Instruction

How to find a specific contribution in a session

  1. When you are logged in at the Memberzone go to  the specific year you like to view.
    See on top in the drop-down menus or in the MemberZoneAccess (www.EFCF.com/MZAccess)

  2. You can usually find the link to the Final Announcement with Programme and/or directly to the Programme at the top before the sessions streams.
    See also in the Library e.g. www.EFCF.com/Library - Forner Events/Conference-Programs,
    or www.GridServiceMarket.com/Library or www.i-MEEP.com/Library

  3. All contributions are labelled with a unique ID
    e.g: "A0503" = Stream "A" - Session Name "A05" - Contribution Number "03" 

    In the specific event year go to the right session e.g. A05.

  4. Three methodes to find your contribution e.g. "03"

    1. Approximative:
      Assuming that each contribution has the same* duration, you can see relatively easily in which part of the session you should move the slider so that you end up near your contribution "03".

    2. Calculated, if the start time of the contribution is given:
      Subtract the start time* of the session from the start time*
      of the contribution and you get more or less the time,
      where you should put the slider to be near your specific contribution.

      Due to some introductions at the beginning of each session typically 1-2 minutes have to be added. Also the closer to the end of session a contribution is, the more delay could be expected e.g. 1-5 minutes.

    3. Calculated, if only the session start time is given:
      Take the length of the session, divide it by the number of contributions in the sessions and get the average contribution duration (usually 15 minutes per presentation = EFCF & MEEP standard, GSM often longer). 
      "Calculate" the start time of your contribution number n in the session by multiplying the average contribution duration by (n-1), e.g. 15min *("03"-1) = 30min.
      *But also note the exceptions! 

  5. Often you need some 1-2 up and down tuning steps to get exactly at the correct start point.
    You can jump up and down 0.5-1 min with the arrow keys.

*Consider the exceptions:

  • Please bear in mind that keynotes and invited talks are usually about twice as long.

  • Sometimes the cutting is not optimally at the start of the session or they start late due to introduction i.e. you need to add possibly some more minutes to find your specific contribution
    To identify such larger time shifts, you need to jump in 2-3 steps to the real start of the session first. Typical time shift is between 1-2 minutes - but seldom it can go up to 10-15 min.

  • Sometimes a contribution before might be withdrawn and/or your specific contribution might be shifted.
    So it can not exactly be found at the expected/calculated time. This should be mentioned in the updated "program as performed", but there might be not recognized deviations.

Please contact forum@efcf.com, in case you are not able to find your specific contribution