Get us to listen to your practice. Get your dog to listen to your practice. Practice not only what you want to say, but to be absolutely sure you never, ever, ever run over your allotted time. This must organized with one of the faculty coordinators a head of schedule. Yes you get a grade for this.
Attendance is mandatory.
We will take attendance by some method. If you don't show, it will be reflected in your grade somehow, somewhere. Your abstract is really important. It will count for 15 percent of your Seminar grade. The rest will be your presentation.