Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons (not least of which is the unintentional conflict with the fireworks show), we're canceling the PK in Vancouver. For those of you who've already volunteered to give a talk this week, please keep it around as we intend to hold the event in Dublin in November. And for those of you who haven't, you now have no excuse: you have a whole week to gather material and ideas for next time! Apologies for the whiplash: we'll try to plan better next time. Thanks, Kyle + Jen On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 3:22 PM Kyle Rose <krose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Call for participation: Bad Attitude Pecha Kucha @ IETF 120 > Time: Wednesday, July 24 at 10 pm Vancouver time > Location: Georgia B > > Come share your favorite stories, rants, or calls to action with your > IETF colleagues. If you have a topic about which you are passionate, > you can give a Pecha Kucha. > > By now, most of you probably know this, but for those new to the > event: a Pecha Kucha is a lightning-talk presentation format, > originating in Japan, where a speaker presents 20 image-only slides > that are each on the screen for 20 seconds and advance automatically. > With each talk lasting for 6:40, it has the feature of forcing > presentations, good or bad, to be focused and brief. > > This is an unofficial event. Topics are encouraged to be IETF-related > and satirical or controversial in some way, although not > mean-spirited. Anyone can participate in this social event. > > Format Details: > > * Kyle Rose and Jen Linkova will co-host the event in Vancouver. > > * Presentation slots are open to all interested presenters. Slots are > assigned first-come, first-served. > > * To reserve a presentation slot, send a name and title to Kyle at > krose@xxxxxxxxx AND to Jen at furry13@xxxxxxxxx and receive > confirmation. > > * While this recurring event originally hosted exclusively PK-format > talks, presenters now have two choices for talk format: > > - You may adhere to the traditional Pecha Kucha format (20 slides, > primarily image-only, automatically advancing every 20 seconds). We > need 20 static slides as a PDF. Animations are NOT supported since we > will be presenting from our own laptops and we only support vanilla > PDF. > > - You may alternatively use your 6m 40s slot to give a > presentation in some other format, but you will be strictly limited to > 400 seconds, after which the Lars Eggert rule¹ will be triggered. We > should be able to provide you with direct control over slide > advancement via wireless remote. Animations are still NOT supported > when we are presenting from our own laptops. You MAY alternatively use > your own hardware to present, but you MUST show up at least 15 minutes > before the event begins to test that it works and is ready to go with > just an HDMI cable swap. > > * We MUST receive your final slide deck no later than the start of the > Plenary on Wednesday (i.e., by 5:30 pm local time). Earlier is better. > You REALLY OUGHT TO get them to us at least a day in advance. Decks > received after the plenary starts are processed on a best-effort basis > and we MAY replace them with random images of kittens, puppies, and > hummingbirds. > > * There are lots of online tutorials and suggestions for how to make a > good Pecha Kucha. Here are some links: > > https://www.pechakucha.com/ > https://blog.indezine.com/2012/05/10-tips-to-create-and-present-pecha.html > https://catherinecronin.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/pecha-kucha/ > > * This is an in-person event only: while talks will be recorded > (thanks to the fine efforts of our own Tero Kivinen), they will not be > live-streamed and there will be no remote participation. > > We hope to see you there! > > Kyle and Jen > > ¹The Lars Eggert rule mandates that when time runs out, the audience > immediately starts clapping and continues clapping until the speaker > desists and vacates the podium.
