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| Te Iringa room | More modelling | Simon Nitz | Available |
| **Session 4:** 1640-1730 | | | |
| Plenary room | Lightning Talks | Edoardo Neerhut | Available |

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**Wednesday**

| | Theme | MC | Student Volunteer Status |
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| Te Iringa room | AI/Machine learning | Greg Lauer | Available |
| **Session 4:** 1535-1640 | | | |
| Plenary room | Lightning Talks | Edoardo Neerhut | Available |

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**Thursday**

| | Theme | MC | Student Volunteer Status |
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| Plenary room | QGIS | Dawn Hendrick | Available |
| Te Iringa room | Cultural approaches | Elisa Puccioni | Available |
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## Session MCs
Session MCs are integral to running a successful conference. <br />
They are responsible for:
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- **Introducing the speakers:** Give a quick bio and introduce the talk.
- **Inviting and moderating the questions:** at the end of the talk there is 5 minutes for questions. The MC is to entice the audience to ask questions and should have back up questions themselves if the audience is quite shy.
- **Ensuring the talks start on time and finish on time:** Yes, you will be the TimeLord for a session. Talks start on time, not before it, but on the time. This makes sure if people are moving between rooms, they don't miss the start. You will have a bell to give 5 minutes warning at the 15 minute mark. Talks are for 20 minutes with a 5 minute question time at the end of the talk.

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> If you would like to be a session MC, please email the following to the [program team](mailto:[email protected]):
> - Your name
> - Preferred session(s): you can MC as many as you want
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Once we have confirmed your MC spot, we will send you more detailed instructions but the main actions you will need to do are:
- Make contact with your speakers - either before the conference or at the Icebreaker
- Meet your speakers 10min before the session
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