Instructions for oral presenters

Instructions for oral presenters

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

  • ​Oral presenters in a Free Communications Session will have 8 minutes for presentation​ plus 2​​​​​​​ minutes for discussion.

​PLEASE NOTE: IN COMPLIANCE WITH EACCME REQUIREMENTS ALL ORAL PRESENTERS ARE REQUESTED TO INCLUDE A SLIDE DISCLOSING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR PRESENTATION​

Please click here​​ to download a template of the disclosure slide.​​

Click on the video below to help you prepare and create your presentation.

Data presentation

If using a PowerPoint presentation (or any other PC based application), please note you need to bring it on USB Memory stick and load it on one of the Conference computers in the Speakers’ Ready Room at least 1 hour before the start of the session. The format of your presentation should be 16:9 ratio PowerPoint slides

Please note that the Congress computers in the session halls are being supplied with Windows 10 Pro + MS Office 2016 Standard.​​

If combining video films with PowerPoint, please make sure to check it in the session hall where your lecture is taking place during a coffee or lunch break prior to your session, at least 30 minutes before the start of the session – even after checking it in the Speakers’ Ready Room.

Alternatively, you may supply your own laptop computer. In such a case please confirm that it has an HDMI socket for external signal and come to check it first in the Speakers’ Ready Room as soon as you arrive and later on in the session hall where your lecture is taking place during the coffee or lunch break prior to your session, at least 30 minutes before the start of the session.

Important note for Macintosh users

In order to use MAC presentations on a PC compatible computer please note that you need to prepare it according to the instructions below, before bringing it to the Speakers’ Ready Room:

  1. Use a common font, such as Arial, Times New Rom an, Verdana etc. (special fonts might be changed to a default font on a PowerPoint based PC).
  2. Insert pictures as JPG files (and not TIF, PNG or PICT – these images will not be visible on a PowerPoint based PC ).

Alternatively, you may use your own Macintosh laptop computer. In such a case please confirm you provide it with a HDMI adaptor for external signal, advise the operators in the Speakers’ Ready Room about it as soon as you arrive and later on test it in the session hall where your lecture is taking place during the coffee or lunch break prior to your session, at least 30 minutes before the start of the session.