# Presenting Conference Talks

Generates conference presentation slides (Beamer LaTeX PDF and editable PPTX) from a...

- Repository: https://github.com/Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs (14176 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs --skill presenting-conference-talks -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs --skill presenting-conference-talks -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs --skill presenting-conference-talks -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs --skill presenting-conference-talks -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs`

## Description

Generates conference presentation slides (Beamer LaTeX PDF and editable PPTX) from a compiled paper with speaker notes and talk script. Use when preparing oral talks, spotlight presentations, or invited talks for ML and systems conferences.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Presenting Conference Talks: From Paper to Slides

Generate conference presentation slides from a compiled research paper. Produces both **Beamer LaTeX PDF** (for polished typesetting) and **editable PPTX** (for last-minute adjustments), with speaker notes and an optional talk script.

## When to Use This Skill

| Scenario | Use This Skill | Use Other Skills Instead |
|----------|---------------|--------------------------|
| Preparing oral/spotlight/poster-talk slides | ✅ | |
| Generating Beamer PDF + PPTX from paper | ✅ | |
| Speaker notes and talk script | ✅ | |
| Writing the paper itself | | ml-paper-writing |
| Structuring a systems paper | | systems-paper-writing |
| Creating publication-quality plots | | academic-plotting |

**Attribution**: This skill's structure draws inspiration from the ARIS paper-slides skill (570 lines, supporting poster/spotlight/oral/invited with Beamer+PPTX). This is an independent implementation for the AI-Research-SKILLs ecosystem.

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## Talk Types and Slide Counts

| Talk Type | Duration | Slides | Content Depth |
|-----------|----------|--------|---------------|
| poster-talk | 3, 5 min | 5, 8 | Problem + key result only |
| spotlight | 5, 8 min | 8, 12 | Problem + approach + key results |
| oral | 15, 20 min | 15, 22 | Full story with evaluation highlights |
| invited | 30, 45 min | 25, 40 | Deep dive with context and demos |

**Rule of thumb**: ~1 slide per minute for oral, ~1.5 slides per minute for spotlight.

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## Slide Structure Templates

### Poster-Talk (5, 8 slides)

```text
Slide 1: Title + Authors + Affiliation
Slide 2: Problem, Why this matters (1 motivating figure)
Slide 3: Key Insight, One-sentence thesis
Slide 4: Approach Overview, Architecture diagram
Slide 5: Main Result, Headline numbers (1 figure)
Slide 6: Takeaway + QR code to paper/code
```

### Spotlight (8, 12 slides)

The rest: https://github.com/Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs/blob/HEAD/20-ml-paper-writing/presenting-conference-talks/SKILL.md