Speaker Resources
NASIG 40th Annual Conference
May 19-21, 2025, virtual conference
Dates and Deadlines
- December 15, 2024: Session proposals due.
- January 2025: Session proposal decisions shared with speakers
- Late February, 2025: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) due
- May 12, 2025: Great Ideas Showcase poster files uploaded to Sched
- May 12, 2025: Pre-recorded sessions emailed to nasigppc@gmail.com
- May 18, 2025: All slides/handout files for concurrent and snapshot sessions uploaded to Sched
- July 31, 2025: Paper due to the NASIG conference proceedings editors
General Information
NASIG has a code of conduct for all conference participants. This conference will be a fully virtual conference held on the Zoom platform.
Memorandum of Understanding
All speakers are required to sign and return a copy of the NASIG Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which you will receive via email from a member of the program planning committee (PPC). MOUs are due in February. If you have not received an MOU, please contact PPC at nasigppc@gmail.com.
Presentations
SCHED.com
NASIG is using Sched to manage the conference program. Speakers should login and review and update their profiles. While there are no requirements for the information you provide, we do suggest you add information. If you do not have a Sched account, you will need to create one to view the schedule, access zoom links and upload files.
Note: You will need to register for the conference before you can log into Sched. A reduced registration rate is available for concurrent session speakers if you register by May 4, 2025. Snapshots and Great Ideas Showcase presenters are not eligible for the reduced rate.
Zoom
NASIG 2025 is a fully virtual conference that will be hosted on Zoom. Presenters should make sure they have Zoom installed and are familiar with presenter features. Below are links to some helpful guides.
An official Zoom NASIG background has been created and is available for download. NASIG recommends speakers use this background but it is not required. Consult this guide for more information on how to utilize Zoom backgrounds.
The Conference Planning Committee (CPC) will offer some test sessions for presenters. Presenters will receive an email with the dates and times of those sessions in April/early May.
Note: Although NASIG asks presenters to upload presentation files to Sched (see section below), these files are not used in the live presentations. Presenters will be presenting their slides live in Zoom from their own computers.
Presentation Materials and Files
For some guidelines in formatting a presentation, please see the following:
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Creating Presentations That Don't Suck by Melissa Haendel
Consider accessibility of your presentations, including color contrast and text size. Also credit any images and make your own rights clear. You may wish to add a Creative Commons license to increase its ability to be shared.
Speakers must upload their presentation slides and any handout or other presentation materials to Sched by May 18th 2025. Great Ideas Showcase files should be uploaded by May 12th to ensure attendees have more time to review these posters.
Uploading these files allows NASIG to archive them after the conference (see below) and it also allows attendees to review slides before and after the presentations to help them better understand the information presented. Presenters can update and change their slides in Sched as they need to.
Follow these directions for uploading slides to the Sched platform. We recommend using the below; filename convention for your files in Sched.
[First Presenter Family Name]_[Date of presentation mmddyy]_Title of presentation (only need first 3-4 words of title). For example:
Day_051425_Collection assessment projects
If you have multiple materials please add any additional descriptors such as handout, exercise, supplement etc to help attendees identify the different material types. For example:
Day_051425_Collection assessment projects handout1
If you have questions about uploading to Sched please contact nasigppc@gmail.com.
Please note, copies of these slides and materials will be uploaded to the NASIG Figshare account for preservation and access. Your materials will be freely accessible to everyone; they will not be restricted to NASIG members and conference attendees. If you have questions, please contact the Communications Committee at communications@nasig.org.
Conference Proceedings
Speakers are encouraged to write their own paper and should indicate on their MOU if they plan to do so.
The conference proceedings will be published Open Access in NASIG Proceedings on the Michigan Publishing Services platform as a standalone publication. Authors will be asked to sign a NASIG Proceedings Article Publishing Agreement.
The proceedings editors have developed Conference Proceedings Author Guidelines for your reference.
The deadline for submitting your paper is shown on the timeline at the top of this page. Please contact proceedings@nasig.orgif you have further questions.
Compensation
The details of your compensation for speaking at NASIG were communicated in your acceptance proposal. If you have any further questions about compensation, please see our policy for Annual Conference and Continuing Education Events.
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