Welcome to the Speaker Resource page for the InSight 2009 Annual Conference

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 Orlando, FL.

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

Speaker Confirmation

• All speakers need to confirm their availability and intent to present by completing the Confirmation Form
• 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

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 on Friday, July 31.

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.

McKesson Speakers

All McKesson presentations* must be reviewed and approved by your Product Management or VP/GM. Please submit for approval no later than July 17. Once you have recieved approval please follow the directions to upload proceedings below.

*If you are presenting a product line update, your presentation must be reviewed and approved by McKesson Marketing and Communications. These presentations are to be uploaded to the McKesson SharePoint site on or before July 17.

Presentation Guidelines

• All presentations must be of educational nature, and may not be used to promote products or services.
• All presentations must be zipped prior to being uploaded to the InSight Web site.
• All presentations must use the following naming convention when uploaded, Session Code_Title_2009 (i.e., 8204_Creative Uses for Horizon_2009).
• Please note that your presentation will be reviewed by our planning committee.

General Presentation Preparation Best Practices 

PowerPoint Presentation Template

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

InSight Customer PowerPoint Template

McKesson Speaker PowerPoint Template

Please use Verdana 18 or 20 point Font.

Instructions to Upload Presentation to Proceedings

1. Click on the speaker login link
2. Login using your speaker login and password (provided in all communications from speakers@insight-net.org).
3. Scroll down the page until you see the section titled "1. Presentation Information." You should see the titles of all of the abstracts you submitted previously.
4. Click on the title of the session for which you are uploading this presentation.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see the option to "upload your presentation for this abstract."
6. Click on the link to open the upload attachment window.
7. Enter the name of your attachment. Please use the following naming convention: Session Code_Title_2009 (i.e., 204_Creative Uses for Horizon_2009). If you have more than one presentation to upload for co-presenters, a variation can be used to include presenter's last name on the separate files (i.e., 204_Creative Uses for Horizon_2009_Smith).
8. Browse to select the appropriate file on your local system and click on the upload button.
9. Click the "finished" button on the main speaker information page to close your session. Only if you click on the "finished" button will you receive an email confirming your successful upload.

If you have any difficulty with the upload process, please contact Becky Williams at speakers@insight-net.org.

Speaker Registration

• All speakers need to register for the conference. A registration code was sent via email 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 Becky Williams 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. You can register for housing by contacting the Gaylord. The housing deadline is August 5. After that date, rooms will be confirmed based on availability. Visit the conference housing page for more details and to make reservations.

InSight Council and SIG Chairs

All requests for edits and changes to sessions must be submitted to the SIG or Council Chair. If you do not know your Coucil or SIG Chair, please email your change 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 Orlando, Florida.