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Welcome to the Embedded Live 2010 Speaker Centre!

This centre is a resource for speaker information in order to help speakers plan and prepare for Embedded Live 2010.

Location and Dates

The conference will be located at Earls Court in London, England, from Tuesday, 19 October to Thursday, 21 October, 2010.

Registration

As a speaker at Embedded Live 2010, you are preregistered for the conference. We ask that you proceed to Speaker Registration once on-site. Speaker Registration will be located in the Ground Floor Foyer of the Brompton Hall, Earls Court and will be open during the following hours:


Tuesday, 19th October          8:30am - 4:00pm
Wednesday, 20th October     8:30am - 6:00pm
Thursday, 21st October         8:30am - 4:00pm

Important Deadlines

Due Immediately Speaker Agreements are due.
Read, sign and fax back to Erin LeMoine’s attention at +1 415.947.6804 or email to erin.lemoine@ubm.com. (If you did not receive a speaker agreement, please send an email to this address).

1st October, 2010 Class Notes/Presentation Slides (required of ALL presenters):
Please refer to the guidelines in your Speaker Kit, including proper naming of files. Please note there is an Embedded Live 2010 speaker template for Power Point presentations that should be used. Those speakers who fail to provide the proceedings materials may not be considered as future speakers for the Embedded Live or Embedded Systems Conferences. Directions to submit proceedings are below.

1st October, 2010 Technical Papers (NOT required for Tutorials)
Please refer to the guidelines in your Speaker Kit, including proper naming of files. Those speakers who fail to provide the proceedings materials may not be considered as future speakers for Embedded Live or the Embedded Systems Conferences. Directions to submit proceedings are below.

Speaker Benefits

  • Free Registration: As a speaker, you will receive complimentary registration to the Embedded Live 2010 Conference. There is no need to register for specific classes, as you will be given a badge providing you access to all the classes and all of the special events, including the keynote addresses and panel discussions.
  • Colleague Discount: We invite you as a speaker to pass on the registration promotion code included in your speaker kit to your colleagues. With this code, they will receive 25% off any Embedded Live 2010 Conference Pass. We encourage you to pass it on to anyone that you would like to attend Embedded Live 2010!
  • Extensive Exposure: Your name and course description are featured in our course catalogue, our primary promotional brochure, and on our website. We will also be conducting an aggressive PR campaign, designed to increase interest in the conference and your presentation. At the conference, your class information will be part of the printed Official Event Guide. In addition, your name, biography, and course description will be available online.
  • Access to the Speaker Ready Room: Our Speaker Ready Room will be available for your use during the week of the conference. You will have space to prepare for your sessions, relax and network.

Your Role as a Speaker

As a speaker at Embedded Live 2010, it is your responsibility to submit an electronic version of both your class notes/slide presentation and a technical white paper (8-15 pages, NOT applicable for tutorials) that will be posted to the Embedded Live website for registered attendees to download prior to the conference. Please do not send hardcopies of these materials. These notes should be submitted electronically, directions below. These are a very important value to our conference attendees, you must submit them by our deadline of 1st October.

Note: Power Point slides or class notes are not a substitute for the technical paper.

Audio Visual

Each of the conference session rooms will include the following:

  • 1 wired collar microphone
  • 1 podium Microphone
  • 1 LCD projector with connection
  • Screen

Note: Speakers will be responsible for providing their own laptop.

Evaluations

Evaluations are passed out to attendees as they enter the classroom. At the end of each session, our Conference Team collects the evaluation, tabulates the results and provides each instructor with individualized feedback on their performance a few weeks after the event. Please be sure to make an announcement about filling out evaluations during your conference session.

Directions to Submit Class Notes/Presentation Slides and
Technical Papers

Submit all class notes and proceedings papers electronically in one of two ways:

  1. Emailing to Andrew Porter at: andrew.porter@ubm.com
  2. Upload to our ftp site (preferred process):

PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t have an FTP program such as Filezilla you will need to use Internet Explorer 6, if you have Internet Explorer 7 or later it will not work and you will need to use Windows Explorer. If you open My Computer, you can just type the address into that address bar.

  • Enter: ftp://electroguest@ftpwest.cmp.com
  • When prompted:
  • Username: electroguest
  • Password: elect@19
  • Select: “electronics” folder
  • Select: “Incoming Folder” folder
  • Select: “Embedded Live 2010” folder
  • You can then drag your presentation to this screen.
  • Please let Andrew Porter know that you have uploaded your presentations by emailing him at: andrew.porter@ubm.com

All materials are due no later than Wednesday, 1st October, 2010. Feel free to contact Erin LeMoine at +1 415.947.6686 / erin.lemoine@ubm.com or Andrew Porter at +44 207 560 4029 / andrew.porter@ubm.com for any questions or concerns you may have.

Class Note Guidelines

Conference white papers are a requirement of speakers at the Embedded Live 2010. They are of utmost value to our attendees.

  • Format: PDF and PPT
    Please submit your class notes in both PDF and native file formats. We will not distribute or post the Power Point (or other native files). Place the class title, the class number and your name prominently at the beginning of your document. When you submit a PDF, please prepare the file with two slides per page (handout view).
  • Template: There is an Embedded Live 2010 Power Point template included in the Speaker Kit. Please use this template. It is important to keep our conference consistent.
  • Fonts: Please use standard fonts in your presentations. Some examples are Arial, Times New Roman and Courier. We want to avoid the possibility of some attendees not being able to view your notes because of the font used.
  • Company Logo: Please refrain from placing your company logo on your slides.
  • Content: Ideal material includes general session overviews, copies of slides and or files, notes, diagrams, and problem solving exercises. The content of your notes will depend on the format of your actual presentation.
  • File Naming: Please use the following format for labeling your class notes:

    “Session NumberSlides_lastname.ppt”

    For example, for Session ESC-206 with Speaker John Smith should be named as follows:

    “ESC-206Slides_Smith.pdf”

Technical Paper Guidelines:
(NOT applicable for Tutorials or Multicore Expo Sessions)

Conference white papers are a requirement of speakers at the Embedded Systems Conference (excluding tutorials). They are of utmost value to our attendees.

  • Format: PDF
    For proceedings and archival purposes, please submit your paper as a PDF. If submitting your paper as a PDF isn’t possible, please contact Colleen Mickey. Place the class title, the class number and your name prominently at the beginning of your document.
  • File Naming: Please use the following format for labeling your proceedings papers:

    Session NumberPaper_lastname.pdf

    For example, for Session ESC-206 with Speaker John Smith should be named as follows:

    “ESC-206Paper_Smith.pdf”

  • Insert the graphics in your document:
    Do not “link” the graphics to your document. All graphics, pictures, charts, figures, and etc. should be inserted (embedded) into your electronic file.

Contact Information

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the following:

Logistics and Operations (A/V, etc)
Kerrie Kemp
Conference Operations Manager
UBM Live
Ludgate House
245 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 9UY
Phone: +44 207 921 8169
kerrie.kemp@ubm.com
Content and Program
Andrew Porter
Event Director
EE Times Group
Ludgate House
245 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 9UY
Phone: +44 207 560 4029
Fax: +44 207 990 8450
andrew.porter@ubm.com