Program

The conference reference time is EEST. The time mentioned in the conference program is the local time of Cluj-Napoca  [see also HERE]

Papers will be available for downloading during the conference days! The publisher will open the access to dowload the papers for one month.

Dear participants to the TFC 2020 Conference,

The final program of the conference can be downloaded from HERE (pdf format).

Due to the special situation of running the 20^th edition of the conference in the virtual space, we all together must capacitate and prepare the program and the presentations to fit for a remote attendance. For this conference, we will use the Microsoft Teams platform.

Go to the bottom of this page and watch instructions for using the online platform of the conference.

In this respect, we created several virtual rooms such as every participant to have the possibility to move from one room to another at her/his convenience. The following rooms are created:

• ETRIA TFC2020 ORGANIZING TEAM ROOM (dedicated only to the local organizers)
• ETRIA TFC2020 MEETING ROOM (dedicated to all participants, where everybody can enter and ask technical support from organizers)
• Technical assistant: Paula Sipos paula.sipos@clujit.ro
• Technical assistant: Roxana Pop  roxana.pop@arxia.com
• ETRIA TFC2020 BOARD ROOM (dedicated to ETRIA Board)
• Technical assistant: Stelian Brad stelian.brad@clujit.ro
• ETRIA TFC2020 PLENARY ROOM (dedicated to plenary speeches, where all participants have access)
• Technical assistant: Anca Stan Anca.STAN@muri.utcluj.ro
• Technical assistant: Ionut Chis  Ionut.CHIS@muri.utcluj.ro
• ETRIA TFC2020 SESSION ROOM A (dedicated for session presentations, where all participants have access)
• Technical assistant: Sanda Timoftei Sanda.Timoftei@muri.utcluj.ro
• Technical assistant: Stefan Craciun  Stefan.CRACIUN@omt.utcluj.ro
• ETRIA TFC2020 SESSION ROOM B (dedicated for session presentations, where all participants have access)
• Technical assistant: Mircea Murar Mircea.MURAR@muri.utcluj.ro
• Technical assistant: Dragos Bartos  Dragos.Bartos@muri.utcluj.ro
• ETRIA TFC2020 MASTERCLASS ROOM (access is ensured at each masterclass only to preregistered participants)
• Technical assistant: Anca Stan Anca.STAN@muri.utcluj.ro
• Technical assistant: Ionut Chis  Ionut.CHIS@muri.utcluj.ro
• ETRIA TFC2020 ROUND TABLE ROOM (access is ensured only to preregistered participants)
• Technical assistant: Anca Stan Anca.STAN@muri.utcluj.ro
• Technical assistant: Ionut Chis  Ionut.CHIS@muri.utcluj.ro

You will receive a message from the platform to adhere to every room where you will be registered by organizers. This means, every participant will have the possibility to access only those rooms to which she/he is registered by the organizing team.  Microsoft Teams can be accessed from the browser or you can install it on your desktop (we strongly recommend the last option).

IMPORTANT: Starting with Tuesday, September 22, you will be registered in the rooms, and for every issue related to technical preparation of the conference, you will be able to address requests on the Microsoft Teams platform in the ETRIA TFC2020 MEETING ROOM. We will also schedule several preparatory meetings on this platform for those participants that are interested in more guidance.

ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS:

• Only the REGISTRED participants will be included in the platform to attend the conference (thus, please register for the conference in the dedicated page of the web site and pay the fee for participation)
• Only the papers for which the fee is paid in due time will be published in the volumes of the conference (thus, please do not delay with payment)

TECHNICAL ASPECTS:

Presentation of the keynote speeches:

• Every keynote speech will include 40 min. presentation and up to 20 min. Q&A.
• To minimize technical risks (e.g. Internet issues), we want to have a backup solution, therefore presentation will be prepared in PowerPoint or other means and will be also recorded as an mp4 file; and afterward uploaded in due time on the platform.
• Presentation as mp4 file and ppt (pptx) file and/ or pdf will be uploaded in due time in the ETRIA TFC2020 PLENARY ROOM. For this, you will go at Files – Select the folder with your name – Upload files. Files can be uploaded or deleted anytime, but we strongly recommend having them on the platform not later than October 12, 2020.
• The recorded mp4 file will last for 40 min. For Q&A the speaker will have to be online to have live interactions with the participants.
• For any special requests or constrains related to the above rules please inform us in due time to adapt to the specific conditions.

Presentation of the session papers:

• Presentation of the paper will be framed to 15 min.
• To minimize technical risks (e.g. Internet issues), we want to have a backup solution, therefore presentation will be prepared in PowerPoint or other means and will be also recorded as an mp4 file; and afterward uploaded in due time on the platform.
• Presentation as mp4 file and ppt (pptx) file and/ or pdf will be uploaded in due time in the ETRIA TFC2020 SESSION ROOM A or B (according to the place where the paper is allocated in the CONFERENCE PROGRAM). For this, you will go at Files – Select the folder with your name – Upload files. Files can be uploaded or deleted anytime, but we strongly recommend having them on the platform not later than October 10, 2020.
• The recorded mp4 file will last for 15 min. For Q&A the presenter will have to be online to have live interactions with the participants. Q&A will be framed to 5 min.
• For any special requests or constrains related to the above rules please inform us in due time to adapt to the specific conditions.

Presentation of the masterclasses:

• Files for masterclasses will be uploaded in due time in the ETRIA TFC2020 MASTERCLASS ROOM For this, you will go at Files – Select the folder with the masterclass name – Upload files. Files can be uploaded or deleted anytime, but we strongly recommend having them on the platform not later than October 12, 2020.

Guidelines and videos for the authors on how to prepare a voice narration with PowerPoint.

Directions for voice narration for PowerPoint.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/record-a-slide-show-with-narration-and-slide-timings-0b9502c6-5f6c-40ae-b1e7-e47d8741161c?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us

https://www.howtogeek.com/449836/how-to-record-voiceover-narration-in-powerpoint/

YouTube Video for voice narration for PowerPoint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxhxvg__zUQ

You can also use a Zoom or similar platform to record your presentation as an mp4

YouTube Video for Zoom recording.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZHSAMd89JE

This video clip shows you how to use MS Teams App from your web browser in order to attend the conference.

This video clip shows you how to sign-in and sign-out from the MS Teams App once it is installed on your desktop.

This video clip shows you how to run a PowerPoint presentation in a meeting room within MS Teams.

This video clip shows you how to generate a meet in a MS Teams meeting room.

This video clip shows you how to enter in a meeting from your mail box [meeting is created by other people].

This video clip shows you how to open files in a presentation.

This video clip shows you how to upload files for presentation.