Before you conduct a conference call, it's recommended that you go through a checklist to make sure that everything is in order. These checklist items fall into two time periods: shortly before a conference call and one or more days before. The collective checklist is split up into two categories, as indicated below. Equipment and Meeting Room Place and time. Is a meeting room required for local participants and if so, has it been booked? Is it is easy to get to and from? If it is not located in the same building as local participants work in, will getting to and from it affect the rest of their work day? Can the meeting be scheduled for the beginning or the end of the day to reduce parking problems?