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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