Oral Presentations

General Information. For lecture/oral presentations each conference room will have the following equipment:

• LCD projector

• Screen

• Computer with Windows XP (SP2)

All presentations must be transferred to the projector computer before the session starts. It will not be possible to use your own laptop. It is required to provide the file for your presentation during the registration times. During this period it will be possible to test if it works properly. Please check immediatly before your session if your presentation is in the assigned room computer.

Supported Formats. Microsoft Office Power Point 2003 and Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Reader

Presentation Time: 20 minutes. It is suggested to use 15 minutes for presentation (approx. 15 slides) and leave 5 minutes for questions.

Poster Presentations

Setup/Presentation/Teardown Schedule.  The posters are organized by specific days and they will be available during the whole day in the poster area. They should be placed on the assigned board in the morning between 8:00-8:30 a.m., and removed after the corresponding poster session. Adhesive material will be provided for you during this time. As the presenter for your paper, you will be required to stand next to your poster on the designated day and time of your session to be available for questions. Your session date is available in the Final Program. All display areas will have also a small table where you can set up your laptop to present extra-material. Please take down your poster and any other equipment you may have brought for display before 8:00pm after your session. Items left after 8 pm will be disposed of.

Equipment Provided on Site.
The following equipment will be provided by the conference to the interactive session authors:

• A display board 2.5 m high and 1m wide.
• Material to attach printed material to the board
• A table for you to set up your display and/or laptop

Notice: No power outlet will be available. So consider to have a full-charged battery in your LAPTOP.

Your Display Materials. Plan your poster to fit an area 118.8 cm high by 84cm wide, corresponding to DIN A0 size.

Your display should include a title/authors section and photos, graphics, and text that will convey the essential background and results data to your audience. The title/author section should appear in large type and correspond to the most recent version of the abstract you have submitted. When preparing the title strip and other display items, keep in mind that the most effective displays present data in colorful, graphical format. Use photos, drawings, graphs, and simple tables as much as possible, minimizing the need for large blocks of text; present necessary text in large type. These measures will enable several people to view your poster simultaneously and make it easier for you to discuss your work with them. Please do not simply post copies of pages of text taken from a manuscript or report.

Recommendations.

To facilitate interesting discussions between the poster presenters and other participants we will provide extra space so that you can bring your laptop in addition to a conventional poster. We encourage you to prepare additional material on your laptop such as simulations results, animations, software, background material, etc to enhance interaction in the poster session. Please note that we cannot provide a power outlet for your laptop at the poster session.

Display should stimulate discussion, not give a long presentation. Keep text to a minimum, emphasize graphics, and make sure every item in your display is necessary.

Determine three key points you want to make. You want the poster to reflect these key points – not all the details. Numbered lists and bullet points are good ways to com municate concisely.

It is recommended that you roughly sketch out your poster on paper before creating it in PowerPoint.

Posters can be created with as many or as few descriptive sections as you desire. Always remember to keep it simple.

Possible sections:

- Author/Title/Affiliation
- Poster Number
- Abstract
- Purpose or Hypothesis
- Background
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Objectives
- Data Sources/Study Setting
- Study Design
- Participants/Subjects
- Intervention
- Principal Findings
- Main Outcome Measures
- Results
- Discussion
- Implications
- Conclusions
- Funding Source