Quest Representatives

1. Please plan for 10 to 15-minute breaks between the sessions.
2. The keynote address in the Campus Auditorium; the main poster session in the DFS Ice Arena.
3. Web-based schedule.
4. Abstracts under 50 words.
5. Opt-in, not opt-out for recordings.
6. Please encourage faculty and departmental guests to be speakers at your event.
7. Please require a light background for posters.

NOTE: Please encourage participants to consider these basic principles for accessibility when creating their work.

1. QUEST serves different roles for different departments. At a departmental meeting, please discuss with your colleagues what kind of event your department wants to sponsor. Talks, competitions, panels, debates, shows, posters, readings, recitals, departmental award ceremonies, and demonstrations are only a few examples of such events. This event is NOT for students only. Faculty and departmental guests are encouraged to present at this event. For oral/ performance-based presentations, you will choose and inform us of your format preference.
2. Please inform Quest organizers who represents your department.
3. Contact all students, faculty, and staff in your department and let them know about Quest.
4. Start thinking about your preferences for the list of information that you will be asked to submit later on (see below).
5. Time permitting, please create a Zoom session and share that link with Quest organizers (optional.)
6. Time permitting, please set up a Google form to collect necessary information from your Quest presenters (see an example form below; please include a required question about recordings).

• A hybrid event on April 21/22: events are mostly in-person, but also might be online; Zoom links might be available for additional attendance;  the types of hybrid events available will be department-specific; the deposit of your poster or recorded oral presentation into university SUNY Digital Library is available as an opt-in; the length of each session will be 45-50-minutes long, with 10-15-minute breaks in-between; posters should be 36-inch high by 48-inch wide or smaller and with the light background please; breakfast food & drinks will be available at Shineman; snacks will be available for the poster session
• Submissions to departmental reps will open on March 13 and close on April 3 via Google forms
• Departmental representatives will provide data to Quest organizers by April 9 via Google forms
• Please expect a request to provide feedback on April 12. The finalized web-based schedule will be published on April 15.
• Posters may be submitted for printing (at no cost) no later than April 13; you can print your poster at your own expense after this date.
• You will gather data from your faculty and students using your own Google form, organize it into sessions 45-50-minute sessions, and provide all data in your preferred order, time, and location; the submission for students and faculty should open on March 13, and close on April 3; all information should be edited and submitted by you to Quest organizers by April 9 via Google forms that Quest organizers will provide to you only. Posters should be submitted for the poster session time, and will be held in the ice-arena. Posters will be printed for free if they are submitted on time (see directions for presenters; please require a light background).

• We will not know/build the schedule until after the submission process is complete.
• The overall sessions will be based on 45-50 minute blocks, allowing for a 10-15 minute transition.
• If you have specific requirements, they need to be submitted in the submission form. We have provided a space to indicate room preferences, technology, special needs, etc.
• The online submission form will be the only format we will be accepting information for Quest programming.
• Multiple sessions should be noted as Part I, Part II, and further explained under special requests within the submission form if needed; the session Chair should be named; speakers should be arranged in the proper order by you.
• There is no limit on poster submissions. We will do our best to accommodate all that are submitted by the deadline.

NOTE: Please encourage participants to consider these basic principles for accessibility when creating their work

The list of departmental Quest representatives is pasted below. To reach the Quest Director, email [email protected]. To reach the entire Quest rep group, use the listserv email.

Departmental Quest Representatives: