presenting-conference-talks

Provide the compiled paper and talk type, and the Skill extracts the thesis, contributions, architecture figure, and key evaluation figures, then maps them to a slide structure template. It outputs both a Beamer LaTeX source for PDF and a python-pptx script for an editable PPTX.

An oral talk of 15-20 minutes should have 15-22 slides, roughly one slide per minute. Spotlight talks of 5-8 minutes use 8-12 slides, poster-talks use 5-8 slides, and invited talks of 30-45 minutes use 25-40 slides.

Beamer produces professionally typeset PDFs with strong math support and version-control friendliness, ideal for the final presentation. PPTX generated with python-pptx allows last-minute edits and venue template compatibility, making it better as a working draft for co-author review.

In Beamer, use the \note{} command inside each frame, optionally shown on a second screen with \setbeameroption. In python-pptx, access slide.notes_slide.notes_text_frame and set its text to include timing markers and transition sentences.

Compilation usually fails because figure paths are incorrect relative to the .tex file. Set \graphicspath{{figures/}} in the preamble to point at your figure directory, and compile with latexmk -pdf -interaction=nonstopmode to surface errors.

This Skill is for generating presentation slides from an already-written paper, not for writing the paper itself or creating publication-quality plots. For paper writing use a paper-writing skill, and for figure creation use an academic plotting skill.