Request a Session
All educational and technical sessions must receive preliminary and final approval. To receive approval, you must submit preliminary and final approval forms.
Preliminary approval is required no later than 12 months in advance of the session. Submit your preliminary approval request form now!
Final approval: You must receive final approval for your session no later than 6 months (or one convention) prior to your session. Submit your final approval request form now!
Session Moderator Responsibilities
Session moderators are responsible for the organization of their convention session. This includes submitting the preliminary and final approval forms, obtaining speakers, developing a description of the session, providing ACI staff with complete speaker contact information, presentation titles, order of presentations, and session descriptions. Additionally, moderators will be responsible for proofing materials that will be printed or published, informing speakers of deadlines and instructions to submit presentations and handouts, and other general communication with speakers.
On-site facilitation of the session includes confirming the speakers have arrived, introducing speakers, checking the session room setup in advance of the session, and handling any last-minute requests or situations.
To learn more about moderator responsibilities, read the Convention Session Moderator by Tom Pasko.
Session Moderator Training
All session moderators MUST participate in online session moderator training no later than 6 months in advance of their session. Final approval will NOT be given for sessions where the moderators have not gone through session moderator training. Take the online session moderator training now! (Note: You must have a valid ACI member login to participate.)
Frequently Asked Questions
Many common questions can be answered by reviewing the Frequently Asked Questions section on sessions. Review these now!
Moderator & Speaker Resources
ACI has developed several resources that you may wish to provide to your speakers. These include:
The Reluctant Speaker
Tips for Making a Successful Presentation
Creating Better Slides
Resources for Speakers and Moderators
PowerPoint Templates
Organizing an upcoming session? Provide your speakers with one of the PowerPoint templates below.
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