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Special Event - Presentation Skills Workshop - Preparing for an International Conference

 

This is a special workshop targeted for international researchers (DC, PD, faculty member).

Seminar/Workshop will be conducted in English.

 

This is a great chance to sharpen your presentation skills! Dr. Lane, a senior editor from Edanz Group; english editing & publication support expert, will give you advice to improve your skills.

You will have to prepare 5-page powerpoint slides of your research and make a 10-minute presentation at the workshop. (powerpoint submission deadline is February1)

We have secured 4 seats for Hi-System users. It's first come first seved!

 

Ⅰ　Seminar (13:00-14:30)

1) Poster presentations 

: Benefits of presenting your research in a poster

: Logical flow of information 

: How to make professional-looking figures 

: Using PowerPoint to make posters 

: Poster layout and readability 

: Getting your audience’s attention 

: Guiding your audience through your poster 

: Encouraging discussion and questions

 

2) Oral presentations 

: Presentations vs. written articles 

: Types of oral presentations 

: Keeping your audience in mind 

: Logical flow of information 

 

3) Making clear and effective slides 

: Effective slide layout and readability 

: Choosing data to present clearly 

: Making good figures for slides 

: PowerPoint skills for making professional slides

 

4) Effective Q&A Sessions 

: Importance of Q&A sessions 

: Encouraging questions 

: Answering questions 

: Handling difficult questions 

 

Ⅱ　Workshop (14:30-17:00)

Powerpoint presentation by each participant (10 minutes/person)

Advice will be given to each participant by instructor

 

* Seminar topics may be changed or omitted.

* Each participant must submit powerpoint presentation slides (5-page, your own research) by 2/1.

(e.g. : page1-title, page2,3,4-research, page5-summary)

* This is a special workshop for a group of ten people. I-HoP secured 4 seats for you!

* This event is hosted by COFRe (Consortium Office for Fostering of Researchers in Future Generations).

 

■ Instructor

Dr. Trevor Lane

Senior Editor / Edanz Group Japan

https://www.edanzediting.com/

1995 - PhD Physiological Sciences, University of Oxford, UK

 

Dr Lane has a broad background in the biomedical sciences, having graduated with an MA in Biochemistry and Chemical Pharmacology and a PhD in the molecular and cellular biology of cancer from the University of Oxford. He has also held postdoctoral positions in clinical oncology and microbial genetics in Hong Kong. He has since served in a variety of editorial roles in academic, research, and publishing institutions. He has worked as managing editor of several general and specialist medical journals based in Asia and senior editor of two social science journals based in the United States. Most recently, he taught science research communication at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong. Dr Lane is a member of the World Association of Medical Editors and the Committee on Publication Ethics. He also holds a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Trinity College London and a Postgraduate Certificate in English Language Teaching from the University of Reading. He joined the Edanz Group as a Senior Editor in the Fukuoka office in April 2015.  Since June, 2016, he has been a Council member of COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics.

 

■ Place

Conference Hall, Meeting Room #2

https://www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/about/facilities/event-and-seminar-spaces/conference-hall/

 

■ Seminar date

2/24/2017 (Fri) 13:00-17:00

 

■ Eligible

Hokkaido University doctoral course students and postdocs

 

■ Application

1/19-1/25/2017 noon

 

■ Max participants

4 Hi-System users

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■ How to register

You need to be registered in the Hi-System.

If you are not, please go to the Front Office for Human Resource Education and Development homepage and register in Hi-System.

 

Click "申し込む" and login to Hi-System. Your registration will be completed as soon as you login.

 

If you do not receive confirmation e-mail in three business days after registration, 

please contact I-HoP.

 

I-HoP

ihop@synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp

011-706-2157

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