Dear Organization Team of the DRUID23,

Dear Professor Lorenzen,

I just recognized that I was assigned chair of a parallel paper session (62 “Patent Litigation and Opposition” on Sunday at 15.00) that takes place immediately after the second poster paper session, where I am going to present a poster. Given that I would thus have to leave the poster session quite early already, I kindly wanted to ask whether it would be possible to assign a different chair to the session.

With apologies for the inconveniences caused and many thanks in advance,

Vitus Püttmann

Vitus Püttmann

Leibniz University Hannover

Faculty of Economics and Management

Institute of Economic Policy

Königsworther Platz 1

30167 Hannover

Germany

Phone: +49 511 762 14593

Email: puettmann@wipol.uni-hannover.de

Internet: https://www.wipol.uni-hannover.de/de/puettmann/

Von: DRUID23 <druid@druid.dk>
Gesendet: Freitag, 2. Juni 2023 01:19
An: Vitus Püttmann <puettmann@wipol.uni-hannover.de>
Betreff: [extern] DRUID23: Your role as Chair in a parallel paper session

DRUID23
NOVA School of Business and Economics
June 10-June 12, 2023
Email: druid@druid.dk
Website: druid.dk


YOUR ROLE AS SESSION CHAIR
  
Dear Vitus Püttmann,
Chair for the session on " Patent litigation and opposition " at 2023-Jun-11 15:00 - 16:30

The DRUID23 parallel sessions program is now ready and available on the conference website www.druid.dk from the "Program" drop-down menu.

Updated electronic version of the program (accessible from any browser or smartphone): program.druid.dk

There have been a few changes to to program, so please consult the parallel sessions program carefully and note that your name might appear more than once if you are also presenting or have been asked to assist as co-discussant. We have taken great care to assign your chair and other roles at the conference to accommodate the arrival and departure times you have provided when registering.

The conference web site has links to all papers being presented ("Papers" in the drop-down menu -- demands login), as well as to useful hints and practical information (choose "Parallel Sessions Formats and Roles" under the "Program" drop-down menu). Please also consult the DRUID 'Session Chair Guidelines' pasted below. They might contain information important to you.

We strive to make no further changes in the timing of papers, but late cancellations might force some minor revisions to the program. An updated program can be found in the free DRUID23 electronic program. Please access it from program.druid.dk

Please remember that DRUID23 also presents a range of PDWs on June 10.  Participation is free for conference delegates and no further registration is needed. The content of the PDWs can be accessed from the conference website.
  
Registration for the babysitting/child care service on the conference venue is about to close. Please sign up before June 4. More information on the conference website under 'Practical'.

Registration for the DRUID DISCOVERIES excursions is about to close. Please sign up before June 4. More information on the conference website under 'Practical'.  

The DRUID DECADENCE afterparty is fully booked. You can join it for drinks after 22:00. More information on the conference website under 'Practical'.

We look forward to seeing you in Lisbon!

Best wishes
Mark Lorenzen
Director, DRUID

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SESSION CHAIR GUIDELINES

This note is intended to provide you with guidance on managing the session for which you are responsible but inevitably you will have to show some degree of flexibility. In essence, your role will be to introduce the presenter and allocated discussants; control the length of time that they speak for and manage any questions from the floor. In most sessions three papers will be presented. Notify the Conference Organizers immediately if you become suspicious of any possible fabrication of data or plagiarism relating to the papers in your session.

We believe that it is important to establish some ground rules that everybody understands and works towards during the conference:
* Please arrive in the room where the session is to take place at least five minutes before the appointed time. If using PowerPoint the presenters and discussants have been asked to upload their presentation or comments on the PC before the start of the session to save time. Solicit advice at the info desk or through student assistants if experiencing trouble.
* Introduce yourself to the presenters before the session. Ask them for biographical details to use in introducing them. Make sure that their presentation has been uploaded. Inform them of the maximum time they will have to present their paper. For example, in a one and a half hour session with three papers, each presenter should have 15 minutes and the two discussants should be allocated 12 minutes each. It is important that participants are given the chance to ask additional questions from the floor.
* If for some reason not both assigned discussants turn up you might offer prepared comments yourself or allocate the time to the other discussant or to the floor.
* For each paper introduce the author and title of the paper.
* A series of cards to help the presenter or discussants to manage the time will be available to you in each workshop room. - The first card you pass indicates that the presenter or discussant has a maximum of five minutes left. - The second card indicates that there are two minutes left. - The third and final RED card indicates that their time is over and the presenter or discussant must STOP. In issuing the red card you must be polite but firm. It is to be fair to other presenters or discussants in the session and to the audience who will wish to contribute in the discussion time.
* In managing the questions and answers part of each session please ask those asking questions to identify themselves and to keep their comments as short as possible to allow time for the presenters to respond in full. You may decide how to organize this element of the session, i.e. after each paper or after all the papers have been presented.
* Please ensure that the session finishes on time. With the number of papers to be presented this is going to be a busy event. Sessions that over run have implications for other sessions or events later in the day.

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