Language for welcome speech at a conference (Unit 1)

Parts of a Language Points

presentation
1. Greet the audience Hello. Good mourning / afternoon /evening, 0,25
everybody.
Good afternoon, colleagues. It’s really nice to see so
many people here …
I’m honored to be here.
It’s pleased to be here.
I’m glad to be here again.
2. Introduce yourself/ I’m Ron Smithers. 0,5
Your scientific My name is Joanna Richards. I’m a post graduate/PhD
advisor student of the South Ural State University, the Institute
of …, the Department of … .
My scientific advisor is a/an Associate Professor/
Professor of the Department of … He’s a well-known
expert on … and the author of several
textbooks/monographs which are recommended to
students/lecturers of …
3. Thank the It’s really nice to see so many people from so many 0,25
organizers/ the different universities here and also from so many
audience different disciplines. Thank you for coming along.
And I’m really glad to see so many people in the
audience and I hope the presentation will live up to
your expectations.
4. Introduce the Today I’m going to talk about … 0,25
presentation topic I’m going to talk to you today about …
and objectives My presentation is about …
Well, in my presentation here today I will try to answer
the question …
5. Outline the The talk will be about … minutes and I’m going to 0,5
presentation divide it into sections. To get an overview you might
structure like to look at the screen.
First, I’m going to try to … Then I’m going to focus on …
I will then look at (whether) … After that, I’m going to
look at (why) … Finally, we’re going to have a quick
look at (what) …
6. Say when you would It will take us … to … minutes to cover the main points 0,25
like to take questions and I will try to answer your questions at the end.
Feel free to ask them after the presentation.