Chairman

                          “Professional English for Molecular Biologists”



      The chairman is the highest office of an organized group such as a board, committee, or
   deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the
 members of the group. The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its
                                  business in an orderly fashion.



Benefits:

·         It is considered to be a honor to chair a session at a scientific meeting

·         Chairpersons are typically selected based on the merit of their scientific work

·         Chairing the session at the scientific meeting contributes to the reputation within
community


Duties:

·         It is your session, the impact of lectures on the audience depends on the speakers as
well as on you

·         Manage your session all the time, people are expecting you to lead, speakers are
expecting you to help

o   Check that all your speakers arrived, if not, deal with the problem immediately

o   Help speakers to upload their presentations to the computer

o   Introduce speakers (name, affiliation, title) before their talk

o   Assist speakers with starting their presentations, operating the laser pointer, setting  a
microphone on

o   Arrange for proper lightening of the room - make a change, if needed

o   Encourage audience to ask questions after the presentation - if there are no questions, ask by
yourself

o   Set order for questions from the audience

o   Express thanks to all speakers,  encourage people to applaud and close your session