In creating the panel you will be composing a narrative to submit for the conference. These will be reviewed by AoIR reviewers. So, the issue is to make your submission make sense. If you have lots of people, you will need to show that the many submissions make a whole, and one that conference attendees will want to listen to. You will have to make the case for the non-traditional format. You will need to let reviewers know how each person will contribute to the session (e.g. very short talks, or quick idea presentations), and how you will manage the time and contributions. You have to show how each speaker fits with the overall theme of your panel. Basically, you have to sell this to the reviewers as legitimate, worthwhile, and manageable. Make the case. /Caroline Program Chair IR 6.0
===== Original Message From Ted M Coopman <coopman@u.washington.edu> ===== Wow, I have posted more on this in the last two days than in the last two years!
My request for panel participants has resulted in an overwhelming response. The topics and backgrounds of those who have emailed me are as varied as they are interesting.
However, this creates a problem since 14 people seems a tad on the high side for a panel!
Therefore, I have a question. Is it possible/practical to have a mega-panel or should we break in up into two panels (part 1 and part 2)? I have seen this done at other conferences but didn't know how it was engineered (either by the PP or the submitters). I didn't want one panel to get rejected just because another one on the same topic is seen as redundant.
Obviously, there would be no overlap on participants. I really want to facilitate folks being able to attend. So, I'm at a loss for what to do.
Any suggestions on handling this excess of enthusiasm would be appreciated.
-TED
Ted M. Coopman Department of Communication University of Washington
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