Poster and Oral Presentation Guidelines

Preparation Guidelines

This page provides guidance for delegates in preparing their posters and oral presentations. Abstract submission is now closed.

The poster session will be in Exposition Hall A on the Wednesday and Thursday of the Congress. Following are the general guidelines:

Posters must have dimensions of no more than 3' (91 cm) wide x 4' (121 cm) high
You can put up your posters any time before or during lunch on Wednesday, July 19
Posters will be set up in order by first author’s last name. There will be further guidance on site
Supplies for mounting will be provided
Authors should be at their posters on Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:00 PM (15:30 to 17:00) for discussion with other delegates
Posters should remain up through Thursday, and you may take them down anytime Thursday afternoon, preferably late in the day so everyone gets a chance to see them

All oral presentations will be within symposia, general sessions, or special presentations.

Each regular oral presentation has a 15 minute time-slot (usually 12 minutes duration, with up to 3 minutes for questions)
A keynote speaker will lead off some symposia with a double time-slot (usually 25 minutes duration, with up to 5 minutes for questions)
Presentations should be in Microsoft PowerPoint format
Presentations should be loaded on the Congress computers in a timely fashion; further guidance will be provided on site during sign in, but be prepared with your presentation on a USB thumb drive
For each symposium, the convener will be timekeeper, signalling the speaker at 10 minutes for a regular presentation, and at 23 minutes for a keynote address. This gives the speaker time to wrap up and possibly leave time for questions
Speakers will be kept strictly within their time-slot to allow the program to proceed smoothly