Abstracts

 Presenter guide

Oral Presentations

PowerPoint projection will be available in the session halls which are equipped with a laptop computer and a projector. Overhead projection and slide projection are not available. All the hardware will be provided by the Congress to ensure consistency in technical quality and allow for quick and smooth transition between the speakers. Each speaker must ensure than his/her presentation (incl. questions) is no longer that that stipulated in the programme. The Chairpersons will be strict on timing.

Instructions for PowerPoint presentation

In order to ensure a successful and trouble free presentation, please follow very carefully the instructions given below. Only the computers provided on site can be used.

• Durations (including questions)
  • ​Oral presentation: 20 minutes 
  • Invited talk: 40 minutes
  • Plenary session: 60 minutes
     
• Presentation requirements and supported formats

​The Preview System supports the presentations made with the following tools:

• MS Office
• Adobe PDF
• Open Office

The Preview System supports the Standard Western Europe fonts. If the presentation contains special characters or need other fonts, they have to be provided by the speaker in the Preview room.

Slides must be sized for an on-screen show of 16:9. The video files attached to the presentation must be located in the same folder as the presentation files. The following mass storage devices are accepted:

• CDROM / DVDROM
• USB Key
• Laptop

We strongly recommend that you save your presentation on two different devices.

• In the Preview room

Opening hours

All speakers must go to the Preview room on order to download their presentation and associated files, preferably the day before and at least 5 hours before their session start. Speakers scheduled on Monday afternoon must load their presentation latest on Monday noon. Speakers will be able to check the presentation and, if needed, make slight modifications. Technical assistance will be available in the Preview room during opening hours.

• In the Conference room

The files downloaded in the Preview room will be downloaded without any modification on the venue network to be viewed in the session hall.

Warning: No presentation can be downloaded on the Conference computer directly.

• Presentation's Privacy

At the end of the congress, ALL presentations and associated files will be deleted.

Poster Presentations

The poster exhibition will be held level -1, close to the Room Belledonne. Your poster board will be marked with the same final number as listed in the Programme Book and which has been given in your personal e-mail notification. Posters presenters must ensure that their poster is fixed to the appropriate numbered board on the appropriate day according to the Scientific Programme.

• Poster format

Panels for individual posters will be 200 cm high and 95 cm wide. Suitable tape will be provided at the welcome desk). Please note drawing pins should not be used.

• Poster exhibition times

All the posters will be displayed during the conference week. Presenting authors should be present by the poster during the poster session