Speaker Notes — Demo Talk
Speaker notes for a demo conference presentation.
These are the speaker notes for the talk [Talk Title] given at [Conference Name], [Month Year].
Slides: [link to slides if public]
Slide 1 — Introduction
- Open with the problem statement
- Mention why it matters to this audience specifically
- Target: 2 minutes
Slide 2 — Related Work
Key point to make verbally: the prior work missed X because they assumed Y. Our insight is Z.
Slide 3 — Method
Walk through the diagram slowly. The key equation is:
$$\hat{y} = f_\theta(x) = W_2 ,\sigma(W_1 x + b_1) + b_2$$
Emphasise that $\sigma$ here is not ReLU — this surprised reviewers.
Q&A preparation
Expected Q: Why not just use method X? A: Method X requires O(n²) memory which is prohibitive at our scale. Our approach is O(n log n) by exploiting sparsity in…