What is a Lightning Talk?

September 11, 2023

What is a Lightning Talk?

It's like an "elevator pitch"

ITiMS students give a lightning talk at every retreat.  The first time should be an introduction while subsequent presentations should be updates. 

A Lightning Talk is a 2-4 minute presentation about you and your research using only one slide.  Make your one slide a visual abstract that conveys the entire gist of the project in one image. 

You can find the Visual Abstract Primer along with many other helpful resources on the ITiMS Resources page.