Important Speaker Information

We are delighted to welcome you to the conference speaking faculty at the co-located events: 

 Lubricant Expo andThe Bearing Show North America

March 19 – 21, 2024 

Huntington Place – Detroit, Michigan 

 

This page has been designed to help you prepare for the event. Please take the time to explore it thoroughly; we hope all your potential questions will be answered.  

 If you have any further queries that are not covered by this resource, please contact our Conference Liaison Officer, Louise Johnson: [email protected]

 


 

The Top 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  1. If you are supporting your talk with a PowerPoint presentation file, it MUST be prepared in On-screen show 16:9 format/ratio (widescreen), NOT On-screen show 4:3. Apologies, but we don’t permit the use of PDF’s, keynote files or your own laptop
     
  2. Important Deadlines: 

16 February 2024 – All PowerPoint Presentations MUST be submitted by this date for Content / Technical approval (applicable to speakers using a presentation file only) 

    • All PowerPoints must be submitted for content/technical review to: 
    • We will check your slides to ensure they address the topics/ points previously agreed (N.B. sales/ product pitches are not permitted) 
    • We will also check your slides to ensure they display/navigate correctly and that any video/ audio/ animations you have included work as intended 
    • Please submit your presentation file in both PPT and PDF formats (to allow us to check for corporate/ non-standard font use) 

 

1 March 2024 – FINAL DEADLINE UPDATED PowerPoint 

PRESENTATIONS(applicable to speakers using a presentation file only) 

    • Submit your FINAL presentation file to: Louise Johnson at[email protected] AND Conference director Fleur Jonker, [email protected]   
    • If you wish to share an alternative version of this file (e.g. more in-depth or with sensitive content removed), as part of our post event proceedings, please also submit this version at this time (PDF format please) 
    • Your attention to these deadlines will help us create a seamless program. Thank you in advance for your understanding. 

3. We will take care of your registration for the event. 

Your badge will be emailed to you; we kindly ask you to print it prior to arrival, to fast-track your entry and to minimise queuing onsite. Alternatively, it can be made available to you from one of the badge collection counters in the Registration Area in the foyer, outside Hall B, at Huntington Place. 

4.  On the day of your speaking opportunity, you MUST visit the team in the Speaker Room

 Located on Level 3 – Room 313B, no less than 1 HOUR prior to the start of your session. We have concurrent tracks, so want to make sure we can meet personally with all speakers well in advance of their sessions. 

5. Please take a moment to read the Presentation Deadlines & Specifications, speaker FAQs, and Presentation Best Practice pages listed below.


Resource Centre

Please click on the links provided below to access further information that will help you prepare for your speaking opportunity: