Session Material Guidelines

PowerPoint Presentation (required):

1. You must follow these PowerPoint Authoring Guidelines so that your slides can be accessed by attendees using various devices.
2. You must submit a separate .ppt file for each session - even if you are presenting the same session twice.
3. Please add the session number to the cover slide for each file you submit.
4. PowerPoint slides must be saved as .ppt (not .pps).
5. Name your file with your session number only (for example, TU100).
6. Maximum number of pages is 50 per slide presentation. The maximum file size is 20 MB.
   

You may use the ASTD 2013 Conference PowerPoint template available on the Speaker Center.

NOTE: Your actual PowerPoint presentation file will NOT be available for download by attendees. It will be converted for use on the mobile app.

PDF of slides (required):

1. Convert your PowerPoint (.ppt file) to PDF.
2. Name your file as follows: session #_slides (ex: TU100_slides).  

NOTE: This PDF will be available for attendees to download on the ASTD 2013 conference website in two locations: attached to each session description and as part of a PDF package*.

Supplemental Materials PDF: Concurrent sessions ONLY
(optional but encouraged)

1. The second PDF document to upload is supplemental session materials, such as case studies, worksheets, and Job Aids which support your content.
2. Name this file as follows: your session #_materials (ex: TU100_materials).

NOTE: These PDFs will be available for attendees to download on the ASTD 2013 conference website in two locations: attached to each session description and as part of a PDF package*.

Attendees will be given notice to download these files in advance of the conference.

Upload your three documents:

1. Login to the International Conference & Exposition Speaker Center.
2. Scroll down to your list of sessions.
3. Click the gold "submit presentation" button to upload your first file.
4. To upload your second and optional third files, find the session in the list and click the "submit additional materials" link.