Guidelines for Speakers

Symposia Speakers are recommended to carefully follow the guidelines provided by the Congress Organizers to ensure a proper and timely uploading of presentations in the Symposium network and effective coordination before and during the Symposia take place.

A corporate PowerPoint Template is available to prepare Symposium Presentations.

Speakers will be NOT allowed to use their personal laptop computers for Presentations.

Presentations saved on a USB memory must be brought to the Slide Centre and uploaded in the Conference Room Network at least 4 hours prior the beginning of the Symposium.

Speakers will be NOT allowed to upload their Presentations on the computers installed in the conference rooms.

Speakers are required to carefully check their Presentation at the Slide Centre before the beginning of the Session. Technicians will assist Speakers to preview their Presentations.

Visit the Congress venue, check the room where your Symposium has been scheduled and familiarize yourself with the room.

Meet the Symposium Chairs at the Symposium room at least 15 minutes prior the Session will start.

The Symposium Chairs will inform you about the time of your Presentation. Most Symposia have been planned for Presentations of 20 minutes each (15 minutes for short talks selected from Poster Abstracts), including questions. However, time allotted for each Presentation may slightly vary depending on the number of Speakers in the Symposium.

Please deliver your Presentation strictly within the allotted time, leaving at least two minutes for questions.

As a Presentation nears the end, you will be alerted by the Symposium Chairs of the time left. Symposium Chairs are instructed to stop any Presentation that runs over the allotted time.

At the end of the Presentation the Symposium Chairs will invite questions from the audience (time permitting).