Oral Presentations
PowerPoint projection will be available in the session rooms 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: 35 minutes
- Plenary session: 45 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;
All speakers must download their presentation and associated files, preferably during the coffee break, the day before and at least 5 hours before their session starts. Speakers scheduled on Tuesday afternoon must load their presentation latest on Tuesday noon.
At the end of the congress, ALL presentations and associated files will be deleted.