Panels Chair Responsibilities
A panel consists of two or more presenters, who present various perspectives
on a topic. The panelists may present in a sequence, or interspersed.
Panelists may invite the audience to participate in the discussion.
A panel is more suitable than a tutorial when the presenters are "practitioners"
who would like to share ideas and views on a specific topic with the audience.
A panel may run the entire duration of a conference session, i.e. approximately
75 minutes.
- Determine the requirements for panel proposals
(February of previous year)
- Post a web page with the details. This page will be linked
from the conference page by Web Publicity Chair
- List panel topics
of greatest interest to the audience, and solicit proposals on those topics.
- Investigates the possibility of SIGCSE/NSF funding for
importing SIGCSE panels.
- Collect panel proposal submissions
- submitted by hard copy
- submitted electronically - In this case, set up an electronic submission
procedure (Summer of previous year)
- Send acknowledgement of each submission to proposer. Acknowledgement should include:
- Date of notification of acceptance - after the (January Meeting)
- Deadline for submission of camera ready copy of proposal description
- Reminder that all panelists will be expected to register.
- Evaluate proposals, either personally or by requesting others to read
them and determine proposals that are acceptable (to be done by
January Meeting).
- Work with Papers chairs, and Tutorials Chairs to put together a
conference program before the January Meeting.
Hand this program to Publicity Chair and CCSCNE Editor
by the end of the meeting.
In addition, prepare a list of accepted panels with the following
details for each panel:
title, name, affiliation, address, telephone, fax and email of all the
panelists. Forward
this list to CCSCNE Editor in order to assist in compiling the
proceedings.
- Notify panel proposers in writing of acceptance or rejection.
(within a week of January Meeting.)
Acceptance letter should include:
- Format and deadline for submission of camera ready copy, and address
of CCSCNE Editor to whom it should be mailed.
- Copyright release form, that must be signed by all panelists
- Registration form and registration fee must be sent by all panelists
- A/V request.
- Send a list of the panels with the following details for each panel:
title, presenters with affiliations and email addresses,
and an abstract - to the Publicity Chair (Web) to post on the Web.
- Serve as liaison between Local Arrangements Chair
and panelists about unusual Audio-Visual requests.
- Serve as liaison between CCSCNE Editor and panelists about missing
registration forms/fees and camera copies.
Original by Ingrid Russell, Modified by Amruth Kumar