Tutorial of Basics

• Submit Tutorial abstract through the online form (by Nov 17th)
• Submit Draft tutorial slides and handout to the tutorial chair via email and complete the online form for the tutorial (by Feb 16th)
• Submit Revised tutorial slides (if needed) via email to the tutorial chair (by Mar 25th)
• Submit final Handout and “Permission to publish” form for the handout via the online form if the handout should be included in the conference app and available for download (by Mar 25th)
• Register by April 16th to be automatically included in the conference app
• Ask attendees to complete the session evaluation on the conference app

The tutorial presenter will appear as session organizer on the conference app and final program.

For each proposed Tutorial of Basics, an abstract and information regarding the tutorial shall be submitted here.

Please submit an abstract in plain text through the online form so that this can be included in the session description in the conference app and on the website. You will be able to update this when you submit your tutorial draft.

For each accepted Tutorial of Basics abstract, please submit:

1. Information on the tutorial here
2. The tutorial slides and handout to the tutorial chair via email

Please note that both the online form and the slides and handout should be submitted for your submission to be complete. The template for the handout is provided here.

The handout shall include:

• Title of the tutorial
• List of authors/speakers
• Subject Description
• Key learning objectives

Please note that due to space limitations and the increasing number of tutorials proposed, tutorials can be no longer than 1.5 hours.

Please also write the numbers (GT2025-xxxxxx) of the papers you are authoring/presenting this year in the submission form so that we can check for potential conflicts during the session scheduling.

The submission of your revised slides (if required) is due March 25th by email to the tutorial chair. You will receive notification on whether this is required once the draft tutorial review is complete.

The final submission of your handout and permission to publish form is due March 25th. You need to update the information on the tutorial title and presenters if needed, and submit your final handout and permission to publish form here. Please note that the permission to publish form concerns only the handout and not the presentation slides. Your tutorial presentation slides are not submitted to ASME and will not be published. You do not need to submit your final slides.

Please note that due to space limitations and the increased number of tutorials being proposed, tutorials can be no longer than 1.5 hours.

• Find the handout template here.
• Find the Permission to Publish Form here.

The Committee Tutorial Organizers (appointed by the committee chairs) review the tutorial abstracts, give comments to the tutorial initiators, and select suitable tutorials that have been submitted according to this guideline. The Committee Chairs are supported by the Tutorial of Basics Chair (ToB Chair) who is designated by the Turbo Expo Conference Chair. The role of the ToB Chair is to ensure a well-balanced overall tutorial program and high-quality tutorials.

• Review Tutorial abstracts
• Review Draft tutorial slides and handout
• Review Revised tutorial slides (if needed)
• Create tutorial sessions on the webtool (can be done once draft tutorial review is completed)
• Promote tutorials among the committee members
• Provide attendance numbers and feedback on whether the tutorial is of interest to the committee (after the conference)

Tutorial authors are recommended to keep the content of their tutorial up to date and address areas of interest in their subject, but there is no requirement to present new material every year. As such, the Turbo Expo organizing committee recommends the acceptance of tutorials that were presented in previous years at Turbo Expo and are of high quality and of interest to the community.

The final decision for tutorial acceptance will be done by the tutorial chair based on the recommendation of the technical committees.

The technical committees are encouraged to collect attendance data and participant feedback for their tutorials to assess interest in the topic.

You should prepare a Handout for your presentation that highlights the major points of the presentation following the Handout Template appended at the end of this document. Tutorial authors retain copyrights for the presentation Handout document, however, are required to permit ASME to include the Handout online. This Handout will be included with the online conference papers that are available to conference attendees before and during the conference. Note, we do not recommend including graphics from your presentation in your handouts.

• Download the Word Doc Template
• Download the Permission to Publish Form

Unlike the typical paper presentation at Turbo Expo, it is important to prepare the topic such that an engineer with a general background can follow the presentation. This may require building the presentation on general principles. The presentation shall be structured around the why, what, and how of the chosen topic. Concepts and expressions that are specific to a given specialty shall be avoided unless they are properly explained.

The presentation must be free of commercialism. The key learning objectives shall be clearly specified. These shall be included in the Tutorial abstract such that attendees can plan the attendance of tutorials accordingly. The material presented does not have to meet the originality standards set forth by IGTI for Turbo Expo papers. It rather summarizes and uses existing knowledge to clarify a topic to other engineers who are not experts in the field.

The presentation should include a set of initial slides on the principles and fundamentals of the topic covered, to allow the attendees with limited background to get familiar with the scope of the tutorial and with the related terminology. A "Nomenclature" slide is suggested if appropriate, including the main acronyms used during the presentation.

Furthermore, a "Reference" slide is suggested, providing opportunities to the audience for individual studies.

At the end of the tutorial, the key points shall be summarized, and a few self-assessment questions shall be included.

Slide legibility is critical to a successful presentation.

• The minimum size of lettering should be 21-point type when all capital letters are used and 32-point type when a mixture of capitals and lower-case letters are used. Using smaller fonts creates a significant risk that the text will not be readable. Note: Some slides will be exempt from the minimum letter height criteria expressed above. Slides that fall into this category are those which are intended to show an area or a concept. The readability of the slides is increased by using appropriate contrast, i.e. light letters on a dark background or dark letters on white background. Light letters on a light background on the other hand does not provide good readability.


• The fonts used for slides should be fonts with no serifs. Examples of these are Arial, Helvetica, and Universal.


• Graphs should be made as large as possible on the slides. Axes, data labels, legends, etc. must be made large enough to read if the audience is required to see these. Gridlines should be light or removed. If the data source does not provide good slide readability, it is recommended to transfer the data to Excel or similar and to edit for proper readability.


• Short summary texts should be provided on slides. Slides with limited text and images are the easiest to read and this keeps the audience's attention on the speaker rather than on reading the slides. Remember, you are guiding the audience through the presentation; the audience is not there to read your slides.


• All numeric values should be expressed in SI units.

• The Permission to Publish form is required if you would like your tutorial handout included in the pre-conference online paper site allowing individuals to review the content of the tutorial before the conference. Including your tutorial handout in the pre-conference paper site typically leads to higher presentation attendance.


• Please note the Permission to publish Form is not required to present your tutorial. If you choose not to sign the form, details regarding the content of your tutorial will not be included in the pre-conference paper site, however you can still present your tutorial.


• Tutorial handouts are not included in the post conferece publications.

• Use font size too small.


• Write full sentences on the slides. This practice makes the slides hard to read and promotes the use of smaller, unreadable text. It also causes the audience to "read" the slide and not listen to the speaker. The slides are a guideline to the audience, however, their main attention should be on the speaker.


• Present graphs as-is from Excel or other sources. Font, data labels, titles, legends, and other components of graphs from Excel or similar are typically too small for presentations. The font size must be increased to be readable at the conference.


• Cram too much information on one slide. Slides with a graphs, images, and lots of text are busy and distracting. Slides are overviews and should not require the audience to "study them". Split information to additional slides to avoid too much information on a single slide.