Presentation formats
Presenters of regular papers are asked to provide:
• 20-minute full talk prerecorded video for your accepted paper. This video will be made available for offline viewing at any time one week before the conference.
• 7-minute live talk given using Zoom. This talk will quickly present your paper and main insights at the beginning of your 15-minute presentation slot to favour the live discussion (see below).
Presenters of IP and special sessions are asked to provide:
• 10-minute live talk given using Zoom. This talk will present your contribution before a 5-minute Q&A live discussion.
Participants of the TTTC’s E. J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award are requested to prepare:
• 20-minute full talk prerecorded video for your thesis. This video will be made available for offline viewing at any time one week before the conference.
• 7-minute live talk given using Zoom. This talk will quickly present your paper and main insights at the beginning of your 15-minute presentation slot to favor the live discussion (see below).
The deadline to submit the pre-recorded videos is April 9, 2021.
To submit your video, please name your files using the following format (all lowercase)
Regular papers: [paperid]_[last_name]_video.mp4 (paperid is the Molesystems submission ID of the paper)
McCluskey Award: [McCluskey]_[first_name]_[last_name]_video.mp4
Upload the video to https://www.dropbox.com/request/dikllcU73CVBGZYFGk5N
Video Permissions
Authors have the opportunity to make videos publicly available after the symposium. To authorise the VTS 2021 organisers to take this action, the corresponding author of each accepted paper must opt-in for the sharing and posting of the videos of the talks in the copyright form when submitting the camera-ready PDFs.
Please remember that while you grant VTS 2021 organisers the right to display and share your videos, you retain full ownership
Video Requirements
• Format: mp4
• Resolution: 720p (1280×720 pixels)
• Orientation: horizontal orientation (i.e., width should be bigger than height)
• Aspect ratio: 16:9
Preparation to Record your Video
There is no standard template for preparing the slides to use in your video. Please use your favorite one considering the video requirements listed above.
Please introduce yourself at the beginning of your presentation.
At the end of your presentation, please add and show a slide that includes your contact information and clearly display the following sentence:
This presentation and recording belong to the authors. No distribution is allowed without the authors’ permission.
How to Record you Video
To improve the engagement it is strongly recommended that you capture the video of the presenter during the presentation and display it in one of the corners of the frame.
The easiest way to record your presentation including the presenter’s video is [using Zoom](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362473-Local-Recordingn](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362473-Local-Recordingn).
You can add your webcam to the recorded video by [choosing the appropriate recording layout](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360025561091-Recording-layouts#h_b91c2338-c2d1-48e8-9571-c8ab6eeb57e4).
An alternative to Zoom is to [add narration to a PowerPoint presentation](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/video-record-presentations-2570dff5-f81c-40bc-b404-e04e95ffab33).
However, adding the presenter’s webcam to the presentation is a feature only available for Windows users in the presenter view pane. Once the narration is added, the presentation should be [converted into an mp4 video](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/turn-your-presentation-into-a-video-c140551f-cb37-4818-b5d4-3e30815c3e83).
Please feel free to use the preferred option or any other software (e.g., [OBS](https://obsproject.com/), but make sure the software you choose can export mp4 files.
Recording Tips
• Try to minimize the surrounding noise by recording in a quiet room.
• Make sure the fans of your computer are spinning at the minimum speed, especially if you are using built-in microphones to record.
• Keep a constant distance from the microphone to avoid fluctuation in the audio level.
• Use a neutral background, such as a solid-colored wall or drape.