Seminar Speaker Invitation Process
To help streamline the process of seminar speaker invitations, whilst maintaining the highest possible standard, the following protocol has been devised. This should reduce the time taken to organise seminars since much of the administration can be taken care of centrally.
Summary of roles:
Seminar Speaker Invitation Process| Name | Role and responsibilities | Name |
|---|
| Host | - Give name and research interests of speaker to seminar coordinator
- Give list of potential discussants to Administrator
- Introduce speaker at seminar
| Any member of academic staff |
| Seminar coordinator | - Organise research group’s seminar diary
- Invite speaker, suggest possible dates and request seminar title
- Mail confirmed date / title / speaker name / time of seminar /
lunch arrangements to Administrator (cc Host)
| Named individual from table below. |
| Administrator | - Sends confirmation letter to speaker requesting information
on travel accommodation, arrival, audiovisual (and title if not already confirmed) - Contacts discussants to organise schedule of meetings
- E-mail schedule for visit to speaker and discussants
| Chris Hayes/Drusilla Lewis |
| Discussant | - Discuss work in the lab with speaker on day of visit
- Take speaker onto next discussant
| Any member of academic staff |
| Web Administrator | - Publishes details of seminars on BIOSI website
| Chris Hayes |
Seminar Speaker Invitation Process| Research Group | Seminar Co-ordinator |
|---|
| Molecular Biosciences | Wynand vander Goes van Naters/Helen White-Cooper |
| Neuroscience | Frank Sengpiel/David Carter |
| Organisms and Environment | |
| Pathophysiology and Repair | Richard Clarkson/Daniela Riccardi/Bill Wilkinson/Emma Blain |
| Plenary Lectures | Ole Petersen |
| BioConnect | Ian Horton/Jo Cable/Fiona Wyllie |
