Information for speakers and poster presenters
Presentation Formats
The Scientific Committee will ultimately decide whether a submitted paper will be selected for an oral or a poster presentation. A considerable part of the invited talks will be selected based on scientific merit of submitted abstracts. Please make sure to indicate the preferred presentation type on the abstract submission web site.
The scheduled time for each oral presentation is 12 minutes, followed by a 2-minute discussion. With this in mind speakers are requested to stay within the time given. While the names of five authors may be included on the title of the abstract, only one author will be allowed to give the oral presentation.
Projection Facilities for Oral Sessions
Technical equipment available for presentations:
- DATA projectors for computer presentation (resolution up to 1024 x 768 pixels)
- Video projections format DVD
- Notebook or PC with Windows XP operating system and Microsoft Office 2007
Speaker Centre
Technical organizer offers a high-performance network between all different presentation rooms.
The technical organizer will give you an additional instructions concerning your session and the presentation of your paper in the Speaker Centre. Congress staff will make sure that your presentation will be downloaded on the computer in your specific session room. Please make sure that your computer presentation is fully operational before your talk. Only Power Point presentations, CDROM, USB Memory cards will be accepted. Version MS PowerPoint 2007 is recommended. We suggest that your computer presentation be installed and tested at least two hours before your talk. A technician and a room attendant will be in every room to provide assistance when needed.
We do not allow the use of personal laptops for presentations except in rare circumstances (for example, when the presentation has been created with Corel, Apple Keynote or movie creating software). If you bring your laptop to the congress, the technician will copy the files on your hard disk of the laptop into the central congress network, so the laptop will no longer be needed.
At the end of the congress, all presentations will be deleted so no copyright issues will arise.
The Speakers Centre will have the same opening hours as the registration desk.
Instructions for Poster Preparation
Posters must be brought to the Congress by the presenting author and should not be mailed in advance. The required dimensions are 95 cm (width) by 120 cm (height). At the top of poster, please provide the title of the paper, names of the authors and their affiliations, all in bold lettering of about 2.5 to 3 cm size. Artwork and lettering should be large and clear enough so that the poster is readable from a distance of 1.5 m.
Business Centre
The following services are available in Business Centre in the First Foyer: Internet terminals, E-mail, Word processors and there is also a possibility of internet connection using your own notebook.