Instructions for pitch presentations and elevator speeches
Pitch presentations and elevator speeches are a unique opportunity to introduce yourself, your company, your idea, or your project.
Our goal is to ensure equal conditions for all speakers, use the available time effectively, and provide participants with high-quality information about you and your work.
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Registration for pitch presentations and elevator speeches is only via the event registration form.
The number of slots is limited. Pitches will generally be given to early applicants (first-come first served).
The procedure is as follows:
- Indicate in the registration form that you would like to give a pitch presentation or elevator speech.
- Wait for our decision. If a slot is available, you will receive a confirmation email no later than seven (7) days before the event.
You are free to choose the content of your presentation or speech. Since our focus is on building long-term connections, we gently discourage presentations or speeches that are purely commercial or sales-focused.
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Perhaps it is not convenient for you as the presenter, but these guidelines make sure that all presentation run smoothly and equally on our machine. If you follow the steps there are low chances that something does not run as expected, and that in the time of presentation we are all calm and ready, without unexpected delays.
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- Presentation can be given in English (preferred) or German (Hochdeutsch). Most participants have a fairly decent knowledge and understanding of both languages.
- Please stick to the maximum duration of four (4) minutes. There will be a stopwatch in the corner to help you track your time.
- We recommend preparing up to six (6) slides.
- We cannot play videos or reproduce sounds.
- We cannot run PowerPoint slides (animated slides).
Upload the pitch presentation Link to heading
- Convert your presentation to PDF format.
- Other formats (such as PowerPoint, Google Slides) cannot be played.
- Name the file using the following format:
lastname_firstname.pdf. - Please upload the completed presentation:
- using the following Link or alternatively send it to us by email.
- Please upload the completed presentation no later than 24 hours before the event.
- On the day of the event, it will not be possible to transfer files on-site.
Elevator speech Link to heading
Elevator speech is a short oral presentation without slides that has maximum 1 minute duration.
It aims to give participants the opportunity to quickly present the most important thing they see for collaboration.
Preparing for the presentation Link to heading
Please come to the speakers’ area, where our technical team will assist you with the microphone.
Contact
Univ. Assist. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matej Varga
Ex-Postdoctoral scientist & Senior Lecturer, ETH Zürich
Founder, ScanBIM GmbH – Geomatik- und Vermessungsbüro in Zürich
Visiting Assis. Prof., University North
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