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Instructions for Oral Presentations
During the XXIXth International Congress of the ISBT, the Speaker Ready Room is located in room 1.51 on the first floor. From this room all presentations will be distributed to the different meeting rooms.Please note: Only PowerPoint presentations made in Microsoft Office XP or earlier versions will be accepted.
Use embedded pictures and animations only; picture and animation links to the Internet or to other files will not be accessible. The overall size of your presentation should not exceed 40 Mb.
1. When preparing your PowerPoint presentation, please use Microsoft. Most PowerPoint presentations will be made in a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. All video/data projectors (beamers) at the Congress can visualize these resolutions without a problem. Use standard Windows fonts only, .24 font size can be read easily. Accepted picture file formats: .JPG, .GIF, .TIFF, .BMP, .HTML. Accepted audio formats: MPEG2 standard resolutions, QuickTime 6 or earlier version, Real player 5 or earlier version.
2. To ensure that the presentations are well prepared, we strongly advice you to bring your presentation to the Speaker Ready Room on diskette, CD-Rom or Zip-diskette and check the presentation with the preview technical staff at least 3 hours before your presentation is scheduled. You may also bring your laptop for copying your presentation to the main computer, which will be used for sending the presentations to the different meeting rooms. The use of your own laptop during your presentation is NOT possible.
3. Single-, double slide and overhead projections will NOT be offered during the XXIXth International Congress of the ISBT
Concluding:
- Only PowerPoint Presentations made in Microsoft Office XP or earlier versions
- No single-, double slide and overhead projections
- No use of your own laptop during your presentation\
- Come at least 3 hours before presentation time to the Speaker Ready
Room when:
o your presentation is not yet copied on the main system
o you want to check your presentation - Do not forget to register for the XXIXth International Congress of
the ISBT
(www.isbt-web.org/capetown)
Instructions for Poster Presentations
IMPORTANT: RETURN THE OFFICIAL
POSTER REPLY FORM!
A poster board will only be reserved for you at the
congress if you confirm your attendance by returning this form positively.
Should you not show up, we are forced to exclude you from abstract
submission for the next ISBT Congress!
Please complete and return this form
at the latest before Tuesday May 30, 2006 by e-mail (with a digital
signature) to: isbt.capetown@eurocongres.com or by FAX to: +31 20 6737306.
EXPLANATION POSTER WALKS DURING POSTER SESSIONS:
Poster-walks will be
introduced his year. The main goal is to gain a maximum benefit from the
scientific work presented and to create a lively interaction between poster
authors, moderators (senior experts in the field) and interested congress
participants. Poster-walks will be organised during the poster sessions on
Monday, September 4 and Wednesday, September 6 (17.30-18.30 hours). Poster
authors and moderators are requested to be present at the first poster in
their poster session, at the beginning of the presentation time (17.30
hours). In the final programme it will be published which topics will be
moderated on which day.
Snacks and drinks will be served!
SIZE POSTER
BOARDS:
Size of poster board: 99 cm wide and 248 cm high
Size of usable
area: 95 cm wide and 238 cm high
PREPARING YOUR POSTER
Text on poster
• Use
a clear typeface and, if possible, a laser printer.
• The poster should be
readable from a distance of 2-3 meters. This means that all lettering should
be at least 8mm high.
• Please prepare a title banner for your poster to be
hanged across the top of the poster board. The title banner should have a
width of max. 96 cm and should state the title of the presentation and the
name(s) and affiliations(s) of the author(s). Lettering on the banner should
be at least 20mm high.
Graphs and diagrams
• Graphs and figures should be
readable from a distance of 2-3 meters.
• They should be drawn with a
minimum line width of 1 mm.
AT THE CONGRESS
General Information
• One poster board will be allocated for each poster presentation.
• A printed number identifying each poster board will be provided.
• Material and color of
poster board: hard board, colored white and an aluminium frame
Registration
• Please remember to register for the congress in order to be allowed to
make your presentation. You can register online via the congress section of
the ISBT website www.isbt-web.org/capetown
Location
• Posters will be
presented in the Poster Area, which is located in the Exhibition area.
Poster Mounting
• Posters should be mounted during the indicated set-up time (see below).
• Posters should be mounted with double sided tape only.
• Assistance and material for mounting the posters will be available from set-up time (see below), at the poster desk in the poster area.
• Please
mount your poster on Monday 4 September as of 09.00 hours.
Poster Viewing and Presentation
• Posters will be on display in the poster area for four days and will be open for viewing during exhibition hours.
•
Poster authors are requested to be present at their poster during the entire
presentation time (see below) to attend the Poster-walks. During these
walks, an expert in the field will discuss posters in the same poster
session, together with interested Congress participants.
Removing your
poster material
• Material should be removed before 12.00 hours on Thursday, September 7..
• If posters are not removed within the time for dismantling
(see below), your poster will be removed and destroyed by the congress
organiser.
Responsibility for poster presentations
The Organising Committee
does not assume any responsibility for material displayed on the poster
boards.
Queries
If you have any queries concerning the procedures, please
contact the Congress Secretariat: Eurocongres Conference Management, E-mail:
isbt.capetown@eurocongres.com