Speakers Presentation Guidelines

Technical requirements and instructions for presentation

Please come to the Speakers' ready room 2 hours prior to your presentation.

Guidelines on how to prepare PowerPoint slides:

PowerPoint versions accepted are from 2000 to 2016 in 16:9 format. In PowerPoint please choose Page Setup and then Slides sized for: “On-screen Show 16:9”
Hand in your PowerPoint presentation on preferably USB-Drive (USB-Stick).
Video Files accepted are WMV, AVI or MPEG 4
At the Speakers' ready room, you may check and rehearse your presentation.
Please make sure that all fonts, images, animations and sounds appear as expected in your PowerPoint presentation.
If you have movies in your presentation please make sure to copy the entire folder with the movies in it.
In presentation mode, your text should be large enough to be easily readable. The slides should not include multiple rows of text in small font.
Your PP presentation will be made available in the lecture hall via the computer network.
Qualified technicians are ready to help you upload your presentation at the Speakers' ready room.

If you have Mac/IPad:

Please make sure to come early to the hall to check the device.
Please make sure to come with the suitable adapter.
Please make sure to have a backup PPT for PC.
All presentations will be deleted at the end of the Congress unless permission has been granted to the Congress secretariat to retain the presentation files.

During your presentation:

The session hall will be staffed with an AV technician who will assist in starting each presentation.
From the lectern, you will be able to control your presentation using a remote control.
Please stick carefully to your allotted time. Chairpersons have strict instructions to interrupt if you exceed the allocated time slot.
Maintain eye contact with the audience while presenting slides.
We encourage more audience interaction where this is appropriate.

Thank you for your participation and cooperation,