Guidelines for Session Rapporteurs

摘要

This document aims to provide some basic information on the tasks a rapporteur should ensure during a conference session. If the rapporteur is also the chairperson, he/she should read the companion document describing the tasks of a session chairperson. However, as much as possible, it is recommended to have two persons, one for each position. The objective of the rapporteur consists to report the main concepts and results given by the speakers, and to keep track of the questions and answers of the session. At the end of the session, he/she has to prepare a short synthesis report (typically 1 page) with the most significant conclusions of the session, in terms of ideas, concepts, results, scientific questions and problems, debates, etc.