SPEAKER ASSISTANCE

Faculty/VIP Office
Room W471a, Level 4

Faculty members and VIPs should check in at the Faculty/VIP Office to pick up registration materials and receive last-minute updated and program changes. The Faculty/VIP Office is conveniently located next to the Speaker Ready Room. Faculty and VIPs are welcome in the Faculty/VIP Office throughout the meeting. 

Faculty members include:

• Educational session chairs and speakers
• Panel moderators and speakers
• Scientific program moderators and discussants
• eContouring learning lab speakers
• Presidential Symposium speakers
• Keynote speakers and introducers
• International symposium speakers

Note: Presenters of abstracts are not classified as faculty and should follow attendee registration instructions. 

Hours of operation:
Saturday, September 14                                         6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 15                                           6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Monday, September 16                                          7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.         
Tuesday, September 17                                         7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 18                                    7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Speaker Ready Room 
Room W470b, Level 4

Faculty members and abstract presenters should upload their PowerPoint presentations in advance of their sessions through the online Speaker Center. To ensure presentations have been properly uploaded, faculty members and abstract presenters are asked to check in at the Speaker Ready Room to review the information and make any last-minute edits.

Every speaker should also save their presentation on a portable device and bring it to the Speaker Ready Room at least 24 hours in advance of the presentation or upon arrival at the McCormick Place West.

Hours of operation:
Saturday, September 14                                           6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 15                                             6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Monday, September 16                                            7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.        
Tuesday, September 17                                           7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 18                                     7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Poster Viewing Presenter Check-in
Innovation Hub, Hall F1

Poster Viewing Q&A presenters may check-in at the Concierge Desk, located in the Innovation Hub (Exhibit Hall) in the rear of Hall F1, 24 hours prior to their presentation time. Staff will be available to assist presenters with uploading any last-minute changes and to help locate their assigned station. Presenters are required to stand by the poster station during their scheduled time. Fifteen minutes before the session begins, presenters should be at their designated stations and wait for the Moderator to start the session. Poster Viewing Q&A sessions are a total of 60 minutes long.