Speaker

Has agreed to present. Needs to know when and where they are on, what they owe and by when, and to be able to hand it over and get a confirmation without emailing anybody to ask.

Persona

Speaker

Side

External — Works for a client, exhibitor, supplier, hotel, or attends the event.

Reference

speaker

Where they work

In their own self-service portal, on the talks and sessions they are attached to. They usually arrive from an invitation email rather than a bookmark.

What they are responsible for

Turning up prepared. Knowing when and where they are on, what they owe and by when, and handing it over without emailing anybody to ask.

What they can do

• Submit a talk, save it as a draft, and come back to it.
• See the review outcome for their own submission.
• Keep their biography, photo, and affiliations current for the programme.
• Upload slides, papers, and documents against a deadline, and get a confirmation.
• See their confirmed sessions with times and rooms, and record whether they consent to being recorded.
• Work through the checklist the organiser set them.

What they cannot do

• Move their own session, or change the schedule around it.
• See other people's submissions, or who reviewed theirs.

Journeys they take part in

These are the end-to-end chains of work that name them — the steps they own, and the ones that only affect them.

Journey pages need an operator sign-in to open.

Delivery

• Build and publish the programmeEvery session sits in a prepared room at a time nobody is double-booked for, carries the code it will be printed with, and is visible to attendees exactly when you mean it to be.
• Call for papers to published programmeSubmissions are reviewed, accepted, scheduled, and published.
• Open the call for papersAuthors can find the call while it is open, submit a complete abstract with the right co-authors, and change or withdraw it only while the rules allow.
• Review, score and decide submissionsEvery submission is scored by eligible reviewers under the blinding the committee chose, and every author receives a decision — and only the feedback they were meant to see.
• Speaker commitment to stage-readyA confirmed speaker has consented, handed over materials that will play, and knows their slot.

Onsite

• Session delivery and captureSessions run, are recorded or streamed, and attendance is captured.
• Speaker prep station to live sessionEach talk goes live from a validated deck or the speaker’s own laptop, with the consent the project requires on record, and the operator sees room faults before the audience does.

Close

• Recognise a programme contributionAn earned presenter, poster, chair or reviewer contribution becomes a verifiable certificate, with explicit correction and retained validity history.

Pages that relate to the Speaker

• Award NominationsSign-in required
• Choose Your Presentation Mode
• Getting Started as a Speaker
• Live Polls
• Managing a Submitted Talk
• My Talks
• Recording ConsentSign-in required
• Recording Consent
• Speaker ManagementSign-in required
• Speaker Q&A Inbox
• Speaker Upload StatusSign-in required
• Submitting a Talk
• Talk Acceptance
• Talk Authors
• Talk Checklists
• Talk Content
• Talk Dashboard
• Talk Documents
• Talk Reviews
• Talk Tasks
• Technical RequirementsSign-in required
• The Speaker Prep Station
• Your Chair Briefs