>> Presentation Guidelines

Information for Speakers

Your presentation should be prepared in PowerPoint only. We will be using PowerPoint XP or 2003. Please bring your slides on CD or USB removable drive. All presentations will be deleted from the server at the end of the meeting unless otherwise requested.

Presentation times
* Invited speakers: 30 minutes total, 25 for presentation and 5 for questions
* Short Orals: 12 minutes total, 10 for presentation and 2 for questions

Slide content and design (recommendations)
* Material on slides must be of an adequate size to be seen clearly by all delegates
* If showing graphs, tables or charts do not make them too crowded; complex figures should be broken up into series
* As a rough guide, we suggest you allow no more than two slides per minute of your talk.
* Slides are easier to read when there is a high contrast between the text and the background.

Information for Poster Presenters

Displaying your poster
* Boards for posters will be available from 13:00 on Thursday 8 October to 16:00 on Friday 9 October.
* All posters to be in place during the poster session on Friday 9 October from 12:00 to 13:00.
* The fixing materials for your poster will be issued on the Posters Desk.

Presenting your poster
All posters should be displayed throughout the entire meeting. Dedicadet poster session is at 12:00-13:00 on Friday 9 October.

Poster Preparation
* Each presenter will be allocated one numbered board, the total usable area of which is 110 cm high x 80 cm wide. THIS IS THE MAXIMUM SIZE ALLOWED FOR YOUR POSTER!
* Posters are usually more attractive when mounted onto a single background rather then being mounted on the board as several separate sheets.
* You are invited to bring copies of your poster on A4 sheets to hand out to interested delegates.

Organising your poster (recommendations)
* Title - The title of your submitted contribution
* Authors - Who was involved, and their affiliations
* Introduction - A statement about the aims and objectives of the study
* Methods - A description of the methodology that you have adopted, including any assumptions
* Results - Include examples of the main results of the study
* Conclusions - List the main findings and your thoughts about how the work could be progressed further

Formatting your poster (recommendations)
* Keep fonts simple and use one or two different fonts only
* Font size – your poster should be easily legible at a distance of 1 metre.
* Keep text to a minimum
* Neutral colours work better as a back ground than bright colours
* Make use of graphics where possible
* Only include what is absolutely necessary
* Be selective when showing results
* Check spelling
 

For any queries about presentations please contact the organizing committee.