What are the Requirements if I am Invited to Deliver a Paper? Individuals who are invited to be presenters are required to complete the following: As a nonprofit professional organization, PMI does not provide an honoraria for PMI Congress ("Congress") presenters. All speakers are required to cover their own travel and hotel expenses and register using PMI provided processes. Presenters and co-presenters must register for the Congress using the speaker registration procedures including providing a credit card number. PMI will furnish such registration procedures to the primary presenter after they have been finalized by PMI. Presenters who meet all required milestones will not have their credit card charged the reduced speaker fee after the congress. These milestones and discounted rate will be provided to all speakers with periodic reminders. It is the primary presenter's responsibility to provide all co presenters with important information, including registration requirements. Registration covers all Congress events including: concurrent sessions, the exhibit hall, keynote and plenary addresses, awards event, and all Congress sponsored receptions. It does not include SeminarsWorld&174;, Leadership Institute meetings or Open Working Sessions. All presenters and co presenters are responsible for their own hotel and transportation costs. The number of co-presenters receiving the registration benefit is limited to two (2) for all presentation formats except panels. Presenters shall specify the co-presenter(s) name(s) at the time of submission. All changes/additions must be approved by PMI in writing. All parties involved in writing the paper and/or delivering the final presentation must sign and return an author's contract prior to the presentation (even if they are not presenting). This contract shall not nullify any copyright the author may have on the document, but does give PMI a "non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, and display the presentation and corresponding paper in any form or medium whatsoever; as well as the right to license others to do so." (from PMI Global Congress Author's Acknowledgement and Acceptance of Standard Conditions Agreement). Failure to return the contract within the requisite time may result in PMI's retraction of the invitation. All presenters, regardless of presentation format, are required to prepare and submit a paper following the paper formatting guidelines provided at the time the invitation was tendered. The paper should describe the theoretical background of their topic and should relate to the learning objectives provided and must adhere to the outline provided in the submission. Paper Formatting Guidelines (provided for each Congress) are to be followed. These publication guidelines specify maximum length of paper, margins, font style and size, use of bold, bullets, exhibits, etc. In addition, use of American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual 5th edition format is required for all inline citations as well as the listing of references. Individuals failing to provide a paper consistent with the guidelines may, at PMI's sole discretion, be prohibited from being considered for a future congress for up to two (2) years. Papers may not contain author or company contact information or an author's biography or photograph. If added, they will be removed by the editors. A random reference check will be done on all papers read and reviewed by professional PMI editors. PMI reserves the right to edit all papers as required to meet editorial guidelines. Papers with pure or excessive product/service promotional information will be disqualified. Judgment of this will rest solely with PMI. No paper can have appeared in print or on-line prior to the Congress with the exception of PMI and PMI Component events. All the foregoing shall be at PMI's sole discretion. A paper submission deadline will be provided to all authors. Adherence to this deadline will be necessary to permit time for the paper to be prepared for posting on the PMI Global Congress web site and/or on a congress CD of proceedings. Papers not being submitted on time may not be posted on the web site prior to the event or included in any CD of proceedings and will be considered as not meeting a provided milestone.. All accepted papers will be placed in the PMI&174; Marketplace. Papers requiring more than minor editing will be returned to the author(s) for correction prior to publication. All presenters shall provide a Microsoft&174; PowerPoint presentation utilizing the PMI approved template sent to the author at the time of invitation or shortly thereafter. A copy of the slide presentation must be sent to PMI at a milestone date provided to permit preloading of computers and for posting on the Global Congress Website. If the event slides are not provided by the milestone or are substantially changed, it is the speaker's responsibility to load the slides prior to the presentation and provide PMI a copy of the slides for posting. The slides shall not contain any marketing materials or corporate logos on any page other than the title and contact pages where the presenter's corporate affiliation may appear along with the author's telephone and e-mail information. The presentation must adhere to the content of the provided description and outline. Sessions are seventy-five (75) minutes in length. Due to often short intervals between the sessions, speakers are required to end on time. Presenters whose presentations run overly long/short may have such information reflected in their session evaluations. The evaluations may affect future submission reviews PMI will provide a Speaker's Training Guide and Slide Development Training to assist presenters in creating an interesting and engaging presentation that supports the topics of their paper. It addresses issues such as audience, pace, body language, vocabulary, slide creation, etc.