Opening the Discussion

Shall we start? Shall we get down to business? Being a chairman of this conference I declare it open. Let us open the discussion. The conference / symposium is declared open. May I have your attention, please? There are ... questions / reports on the agenda. Now I'll outline briefly the structure of our conference.

Conducting the Conference

Well, first of all the floor is given to... The topic / subject of the discussion is... The first speaker is... Let us discuss Prof. N’s paper / report / presentation.

Now I'd like to open the discussion. Please ask questions and make comments. I'd invite everyone to be brief and keep to the point. Identify yourselves before asking your questions. You are welcome to take part in the discussion of the problem. Any questions? The next question is from Dr. S to Dr. M. Let me direct / refer this question to Dr. N. Dear colleague, I would be very grateful if you could answer this question. I think this question could be asked on an individual basis. Thank you, Dr. N., for your presentation / report. It was very interesting and informative. And now we'd like to hear from Prof. L. who needs no introduction. The next speaker is... Are there any comments / opinions / suggestions? Dr. C, you are welcome, you may speak from your seat. Could you speak into the microphone / a little louder?I am afraid, your time is up. Unfortunately, our time is running out.

Closing the Conference

Thank you for being so interested and active. We were glad to see you at our sitting. Thank you ever so much for your interesting and detailed information. We've got to know many useful things / facts / ideas. With this I close the discussion. The conference is declared closed. I declare the conference closed!

Thank you for your time!

Presenter Giving his Paper (Report)

Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen. Esteemed colleagues. Mr. Chair (Am.) Mr. President!

It's a great privilege for me to be able to speak.

honor talk...

pleasure address...

I am greatly honored to be able to

privileged to be invited to address this conference

pleased to speak to you on behalf of...

Thank you very much for the opportunity / possibility / privilege to …

The purpose of this report is to understand better…

There is much interest in the problem today.

It's well known that some interesting research has been done in this field.

In my paper | I would like to highlight...

In the introduction | I'd like to talk about the concept of…

to my paper | I want | to begin my presentation with …

First of all | | to call your attention to an aspect of...

Now after a short

introduction | | to turn to...

Now let me review what I have said about...

repeat this in a different form...

end by emphasizing the main points once again...

Before I close I would like to emphasize the importance of…

Finally I should like to say a word about...

In closing I'd like to end this paper with the description of...

In conclusion I want to mention very briefly…

Summing up all | to end with a quotation from...

Now to draw some conclusions...

As my time is to summarize the developments we have been running out talking about

to answer the title question.

Thank you for your attention. Thank you for your time.