INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POSTERS
Please note the following information regarding poster presentations:
- Posters may be prepared on a single large sheet (preferred method) or alternatively on several small sheets. Double-sided tape will be available for the hanging of posters·
- It is recommended that your poster be 90 cm wide x 120 cm high (portrait style).
- Allocate the top of the poster for the title and authors names and affiliations as stated on the submitted abstract.
- The titles, illustrations, etc should be sized so that they can be read from a distance of two meters.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS
A speakers' ready room, will be available for speakers throughout the day during the congress.
1. DATA PRESENTATION
If using a PowerPoint presentation, please note you need to bring it in an IBM / PC compatible format on a floppy disk (3.5 "/1.44 MB), on a CD, or on a "disk on key" (“flash memory”, using the USB port in the computer; no ZIP disk). Audio and video files must be loaded on one of the congress’ computers in the Speakers’ Ready Room along with your PowerPoint file, at least 1 hour before the start of your session. Congress personnel will be available to help you. You may supply your own laptop computer as a back-up, but this is normally not necessary.
Please note that the congress computer in the session hall will run with Windows XP and Office 2000 (or beyond).
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MACINTOSH USERS
If using a Macintosh laptop computer, please note that you need to supply your own computer. Please confirm that it has a VGA 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, either during the coffee or lunch break prior to your session, at least 30 minutes before the start of the session.
2. VIDEO
If you need to use a video for your presentation (VHS multi-system format only), please advise the Congress Secretariat, by e-mail or fax, no later than 3 weeks prior to the start of the Congress.
3. OVERHEAD PROJECTION (projection of transparencies)
If you wish to use transparencies, please advise the Congress Secretariat, by e-mail or fax, no later than 3 weeks prior to the start of the Congress.
PLEASE NOTE: SLIDE PROJECTION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE.
