Frequently Asked Questions

Attendee

Do I have to register to attend the GTG Tech Conference?

When is the deadline to register for the GTG Tech Conference?

How does my team member register?

Where can I find the agenda?

What is the dress code for the GTG Tech Conference?

Will the conference be live streamed or recorded?

Where can we park?

Speaker

What is the deadline to submit content for Speakers?

Where can I submit the speaker’s content?

Does speakers' content need to be reviewed by Legal and CorpComms?

What kind of information can we share or not share at the conference to comply with Legal and CorpComm’s guidelines?

Will there be non-Grainger employees present and should content be adjusted accordingly?

Can any vendors participate in the conference?

Can / Should we edit our session Description or 'Session Outcome' in Sessionize to market our Workshop to attendees? Is one, or both, of those going to be used in Session Index?

When will we know our date/time slot?

Will there be sessions occurring in parallel?

Is it possible to have my session after a particular session presented by another person?

We were waitlisted, when will we know if our session was accepted?

What does waitlist mean?

I did not receive the email to acknowledge I can speak at the conference

Is there a template to be used for our presentation material?

What are the differences between the sessions?

Lightning Talks

Are there lightning talk sessions both days? If so, when do we find out which day we landed on?

How long should each lightning talk be? Will the slides have a timer like last year?

Do we have to put the timer in ourselves?

How will the Lightning Talk work the day of?

Should lightning talk slides be in Powerpoint or Canva or other?

Is there a deadline for when we have to submit our slides for lightning talks?

Session Talks

How long are session talks expected to be?

For a session talk, is there an issue with giving something out to the attendees?

Can a demo be performed during a session talk?

Is it encouraged to leave some time for Q&A at the end of the session talk?

Are multiple speakers allowed for session talks?

Is there a deadline for when we have to submit our slides for Session Talks?

After submission, can we make 'non-material changes' to our slides after submission?

Workshops

For Workshops, are there any special requirements? Apart from creating a few slides and codes that the attendees will utilize

Last year there were vendor booth days, and then Grainger team Booths on the 2nd day, is that the same?

Booth

What is the booth survey?

Do booth people need to have a session and speaker bio?

Do booth handouts need to be uploaded or approved in any way?

Will there be easels available for the booth?

Will the booths be open and need to be staffed for the entirety of the conference or are there times where the booths are 'closed'

Can speakers bring their own monitors for the booths?

Is the booth for people doing demos?

Logistics

Will Wi-Fi be available?

Will the rooms have handheld or clip on microphones.

Will I need to use my own computer for presenting?

Can all rooms project for both Windows/Mac laptops?

Can packages be delivered to Convene for the event?

Can teams bring their own laptops/iPads?