Special Interest Day Speaker Information:

1. MOST CRITICAL: To provide our attendees with the best information possible, we are promising to provide them with an Special Interest Day handout as part of their registration package. Therefore, all speakers are asked to provide us with a copy of their presentation slides or formal paper. This can be submitted in one of three formats: 1) Camera-ready 2) PDF or 3) Power Point. GCA will take the responsibility of duplicating, binding and shipping them directly to the hotel. All Special Interest Day papers are due no later than November 20, 2000.
   
   Please contact Jane Harnad, jharnad@gca.org, immediately, if you are unable to provide your handout at anytime. Also, please be aware that GCA will NOT be able to provide ANY on-site duplication.
   
   
2. Registration - As a speaker, you are eligible to receive the special conference rate of $250 - provided you have sent us a copy of your presentation (paper or slides). If you will be attending only on the day of your event, no fee will be charged. This special speaker rate includes entrance to all the conference sessions (and special events) Tuesday - Friday. If you are unable to submit your presentation paper or slides, the full member or non-member registration fee will apply. Please fill out and submit the enclosed special speaker registration form. The pre-registration deadline is November 27, 2000. If you have any questions regarding registration, please feel free to contact Jane Harnad, +1 703 519 8159 or Dave Kunkel, +1 703 519 8165, at GCA.
   
   Onsite Registration - All pre-register speakers may proceed to the onsite SPEAKER/VIP registration counter to pick up your registration packet (located in the hotel Exhibit Hall Level - outside Hall C). If you have not pre-registered by the November 27 cutoff date - then you must proceed to one of the onsite registration counters to register. Lines may be long - therefore please allow for enough time.
   
   
3. Hotel Information - The special hotel group rate cutoff date has past. Please make your hotel reservation(s) as soon as possible to take advantage of the conference rate. Rooms are now selling on a space by space availability.
   
   
4. Speaker Commitment - To ensure that we have your most current contact information, biographies, and a/v requirements for your presentation, we ask that you please complete the following Speaker Commitment and Authorization Form. If you have already provided this information in your original paper submission, please note that, and we will pull that information accordingly. If not, please provide that information, so we may keep your information updated in all the XML 2000 onsite program booklets.
   
   (Commitment form is located below)
   
   
5. Speaker Ready Room - All speaker are invited to use the designated speaker ready room. This room is available 8 am - 6pm daily - and is located on the Lobby Level - in the Park Tower Suite #8212. Limited audio visual equipment will be made available in the room.
   
   
6. Locations of the Special Interest Day Programs:
   
   XML Implementer Day - Delaware A/B Room
   ICE and PRISM Day - Maryland B Room
   XML Inside the Beltway Day - Virginia A/B Room
   XML Developers Day - Ballroom Salon 2
   XML Topic Maps - Ballroom Salon 1
   Interoperability Day - Balcony C/D Room
   Enterprise Content Management Day - Wilson A/B
   
   Room Set-up - Most of the rooms will be set classroom. Risers, a standing podium and a headtable for speakers will be in the front of each room. A microphone will be on the podium and the headtable for the question and answer periods. Please note again that all special interest day programs will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
   
   
7. Other Miscellaneous Details:
   
   Room Monitors - GCA will provide a room monitor for each of the rooms. Please rely on this individual to help you in anyway during the session, especially if you encounter audio visual problems.
   
   Evaluation Forms - Evaluation forms will be handed out at the door - to each attendee. We have asked the SID Chairs to periodically make announcements reminding attendees to complete their evaluation forms before leaving the session (handing them to the room monitor or taking them to the registration area). Upon request, these evaluation forms can be mailed to you.
   
   Timing of your Session - Please begin and end your presentation promptly (see the specific agendas for details), as it is critical to stay on schedule. In addition, we ask all speakers to meet in the room at least 15 minutes before the start of their program and do encourage everyone to check their A/V prior to the beginning of the session.