I MEAN OR TWICE IN THE MORNING ONCE IN THE AFTERNOON NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE I MEAN THE GOOD THINK IS N WOULD WE GET THAT MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO GIVE TALKS WELL I SUPPOSE WHAT WE CAN DO IS THINK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE NOW AND SAY RIGHT WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM WE CAN DO SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE COULD DO TO HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF THEN HAVE A COFFEE BREAK THEN HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF THEN HAVE LUNCH HOUR AND A HALF COFFEE BREAK HOUR AND A HALF AND SO THAT WOULD BE EIGHTEEN HOURS OF TALKS OVERALL WOULDN'T IT BUT WHAT DO WE SAY SO IT'S TH SO IT'S TWELVE THIRTY SIX TALKS IS THAT RIGHT MAXIMUM THIRTY SIX UM OKAY LET'S JUST PUT THIS DOWN HOW MANY SECOND AND THIRD YEAR UM STUDENTS ARE THERE UH WELL I COULD LOOK 'CAUSE I I'VE GOT THAT THERE'S THE LIST ISN'T THERE OF POST GRADUATES I MAINTAIN IN IN LINGUISTICS UM THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT THIRTY ON THERE RIGHT OKAY UM BUT A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM ARE FIRST YEARS AND I DON'T KNOW I MEAN JUST TO GET AN IDEA ARE YOU PLANNING ON TALKING NO ARE YOU PLANNING ROBERT AND I'M PROBABLY NOT SO THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT ALMOST NONE OF THE FIRST YEARS ARE GONNA VOLUNTEER UM SO IF WE HAD SAY TWENTY LINGUISTICS AND EVEN THEN I MEAN THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE ABROAD AND WHO WON'T BOTHER TO TURN UP OR CAN'T MAKE IT OR WHATEVER SO YOU KNOW IT MIGHT BE THAT WE ONLY GET SAY FIFTEEN ANYWAY AND THEN WE COULD BE LEFT WITH UH FIFTEEN BLOCKS FOR UM THE REST OF P. 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SO AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT THAT WE'VE GOT AN ABSOLUTE LIMIT OF ABOUT THIRTY SIX TALKS YEAH UM YEAH WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE HAVING POSTERS AREN'T WE AND I SHOULD IMAGINE THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD RATHER DO A POSTER THAN GIVE A TALK AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT UH THE COFFEE BREAKS WILL BE FOR AND MAYBE LUNCHTIMES BUT COFFEE BREAKS ARE PROBABLY MORE LIKE AB OR ARE GONNA BE A BETTER TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL HANG AROUND WHEREAS PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO GO OFF SOMEWHERE FOR LUNCH AREN'T THEY UH YEAH BUT W WOULDN'T WE WANT TO ACTUALLY JUST LIKE DEDICATE AN AFTERNOON OR A MORNING TO BEING A POSTER SESSION OKAY POSTER SESSION IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE JUST THE PEOPLE PRESENTING THE POSTERS ARE THERE AND CAN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT ACTUALLY THERE'S ALWAYS THE PROBLEM AGAIN THEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTING THE POSTERS DON'T GET AROUND TO GO AND LOOK AT OTHERS' POSTERS BUT LET'S SEE ABOUT THAT MM-HMM UM I MEAN IT'S THE THING ABOUT POSTERS UNLESS YOU KIND OF SAY YOU KNOW IF YOUR NAME IS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE ALPHABET YOU CAN MOVE AND THE OTHER ONES CAN'T SO UH HOW LONG SHOULD A POSTER SESSION BE LIKE HOW LONG WILL PEOPLE WANT TO MILL AROUND FOR LOOKING AT I MEAN THE JU JUST BECAUSE LIKE ONES THAT I'VE BEEN TO AS WELL UM PEOPLE TEND TO KINDA COME AND GO FROM THEM UM MM-HMM I DON'T KNOW I MEAN I I I'D SAY A WHOLE EITHER A WHOLE MORNING OR A WHOLE AFTERNOON UM AT LEAST BUT THAT'S JUST JU I MEAN JUST BASED ON THE ONES THAT I'VE BEEN TO SO THAT MEANS WE COULD HAVE THIRTY TALKS PLUS UH ONE A. 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OF POSTERS YEAH MM-HMM AND WE COULD PROBABLY GET QUITE A FEW IN THERE AT LEAST SIX ANYWAY AT LEAST SIX AT LEAST SIX POSTERS IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN DURING THE SESSION LIKE HOW MANY CAN YOU HAVE GOING ON AT ONCE UM WELL THAT'S JUST KIND OF DICTATED BY THE SIZE OF THE ROOM REALLY ISN'T IT YEAH I MEAN WOULD WE HAVE POSTER BOARDS OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE POSTERS ON THE WALLS THEY DID IT LIKE UM I HA I SHOULD HAVE FOUND THIS OUT ARE YOU GUYS SECOND YEARS OR FIRST YEARS YOU'RE BOTH FIRST YEAR SO N SO NONE OF US HAVE BEEN TO THIS BEFORE RIGHT MM-HMM THE POSTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE COFFEE BREAK WHICH IS WHY PROBABLY BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY'RE LIMITED ON SPACE AND THEY ACTUALLY WE HAVE A MESSAGE HERE FROM MITS ABOUT THE POSTER SESSION POSTER SESSION WAS INTRODUCED IN NINETEEN NINETY NINE AS PART OF THE MAIN CONFERENCE IN TWO THOUSAND IT WAS HELD SEPARATELY IN OCTOBER THE INTENTION WAS TO USE IT AS A WAY TO INTRODUCE INCOMING POST GRAD STUDENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT'S RESEARCH CULTURE HOWEVER I DID NOT PURSUE THIS IDEA THE FOLLOWING YEAR BECAUSE THE COMMENTS I RECEIVED FROM STUDENTS IN TWO THOUSAND WERE GENERALLY DISCOURAGING ON THE OTHER HAND I LATER LEARNED THAT SOME STUDENTS DID FIND THE OCTOBER POSTER SESSION QUITE A USEFUL EXPERIENCE MY SUGGESTION THEREFORE IS TO RE EXAMINE THE IDEA OF POSTER SESSION ALTOGETHER AND FIND A BETTER WAY TO IMPLEMENT IT IF THERE SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH INTEREST IN IT WELL I THINK KEEPING IT UM ALONG SIDE THE CONFERENCE IS POSSIBLY ONE WAY OF MAINTAINING INTEREST AND AND UH YEAH I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY THE IDEA I THINK THE BEST IDEA I CAN IMAGINE IT WOULD SEEM A BIT RANDOM JUST HAVE LIKE A POSTER SESSION AND BES UH YEAH JUST HAVE A P A POSTER SESSION UM WHAT WOULD IT BE AT THE BEGINNING SO I SUPPOSE IT IS IT NORMALLY UH SECOND YEARS DO IT LIKE JUST AFTER THEY'VE COME BACK FOR THE S THE MM-HMM OH YOU MEAN UM UH W ON THE OCTOBER THING I THOUGHT UH WELL IT SEEMED TO ME THAT HE WAS SAYING THAT EVERYONE WOULD DO IT JU BECAUSE ITS GOAL WAS TO GIVE THE NEW IN TAKE UH IDEA OF THE FIRST YEARS WHO'VE ONLY JUST ARRIVED WOULD DO A POSTER THAT WOULD BE A BIT ODD WOULDN'T IT OKAY SO AT LEAST ANYONE WHO'S FEELING YEAH EXACTLY YEAH I I MIGHT DO I D I STILL TH I'M LITTLE BIT DOUBTFUL BUT UM SO THAT'S GOOD ANYWAY SO WE'VE GOT AN IDEA I THINK THERE'S THIRTY TALKS AND AND SAY SIX TEN POSTERS WHATEVER WE CAN MANAGE TO FIT IN THE ROOM UM SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE GONNA HO HOLD IT WE COULD HAVE IT IN B. NINE BUT THERE'S THINGS ALL OVER THE WALL MM-HMM THERE ARE THOSE PICTURES THAT RUN ALL THE WAY AROUND SO CAN WE TAKE THE PICTURES DOWN CAN WE USE B. NINE FOR THE POSTERS FOR INSTANCE MM-HMM ALRIGHT OKAY SO POSTER BOARDS AND WHA UH UM WHAT I'LL DO I'LL EMAIL MITS ABOUT THAT OKAY OKAY UM WRITE INTO THE CALL THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING THE IDEA OF HAVING A POSTER SESSION MM-HMM SO PEOPLE CAN INDICATE WOULD THEY PREFER TO GIVE A POSTER OR A TALK BUT THE ULTIMATE DECISION IS ON OUR SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SEE HOW IT DOES IT WORK OUT WITH THE POSTER SESSION