format)
• Microphones:
• One podium microphone
• One wireless lavalier microphone
• One additional table microphone for panels of three or more
• Computer audio patch

Please note: Computers are NOT provided in meeting rooms. Please bring your own computer and, before arriving, please make sure it is equipped with a standard HDMI output and that you know how to use a projector with your computer.

The following internet connections will be available:

• Wireless access will be available for both presenters and attendees. The connection speed will be sufficient to access and navigate web pages and email.

• One Ethernet connection will be provided for presenter use (cable dropped between lectern and table and requested to be long enough for use at either location)

Substantial bandwidth will be provided and should be sufficient for basic applications you wish to present. However, if you know that your presentation will require significant bandwidth and have concerns, please contact Sarah Reynolds.

Your audience will rate and comment on your session. On your last slide, in addition to putting your contact details, encourage attendees to provide feedback by asking them to complete the session/presenter evaluation on the mobile app or in the online agenda. We will send you your session ratings and comments within one month of the event. Highly rated presenters may be considered for other speaking opportunities with EDUCAUSE.

Yes! Please visit the Presenter Concierge page of our website for EDUCAUSE's new microlearning module series, Presentation Best Practices. This series will help you create an outstanding presentation by focusing on the practices adopted by the most effective speakers, presenters, and facilitators. Expect to spend approximately one hour with the entire six-part series. Each module is only about 10 minutes and will help you plan your time, materials, and interactive elements for maximum impact.

All presenters should share their presentation materials prior to the conference. Please upload all slides to the Speaker Portal using the following format for file names.

Please rename files to be uploaded with the session title and the resource type (examples: NameofSession_Slides.ppt and/or NameofSession_ Handout.pdf). If you password-protect a PDF document, please make sure to enable the file to be read by a screen reader. It is our goal to make our resources easily available to those who use adaptive and assistive technology to access files over the internet.

You may use this copyright statement on one of your first slides:
This presentation leaves copyright of the content to the presenter. Unless otherwise noted in the materials, uploaded content carries the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), which grants usage to the general public, with appropriate credit to the author.

Uploading a Resource or Document to a Session:

1. Log in to the Speaker Portal and click on My Sessions tab.
2. Click on the session title to which you would like to add resources.
3. Navigate to the Manage Documents tab.
4. Click on the Upload button.
5. Click on the Choose File button.
6. Find and select the document to upload.
7. Select the file type.
8. If the file type is not a PowerPoint or a video, please select Resources.
9. Add a descriptive title for the document (see above for naming).
10. Description: You may leave this blank, as it does not display anywhere.
11. Comments: This is for your use only as well as content managers who will be able to view your comments.
12. Click the green Upload button.
13. Success! You did it! The status will say "pending"; however, it is automatically approved to your online session listing. (Please allow 12–24 hours for the next system sync.) To confirm the resource was uploaded, please visit your session listing in the online agenda.