Thank you for agreeing to chair a session at the 16th International Detonation Symposium. Below you'll find some guidance regarding your responsibilities before, during, and after the 16th International Detonation Symposium.
Please plan to attend the complimentary Session Chair Breakfast on Monday, July 16, 2018 8:00 a.m. During the breakfast, Dr. Joel Carney and Dr. Chad Stoltz, co-chairs of the 16th IDS Organizing Committee, will discuss Session Chair responsibilities during and after the Symposium as described below, along with any updates. It's the perfect time to ask questions, as well. Please be sure to sign up to attend the breakfast when you register (select the "Session Chair" registration type).
During the 16th IDS
- Be sure to pick up your Session Chair packet when you check-in at the 16th IDS Registration Desk. Please review the information in the packet prior to the Session Chair Breakfast.
- Attend the Session Chair Breakfast on Monday, July 16, 2018. More information is provided at the top of this page.
- Co-Chairs of General Sessions and Concurrent Sessions should decide prior to their session who will moderate the session and assist presenters, who will be the timekeeper, and who will ensure that audience questions and the name and contact information for the questioners are documented during the session.
- Arrange to meet with the authors in your session at least 20 minutes prior to your session.
- During your session, one Co-Chair will serve as the moderator and assist presenters as needed with Audio-Visual equipment. The other Co-Chair will serve as the timekeeper to ensure that presentations start and end on time. This chair will also ensure that all audience questions and the contact information for each questioner is documented during the session. A form will be provided in the Session Chair packet for this purpose. Accurate documentation of audience questions is one of the most important Session Chair responsibilities.
- Take the completed Question documentation form to the 16th IDS I.T. Office / Speaker Ready Room after your session so that the questions can be transcribed into electronic format. You may be contacted to review and clarify the technical content and/or the intent of the questions. Prior to leaving the IT Office / Speaker Ready Room, we recommend that you request a copy of the original form for your future reference in the event of questions.
After the 16th IDS
- A Reviewer account has been created for you in the Review Module of the Author / Presenter Portal. You will receive your login instructions by email. Please be sure to log in as soon as possible to become familiar with the site.
- Complete an initial review of the manuscripts from your session and prepare any feedback (changes, corrections) for the author.
- Transcribed and finalized audience questions for each oral presentation will be provided to the Chairs of General and Concurrent Sessions. Include these documented questions along with your revision requests via a Message to Author.
- Authors are expected to revise their manuscripts as well as prepare responses to the audience questions. The Q&A will be appended to the manuscript and the revised document will be returned to the Session Chair for additional review.
- Once the Session Chair has approved the final version of the manuscript it will be ready for publication in the 16th IDS Proceedings.
- More details about the Manuscript Review process are provided below.