Presentation formats

Presenters of regular papers, IPs and special sessions are asked to provide:

• 15-minute live talk given at the live event by using Zoom.

• 15-minute prerecorded video for your accepted paper. This video will be only used in case any technical issues prevent you from presenting your paper. We expect you to present it live.

Participants of the TTTC’s E. J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award are requested to prepare:

[TBD]

The deadline to submit the pre-recorded videos is April 15, 2022.

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/G9aEcUsWMrmpc17y2rra

Video Permissions

Authors have the opportunity to make videos publicly available after the symposium. To authorise the VTS 2022 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 2022 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 by using Zoom.

You can add your webcam to the recorded video by choosing the appropriate recording layout.

An alternative to Zoom is to add narration to a PowerPoint presentation.

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.

Please feel free to use the preferred option or any other software (e.g., OBS), 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.