Description of Session Types
Breakout Sessions
(BOS)
75 minutes. Lecture-style presentations that include PowerPoint slides and in many cases product demos. Held in lecture rooms seating up to 100 participants.
Community Sessions
(COM)
25-60 minutes. Discussion-based sessions that may include chalk-talk style presentation on informative and timely topics of interest to event attendees. Held in smaller lecture rooms. No slides; demos only.
Hands on Labs
(HOL)
Self-paced, estimated 45-75 minutes to complete. Drilldown into products and technologies located on the workstations in the Computer Lab.
Panel Discussions
(PAN)
Up to 75 minutes of technical discussion with several panelists and a moderator.