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AutomationSTAR

Test Automation Conference Europe

Speaker Checklist

AutomationSTAR Speaker Checklist

So you’re speaking at AutomationSTAR? Fantastic!
Here are some milestone dates over the coming months.

We look forward to meeting in-person at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre in Amsterdam.  Please get in touch if you have any questions or need more information. The following checklist and guidelines are to help you (and us) prepare for the conference. Here is a summary of actions to take over the coming months.

1. Register for Conference ~ by 31st July

As an AutomationSTAR Speaker, you receive a ticket to this year’s conference. We require all speakers to register via our website & select their preferred tutorials.

  • Select your ticket & complete your details
  • Apply discount code AS-SPEAKER to your cart
  • Proceed to Billing & opt to pay by invoice – the total due will be zero
  • Deadline 31st July 2025

2. RSVP for Speaker Evening & Accommodation ~ Details

Accommodation is booked for 9th & 10th November – at Novotel Amsterdam City – Europaboulevard 10 – 1083 AD Amsterdam, Netherlands . AutomationSTAR provides 1 room for two nights including breakfast for each talk. You are invited to a speaker evening on Sunday 9th November. Booking form for Accommodation & Dinner is HERE.

RSVP

3. Please submit a short preview video ~ by 31st July

Preview videos help attendees decide which talk they’d like to attend. It helps us to promote your talk and here are a few tips:

  • Use Zoom, Teams, your smartphone (horizontal) or ask someone to record you
  • Please record it in landscape (horizontal) format
  • 30 seconds is all you need – attention spans are short!
  • Introduce yourself – who you are & company name
  • What are the top 3-5 reasons a delegate should attend your talk
  • Make it as fun or quirky as you like
  • If you would prefer us to record you, we can hop on a Zoom call any time

UPLOAD LINK: Please upload your video to our Dropbox by 31st July. The earlier we have it, the more we can promote you!  Thanks to those who have submitted already.

4. Prepare your Presentation ~ by 28th September

The venue require presentations to be formatted in 16:9 widescreen and preferably in PowerPoint so it will display correctly during your talk. The venue uses Windows laptops (not Mac). Please contact us if you plan to present using anything other than PowerPoint.

Presentation Tips – Templates will follow:

  1. Please use the first and last slides of the AutomationSTAR PowerPoint presentation slides that will sent to you separately.  Do not change the front slide. Add your contact details to the last “Thank You” slide.
  2. Save your file with your name and official title from the programme – this helps us locate the correct file!
  3. Use fonts that can be read relatively easily on a presentation screen.
  4. You may include your own company logo on the presentation but please limit to one or two slides.
  5. Do not use running headers/footers in your presentation. If the slides are not in the correct format, we edit them. Please save us time.
  6. Don’t use too many slides – track sessions run for 30 min talk and 15 min Q&A / Discussion (approx. 15-20 slides). Keynote talks will be a 45 min talk & 15 min Q&A / Discussion. 
  7. Time your presentation & practice in advance to leave time for questions. Sometimes the best session scores are because of the lively Q&A the speaker facilitates.
  8. Each talk will have a ‘track chair’ to facilitate your Q&A. If you are nervous about Q&A – prepare some questions in advance and ask your track chair to start the questions with one of these.
  9. Ask for help – Committee members are happy to help you with your talk. Contact us if you wish to be put in touch with them.

PRESENTATION DEADLINE: Please use the AutomationSTAR presentation template attached to your email & upload your slides to the AutomationSTAR Dropbox by Sunday 28th September.

The presentations are reviewed by the committee before the conference to ensure the content is as per your original abstract, as promoted on the programme.

We appreciate you may have small changes after the committee reviews your deck. All final edits must be made by 30th September as the presentations are sent to the venue and uploaded to the conference app.

Thanks for reading!

We are here to help – please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Siobhán