PIMRC 2021 Panels Guidelines

Panel Co-Chairs

Mikko Uusitalo
Nokia Bell Labs, Finland
mikko.uusitalo@
nokia-bell-labs.com

Hugo Tullberg
Ericsson, Sweden
hugo.tullberg@
ericsson.com

Goal

A Panel aims at bringing together in total 4–5 speakers in addition to the moderator. The panel speakers are expected to be from industry and academia, encompassing several sectors. They are assumed to discuss a timely and relevant topic of a broad interest to conference participants.

Proposal

The proposal for a panel should follow the template, available at the conference here. The proposal should be submitted via link.

Download template

Submit Proposal

Read the Data Privacy Notice of the University of Oulu IEEE PIMRC 2021 Proposal Submission

Structure

To allow enough time for discussion in the Panel, which is its main goal, the following structure should be followed:

• The Panel should not have more than 5 participants, plus the moderator.
• The organiser is supposed to be the moderator. There should be only 1 moderator.
• The organiser has to establish a few questions to be addressed by the participants.
• The moderator gives a 10-minute introduction presentation at the beginning of the panel.
• Participants should address the questions posed, in a 10-minute presentation each (very strict time control!).  Basically, the presentation should consist of 6 slides, i.e., the cover slide plus one per question.

Schedule and format

Panels will be held during the main conference programme, in parallel to other technical sessions. As of now, the panels are planned to be organized in a hybrid format with both physical on-site and virtual dimension.

Duration

The panel occupies one conference time-slot, i.e., about 1h30.

Public information

The following information will be made public:

• Proposer’s name
• Proposer’s Institution
• Proposer’s biography
• Panel title
• Motivation and context
• Participant names and biographies
• Participants’ photos

Evaluation

The following criteria will be taken into consideration for the evaluation and ranking of Panels’ proposals:

1. Relevance
2. Timeliness
3. Technical Content
4. CVs of Organiser/Moderator and Participants
5. Overall Recommendation.

Panels Co-Chairs will conduct the evaluation.

Registration

The registration in the virtual event will be free of charge.

• If physical attendance is only for the day of the panel, they get a free One Day Registration each.
• If physical attendance is for more than the day of the panel, they get a discount on the full registration.