gerdelan anton sadjtemoqmasseyacnz hello post graduate students year decided get rid often boring dry post graduate seminars replace something new lightning talks snippet outlining find list upcoming lightning talks httpsgutefeemasseyacnzmoinpostgradcommitteelightningtalks register time slot send email anton talks held second tuesday month first session 13th may talks held staff lounge study centre starting 1030 regards anton gerdelan lightning talk format background wikipedia httpenwikipediaorgwikilightning_talks lightning talks httpperlplovercomltosc2003lightningtalkshtml giving lightning talks httpwwwperlcompuba20040730lightningtalkhtml time frame max 15 minutes short 5 minutes max allowance 10 min always 5 minutes discussion qa research outline report topic interest aspect research technology tool something interesting demo demos roughly 2 minute introduction 8 minute demonstration 5 minutes questions 15 minutes total presentation slides allowed informal rantlike talks allowed fri 08 aug 2008 212517 1200 postgrad lightning talks pick time slot