How can I add extra information on the title slide? in particular I'd like to put in the conference name and location as well as a reference to the paper work is based on.
Thanks
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Sign up to join this communityYou can use the available fields to add extra information; the optional arguments can be used to prevent the extra information from appearing in footlines/headlines:
\documentclass{beamer}
\title[The Title]{The Title}
\subtitle[The Subtitle]{The Subtitle \\ Based on A Really Important Paper \\ by Some Other Author}
\author[The Author]{The Author}
\institute{The Institute \\ Some Location}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\maketitle
\end{frame}
\end{document}