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and time allotted ? Remind audience to fill out session attendance cards before they leave ? AT THE SESSION AT THE SESSION ? ? Keep on Schedule Keep on Schedule ? Keep each paper to the time allotted Keep each paper to the time allotted ? ? Act as a moderator during Act as a moderator during ? questions/discussion questions/discussion ? ? Act as a catalyst for discussion Act as a catalyst for discussion ? ? Take note on session significance for Take note on session significance for ? outstanding session award outstanding session award DUTIES OF SESSION CHAIR ? (Continued) ? AT THE SESSION ? ! Remind authors to submit papers for Remind authors to submit papers for ? publication in JPVT publication in JPVT ? ! Identify outstanding papers suitable for Identify outstanding papers suitable for ? awards awards ? ! Record no Record noshows and attendance shows and attendance ? ! Complete Session Rating Form Complete Session Rating Form ? ! Complete and submit a brief session report in Complete and submit a brief session report in ? PVP Form F32 PVP Form F32 DUTIES OF SESSION VICECHAIR CHAIR BEFORE THE CONFERENCE ? Know your Session Chair ? Make your reservation (conference and hotel) ? Know your authors SESSION VICECHAIR DUTIES AT THE CONFERENCE ? Attend the Authors Breakfast ? Meet your Chair ? Meet the authors ? Review the material given at Author’s Breakfast Breakfast SESSION VICECHAIR BEFORE/AT THE SESSION ? ? Check equipment needed for the session ? ? Check room for visual aid equipment (slides, movies, projectors, lights, (slides, movies, projectors, lights, ? microphone, puter, pointer, screen microphone, puter, pointer, screen ? and chalk) ? – request assistance ? ? Distribute and collect attendance cards ? ? Assist Chair to evaluate session ? Session chairs help ensure that sessions will run smoothly. Chairs are asked to help make sure that the discussants in a session receive the papers in a timely fashion, and serve as timekeeper/moderator during the session. You may volunteer to serve as a chair for one or more sessions whether or not you are presenting or serving as a discussant. Please use the FORM included and indicate the number of sessions, the JEL code(s) and the area(s) in which you would be willing to chair. Be sure to indicate if you will NOT be present for any of the days of the conference. Please note that there is no discount on fees for only chairing a session. How to Organize a Seminar or an Event ? Seminars and events have always been implemented as a holistic experience to participants. Thus, anizing an event requires extensive planning and preparation with most work implemented at least a few months before the actual event. Most of the time, seminars seem to run like clockwork with all events flowing smoothly according to schedule. In reality however, much groundwork has been worked on with the purpose of developing the right atmosphere in addition to a beneficial experience to partipants. 1. Establishing the theme of the event ? Each event follows a theme and purpose which will drive the event setup, the tar