Speaker Guidelines
Presentation Guidelines
Your presentation should be prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint. As a general rule, it is better to use PPTX format (compatible PowerPoint 2010/2013/2016 and newer).
Your presentation will be displayed in landscape orientation, 16/9 ratio.
If you work on a Mac, try to avoid specific fonts in Mac OS and rather choose Windows compatible fonts.
Try to limit the size of any videos and sound to 1GB and use formats such as .mp4 and .wmv if possible.
If any video files come from a medical equipment, make sure you do not need a special proprietary software to play it on a PC.
Please bring your presentation and any media elements to the conference in a USB memory stick. It is also advised to have a backup on a second USB Stick or on your laptop.
Speakers' Ready
In order to test your presentation before your session, we strongly encourage you to come to the Speakers’ Ready area and check your presentation, at the latest 3 hours before the start of your session.
Please note that Mac or Personal Laptop Computers cannot be connected to the projectors in the meeting rooms.
Disclosure of conflict of interest
A disclosure of conflict of interest slide must be included in your PowerPoint presentation. The disclosure slide should be displayed and read to the audience at the beginning of your lecture.
* A conflict of interest is any situation in which a speaker or immediate family members have interests, which may cause a conflict with the current presentation. Conflicts of interest do not preclude the delivery of the talk, however they should be explicitly declared. These may include financial interests (e.g. owning stocks of a related company, having received honoraria, consultancy fees), research interests (research support by grants or otherwise), organisational interests and gifts.
Chair Guidelines
You are kindly requested to keep time during the session and adhere to the schedule as much as possible.
Please complete the evaluation form for each session and return it to the registration desk. The form will be placed on the desk before the session.