Presenter Guidelines

Symposium Presentation Guidelines

The time allotted for each symposium is 100 minutes, organized as four 20-min talks, each followed by 5 minutes for questions. Kindly ensure that there is ample time for audience participation and discussion during the scheduled symposium time. Symposia chairs are welcome to divide the time as they see fit.
The meeting room will be equipped with:

• Projector and screen (please use 16:9 slide ratio)
• Lectern microphone
• Laser pointer and slide advancer
• Wireless internet – it is recommended to download and embed videos in a presentation rather than trying to play via the wifi

You will be required to use your own laptop to connect to the LCD projector. Please note, HDMI cables will be provided. If you use a MAC or have a different connection, please provide your own adapters/dongles. Please ensure you test your laptop during the lunch break or the coffee break session immediately preceding your session. For ease of transition time, it is recommended that presenters in the same symposium load presentations to one laptop. Please note this is not required, only recommended.
Please test your presentation in advance to ensure that all slides/images/videos are working properly.

Poster Presentation Guidelines

There are four designated poster sessions each day. Kindly set up and remove your posters during the allocated poster times so as not to impact other presenters. Recommended poster information includes:

• Keep text to a minimum
• Ensure text is in large font
• Use graphs, charts and/or tables
• Ensure contents have a logical flow
• Make it colourful

The recommended size for your poster is A1 –  59.5 x 84.1 cm (23.4 x 33.1 inches). The pasteboards can accommodate posters up to 100cm x 100cm (39.37 x 39.37 inches) but you do not need to use the full space. Push pins will be provided for you to adhere the poster to the board.

Removal of posters at the end of the display period is the responsibility of the author(s). Posters not removed by the deadline will be removed and disposed of by meeting staff. Please note that the posters will be held at the registration desk until the end of the conference after which time they will be recycled.

There are four poster sessions, kindly take note of your poster session and the set up/tear down times.