Wednesday Guidelines

Guidelines for Wednesday Open House Talks at Xinchejian

The Xinchejian Wednesday Open House Talks is a free meetup organized by XinCheJian to present new ideas, discuss them, and meet people who are interested in DIY / hacking.

Schedule for the Wednesday Open House Talk

• 7:00 PM: Xinchejian opens
• 7:30 PM: Presentations start
• 8:00 PM: Presentations finish, free discussion and networking

In general, there will be 3 presentations.

For Presenters

Presentation Requirements

• If you are interested in presenting, please email: wednesday at xinchejian dot yar!
  • Contact us before Tuesday 12:00 Noon - thanks Jonas for pointing this out!
  • keep an eye here, we're trying to get the newsletter out even earlier!

• Please send us:
  • Personal profile
  • Short description of your project (< 300 words)
  • Presentation slides

Presentation Rules

• PRESENTATION TIME LIMIT: 9 MINUTES MAXIMUM (when going over you may be heckled)
• NO SPAM, NO SELLING, NO COMMERCIALS, NO ADS
• No live Animals
• Slides: 10 slides maximum
• Language: Chinese or English. Either is OK.

Presentation Recommendations

• Discussions happen after presentations
• Please try to have bilingual slides if possible (not required, but helps).
• Our audience likes:
  • Real projects and achievements. Also mistakes and pitfalls.
  • Practical tips for making
  • Cool honest stuff! Dirty inner workings. Rough is OK.
  • Just be yourself. We like hackers / engineers / programmers / developers / designers / students / musicians / unemployed
  • Demos!
  • Diagrams
  • Pictures and videos (short ones; don't spend more than 30s on each segment)

• Our audience does not like:
  • Being bored.
  • Corporate advertisements.
  • Theoretical research.

Our audience is a mix of designers and engineers, expats and locals.

On-Site Equipment

• Projector (VGA) - if you need a mini display port please warn us
• Speakers
• Let us know if you need something more

For Staff

Wednesday Night Setup