Seminar Presentations

Presentation guidelines

Session format

Each seminar session will feature 3-4 teams of Impact Scholars.
Every team will deliver a 15-minute talk followed by a moderated Q&A.
The last 30 minutes of each session will be dedicated to networking between the scholars and scientists. The presentation part of each session will be open to the public and recorded. Recordings will be made available on the  Climatematch Academy Youtube channel , the  Neuromatch Academy Youtube channel , and their  program website  soon after the events.

Specific presentation requirements

  • Talks should be 15 minutes long and accompanied by slides (check out  “Ten simple rules for effective presentation slides” )
  • Groups should mention the data they used in their projects and include a slide about their experience working with the data (what did you find helpful? what did you struggle with?)
  • Climatematch groups using CMIP data should add the CMIP logo to their presentations (you can get a high resolution logo  here )
  • All team members and the supervisor should be acknowledged by name in the presentation slide deck. We additionally encourage the groups to include a team photo on the first or the last slide provided that everyone feels comfortable with it.
We leave it up to the scholars to allocate the speaking responsibilities among themselves. While everyone who wishes to present part of the talk should be given a chance to do so, it is allowed for one scholar to speak on behalf of the team.

Resources: how to give a short research talk?

  •  Tips on making your presentation accessible and increasing its impact by The Turing Way initiative 
  •  “The Art of Selling Science: Presenting an engaging scientific talk” by Caitlin Grzeskowiak, PLOS Early Career Research Community 
  •  “Ten simple rules for effective presentation slides” by Kristen M. Naegle (2021), PLOS Computational Biology