Speaker Resources

Thank you for participating as a speaker at this year's conference. To maximize your experience as a speaker, we offer this resource page as a central source for answers to many speaker questions. For your convenience, we have included information on the topics listed below and will update this site with additional information as the conference nears. We recommend you bookmark this page and refer back to it over the next few months as you prepare for your presentation in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Speaker Confirmation
Upload Presentation Guidelines, Template and Instructions
Speaker Registration
Housing Information
Session Changes
AV Equipment in Session Rooms
InSight Education Contact

Speaker Confirmation

All speakers need to confirm their availability and intent to present by completing the Speaker Confirmation. The instructions and link for confirming your session were included in your acceptance e-mail send from speakers@insight-net.org. If you are speaking for more than one session, each session must be confirmed individually. 

  • Upon registration, customer presenters will be asked to review InSight Speaker Policies and provide final confirmation of participation as a speaker by providing an electronic signature on the InSight Annual Conference Speaker Policies Form.
  • Please review the policies carefully and if you have any questions contact speakers@insight-net.org
  • McKesson speakers need approval from McKesson prior to confirming their session.

As a reminder, all presentations are to be of an educational nature, and should not be used to promote products or services. InSight Bylaws and Policies forbid all sales activity, direct and/or indirect solicitation, and any marketing messages from being conducted in educational sessions.

Upload Presentation Guidelines and Instructions

  • All sessions require a PowerPoint slide presentation.
  • All presentations* are due to InSight by Aug. 12, 2011.
  • All presentations will be reviewed by the Conference Committee after this date, so no exceptions can be made. Once your presentation has been reviewed by the committee, it will be made viewable to registered attendees prior to the conference and will be available for them to print and bring to the session. No printed handouts will be given onsite.
  • Presentation preparation best practices are available to help you craft your presentation slides.

Note to McKesson Employees: All McKesson employee presentations must be reviewed and approved through McKesson's internal review process. Please reference the e-mail sent to you by Jennifer Miller on July 8 for specific details. If you have any questions about the internal review process, please contact Jennifer directly at Jennifer.Miller@mckesson.com.

PowerPoint Presentation Templates
InSight asks that all speakers use the official InSight Annual Conference PowerPoint template. 

Upload Instructions

Submitting Your Presentation:
To submit your presentation:
• Go to http://www.call4abstracts.com/c4a
• Login using the following information provided to you via email (if you do not have your upload instructions email, please contact speakers@insight-net.org).
o Login: your email address
o Password: insight2011
• Click Notifications (upper left tab)
• Click Review Presentations (left navigation)
• Click the session title for the presentation you are uploading for
• Click Edit (NOTE – If you have not already confirmed your session, you will be required to select “accept” and will then be brought to the upload page)
• Click Browse
• Select File
• Click Open
• Click Finish
Please note that you can upload 1 file per sessions. New files will save over previously uploaded versions.

Speaker Registration

  • All speakers need to register for the conference.
  • A registration code to activate the reduced speaker registration rate was sent via e-mail to all eligible speakers as part of the notification letter.
  • Registration codes are NOT transferable. Please do not forward or otherwise share this code. Speaker registrations and activated codes are audited against our accepted speaker list for authenticity.
  • Please contact Katie Schweighart at speakers@insight-net.org if you have any questions.

Note: McKesson Speakers will receive separate instruction on registration process from the McKesson Liaison and Event Coordinator in mid-summer.

Housing Information

All customer speakers are responsible for their own housing and travel. All reservations will be handled directly by the Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau. Click here to be taken to the reservation site. If you have questions, please call 412.281.0482 ext 4007 from 12:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. EST. The housing deadline is Sunday, Aug. 21.

Visit the conference housing page for more details.

McKesson employee speakers will be informed of McKesson registration and housing procedures by McKesson.

Session Changes

All requests for edits and changes to sessions must be submitted to the SIG or Council Chair. If you do not know your Council or SIG Chair, please email your edits/changes to speakers@insight-net.org.

AV Equipment in Session Rooms

All session rooms will have the following AV equipment available:

  • 1 microphone (dependent on need based on session room size)
  • Data projector
  • Screen
  • Podium

Please note:

  • Speakers will need to provide their own laptop/notebook computer.
  • Internet will NOT be available in session rooms.
  • Any additional AV request will be at the expense of the speaker.

InSight Education Contact

Send an e-mail to speakers@insight-net.org for any question you have regarding your presentation in Pittsburgh, Pa.