W3C Workshop on Emotion Markup Language
— Presentation Guideline

Focus of the workshop

The workshop goal is to get feedback from the community on the current EmotionML specification, especially on the following issues:

• Is the current list of recommended vocabularies scientifically sound and defendable? Should descriptions be added, removed, or presented differently?
• Does the specification have sufficient expressive power? Can it represent what people need to represent?
• Is EmotionML easy enough to use, or should the syntax be changed somehow to avoid any confusions etc.?

We wish to emphasize that the focus of the workshop is to identify use cases and requirements, not discuss any specific solutions or implementations. Developing standards that will address the use cases and requirements is a follow-on process that will take place within the appropriate standards committees.

Construction of the workshop

Participation of all attendees is crucial to the success of a workshop, so we designed the workshop to have the following sessions and let all the participants use enough time for group discussion.

• An introduction session which explains overview of EmotionML and its applicaitions (Session2)
• Two sessions on emotion theories (Session3, 4)
• Two sessions on use css of EmotionML (Session5, 6)
• Breakout sessions and reports from them (Session7, 8)
• Summarization to prioritize use cases/requirements and identify potential extensions of EmotionML (Session9)

Note to each presenter

1. Please do not use large amounts of text on your slides, instead, use your slides to present examples with figures/videos. Also please use your time to focus on explaining, using examples wherever possible, and avoid giving too much background information. Remember your presentation time is strictly limited to 20min.
2. Attendees are expected to read the position paers and presentations on the Workshop Agenda page before arriving at the conference. All the presentations are collected and published on the Workshop site.

Vote on use cases and requirements (afternoon break on day2)

During the afternoon break (15:30-16:00) on the second day, we will do a vote on use cases and requirements proposed at the workshop so that we can prioritize the use cases and requirements to identify potential language extensions during the summarization session (session9).

Each person is encouraged to vote on proposed use cases using 10 points. A person can give all the 10 points to a specific use case.

Summarization session (session9)

The final "Summarization" session will be led by a moderator who will guide discussions to prioritize use cases and identify potential new languages and language extensions.

Format for the presentations

Allowed formats for all the presentations are (valid) HTML/XHTML, PDF or plain text.

Note.

1. All the presentations will be published on the public W3C Workshop site.
2. Presentations in other formats will be converted to HTML/XHTML or PDF by the workshop organizer before publication at the Workshop site.
3. When creating your presentation, please make all the fonts embedded so that the organizer can accurately convert it to valid HTML/XHTML or PDF.

Font size

Please use large enough fonts so that all the attendees can identify all the contents. The workshop organizer would ask you to enlarge your presentation if the fonts are not large enough.

Speaking style

Because this is an international workshop and the attendees are not necessarily native English speakers, please talk loud and clear.

If you prefer you can speak using several non-English languages, e.g., Japanese and Korean, since the workshop organizer will provide simultaneous translation service.

PC for presentation

Please let the organizer know whether you will use the organizer's PC or your own PC for your presentations by visiting the registration site. This presentation time is strictly restricted to 5 minutes for the panel sessions, so you are encouraged to send your slides to the organizer at <ashimrua@w3.org> in advance and use the organizer's PC.

Option1: Using the organizer's PC

• Speakers should send their presentations to the organizer in advance before the workshop starts.
• If you create your presentation using Microsoft Power Point, etc., please convert it to PDF before sending it to the organizer.

Option2: Using your own PC

• You should bring your own laptop PC including your presentation.
• A presentation test should be done at least 30 minutes before starting of your session.
• A video projector that accepts VGA output will be available at the venue.
• The organizer recommends having a "back up" presentation, e.g., CD-ROM or USB memory, available in the event of technical difficulties.

Equipments:

The workshop organizer will provide the following facilities for your presentations at the venue.

• Video projector at the meeting room
• Internet access by Wi-Fi
• Flip charts

The Call for Participation, the Logistics and the Agenda are also available on the W3C Web server.

Marc Schröder, Catherine Pelachaud, Deborah Dahl and Kazuyuki Ashimura, Workshop Organizing Committee

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