LightningTalks

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XP Day Lightning Talks

• organiser: BernardVanderBeken
• session duration: 60 min
• session type: meta-session consisting of multiple lightning talks.
• intended audience: all attendees, depending on talks.
• presentation language: English

Contents:

• Will be determined by selecting talks.

• This session consists of multiple 'lightning talks'.
• The lightning talks are mini-sessions given by different speakers.
• These speakers could sign up until the XP Day itself.
• Other conferences have done this before:
  • http://perl.plover.com/lt/lightning-talks.html
  • http://www.justanotherperlhacker.org/lightning/
  • http://wiki.fosdem.org/tiki-index.php?page=lightningtalks
  • http://www.europython.org/conferences/epc2004/info/talks/lightning_talks
  • http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2004/view/e_sess/4852

• There can be a considerable overlap between audience and presenters.
• It is up to each session presenter to (dis)allow Q&A time, which needs to be allocated within the provided time. Further discussion can happen during breaks.

• Allow a considerable number of speakers to speak concisely about a topic of their choice in a brief period of time.

• 10 lightning talks can be allowed of 5 minutes each.

• Can Lightning Talks really work?
• Learn about topics that will not get any attention otherwise, either because speakers do not dare to do a full session or because the topic is too small.
• Get to know more people.

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