See below for examples. Select a moderator who is adaptable, flexible, and knowledgeable. Place talks for best flow of content. Consider a working lunch or networking coffee break. Content Selection Deciding the focus and content of your symposium is one of the first general tasks to perform.
Most groups plan a symposium because they have a specific topic in mind.
With your subject established, you can then decide the goals of your symposium, determine what groups make up an appropriate audience for your presentations, and further focus your topic. You can work from either direction in defining your content and your audience. One of your first decisions when setting content and audience will be to choose whether you want your selected audience to determine what content would be most appropriate for them. This could be done via a brief questionnaire sent to a representative group of the audience. Alternatively, you may have a set content or topic and then select an appropriate audience to hear that topic.