The Chair

Your role as Chair of a session

The main task of a chair is to moderate the session: you will introduce the presenter, the discussants and hand out the presentation feedback form at the start of a session. During the presentation and the discussion afterwards you will keep track of time.

Furthermore, you will introduce the discussants and involve the audience. The chair should facilitate the discussion to make sure participants get an opportunity to participate in the discussion. At the paper presentation sessions, the chair should also ensure that the PhD candidate will act as the first discussant and the ICO Fellow as the second discussant.

A  feedback form will be handed out by you to the audience at the start of the presentation session, to collect feedback from the audience on the way in which the candidate presented his PhD project. After the session, make sure all feedback forms are collected, and returned to the presenter.

For more information on the various sessions and your role download the document on your role as Chair.