At DAC:
While You Speak

     You have no more than 25 minutes on a regular paper (12 minutes on a short paper) for your presentation. Do not go over your limit. Each room has a timer controlled by the Session Chair. It has a green light on for the first 20 minutes on a regular paper, (7 minutes on a short paper), an orange light for 5 (3), and then the red light. If you have not finished as the red light comes in, within 15 seconds the Session Chair will rise and stop your talk in mid sentence! It is also not good to finish too early, so work on the timing.

1) Begin by thanking your session chair

2) Conclude your presentation with a point of punctuation

   Say "thank-you" forcefully, for example. This keys the audience that you have finished and they should applaud or wait for the Session Chair.