First, many thanks for agreeing to be a moderator at this year’s Student Research Symposium!

Here are a few instructions:

1. You can find the time and place of the panel you are moderating on the Symposium Schedule.
2. Please arrive at the panel at least fifteen minutes early in order to ensure that everything is in order (e.g., find the presenters and determine how to pronounce their names correctly).
3. Presenters are expected to have loaded presentation files onto the computer in advance. No time is provided to load files during or just prior to the panel.
4. Begin the panel on time and keep the presenters on time. Do not allow any presenter to exceed the time allotted. One-hour sessions will generally have three presentations of 20 minutes each (15 minutes plus 5 minutes for discussion).
5. Ask audience members to please not leave until the end of the Q&A.
6. Avoid allowing one questioner (especially a faculty member) to dominate; try to encourage questions from students.
7. If no one in the audience asks questions right away, you might break the ice by asking a question yourself. You should always be prepared to do so.