IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking
15–17 December 2021 // Virtual Conference

Zoom Instructions for Participants

CSCN 2021 will use Zoom as the conference platform. Please make sure you have access to this platform.

Initial Zoom setup:

Please install Zoom  in advance.

During the Session:

The Session Chair will mute your microphone during the entire Session.

How to Ask Questions

Option 1: Chat

You can join the discussion with other attendees by sending messages to “Everyone” or you can chat privately with the Session Chair by selecting their name from the drop down list. Learn more about Using Webinar Chat.

Zoom Webinar Chat

Option 2: Q&A Session

Following the video presentation there is a short Q&A session.

We request participants to use Q&A panel on the side-panel on the right of the Zoom window. If not shown, one can click on the Zoom Chat Icon icon to enable the Q&A panel.

You can post your questions in the Q&A window anytime during the Session. If you need to refer to the presentation, please indicate clearly the page number of the slides. If there is no page number available, please note down the time of the relevant content.

Zoom Q&A

At the end of the talk, the Session Chair will select and ask the presenter to answer some of the questions in sequence they were submitted and within the allotted Q&A period and will try to cover as many questions as possible depending on the allotted time.

Breaks:

Conferencing, online and in-person can be exhausting! We need to take breaks. We will take breaks. Breaks are built-in to the schedule!

  • Stand up and stretch, get a snack, come back refreshed!
  • If you leave Zoom on, make sure that your microphone is muted during the break.