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Congratulations on being selected as a speaker for the PDMA 35^th Product Innovation Management Annual Global Conference. It is you, the speakers, who make the conference a premier educational experience for product development and management professionals. In preparing for the conference, use this page to help guide you along the way. We hope this information will help make your conference experience an enjoyable and successful one.

If you have any questions along the way, contact Jamie Messinger at
Speakers@pdma.org or 312-673-5773.

We look forward to meeting you in Phoenix!
-The PDMA 35^th Product Innovation Management Conference Committee

Important Speaker Deadlines

Speaker Registration

Housing and Travel Information

Session Descriptions for Attendees

Presentation Guidelines and Deadlines

PowerPoint Template

Room Assignments

Suggested Arrival Time

AV Equipment in Session Room

Speaking Tips

Speaker Marketing Kit

Important Speaker Deadlines
Below are the important speaker deliverables for the PDMA 35th Product Innovation Management Annual Global Conference:

We encourage all speakers to adhere to these deadlines or notify Speakers@pdma.org with any reasons why you cannot meet these dates.

Speaker Registration
All speakers will need to register online for the PDMA 35^th Product Innovation Management Annual Global Conference. The deadline for speakers to register is Friday, July 15, 2011. You will need to complete the registration form online (http://www.pdma.org/events_register.cfm?pk_event=828). The speaker discount registration code is “SPKR11CG”.

Housing and Travel Information
PDMA speakers are responsible for their own travel and hotel expenses. We highly advise you to book your accommodations and travel soon. *Visit www.pdma.org/pim for hotel details.

*Please note that the discounted room rate is NOT available on the main Arizona Biltmore website, or any other discounted travel website. If you choose to book your hotel room through other means, please be advised that PDMA cannot guarantee you will receive the special group rate.

Session Descriptions for Attendees
A complete listing of the content sessions taking place at the conference will be available on the PDMA website. We encourage you to review your session description; should you want to make any changes to the description on our website, please email them to  speakers@pdma.org.

Presentation Guidelines and Deadlines
In preparing your presentation for the PDMA 35^th Product Innovation Management Annual Global Conference, please remember:

• Your presentation outline must be sent to speaker@pdma.org by July 15th, 2011.
• Your presentation and/or handouts must be sent to  speakers@pdma.org by August 8, 2011. This submission must be in complete form. Any minor revisions are due by September 5, 2011.
• A member of the PDMA Conference Committee will review your presentation and/or handouts to ensure it maps back to your session title and description. After the presentation and/or handouts are approved it will be posted on our website.
• All presentations must be of educational nature, and may not be used to promote products or services.
• Please see the Speaker Ready Checklist as a guide when creating your presentation. 

PowerPoint Template
The PDMA PowerPoint Template can be downloaded here. Please use this template for your presentation.

Room Assignments
You will receive a final logistics message approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the event, including the name of your room assignment. Room sizes range from approximately 75-125 people each. The room assignments will also be available onsite.

Suggested Arrival Time
All speakers need to check in at the registration desk at least 60 minutes prior to your presentation. At that time you will receive your name tag and any relevant registration materials. Posted below are the registration hours.

• Saturday, October 29, 2011: 7:00am – 5:00pm
• Sunday, October 30, 2011: 7:00am – 5:00pm
• Monday, October 31, 2011: 7:00am – 6:30pm
• Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 7:00am – 7:00pm
• Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 8:00am – 12:45pm

A/V Equipment in Session Rooms
Each session room will be set with the following equipment:

• 1 Data Projector
• 1 Screen
• 1 Microphone

Should your presentation require hardware other than what is noted above; please provide Speakers@pdma.org, with a list of your specifications. We cannot guarantee special requests. PDMA will not accept any A/V requests or changes made during the conference.

Remember, it is always a good idea to bring a backup flash drive with your presentation.

**Each speaker is expected to bring his or her own notebook PC for the presentation. Computers will not be provided in session rooms.**

Speaking Tips
A Conference Committee Volunteer will be in contact with you to answer any questions regarding the PDMA 35^th Product Innovation Management Annual Global Conference, review your presentation, and help you to adapt your presentation to the PDMA audience.

Here are a few tips you may find helpful to remember before your presentation:

• Determine the location of your session room. Take the time to familiarize yourself with the audiovisual equipment and review your session objectives.
• Display the name of the presentation and your name on the beginning slide so attendees can verify that they are in the right session.
• Keep track of the time.  
• Hold all questions until the end of the presentation. Inform attendees of this at the beginning of the presentation. It is always a good idea to repeat each question from the audience before answering so all the attendees can benefit from Q&A.
• Remind the attendees to complete the session evaluation with a reminder slide at the end of your presentation.