15 minutes each. - so 12-15 slides. If links are not available - please search for pdf (file:pdf) on google using title and author as key words.
Everyone writes a 1 page summary per week - including week's presenters. 36+8=44/2=22
(direct link to google sheet --> here ). ( last semester's schedule for reference here )
Pick a topics from one of these conferences ( here ) USENIX is a good start, but all are really interesting, papers denoted best papers are typically a safe bet at being 'interesting'