To see when your presentation is scheduled, please go to the online programme and use the search engine and look for your abstract or presentation by typing its title (full or part) or your surname (in the search by speakers). Once you find your presentation and or your abstract, click on it and you will access a page showing the date, room and timing of the session in which you will take part.

By the end of August, you will receive an email with a link, login and password to upload your presentation slides. In the meantime, you will find some additional suggestions and hints that might help you to prepare your presentation on this webpage

In August, all speakers (including the ones participating in Oral Presentations) will receive a login and password to access a platform to which they will have the possibility to download their presentation.

Qualified technicians will ensure that all presentations are downloaded on to a single central computer before the session and sent through a network to the correct room. In the lecture room where your presentation takes place, a computer with your PowerPoint display will then be available. The technicians will be at speakers' disposal onsite at the Congress, at the Speakers' Preview Room, located in Hall 1.

PowerPoint is meant to complement what you are talking about; it should not be a subtitle for the speaker. The audience should focus on what YOU are saying, not on reading the slides. Your emphasis should not be on the PowerPoint itself but on the subject that you are talking about. It is best used for the presentation of graphs, charts and pictures, rather than paragraphs of text. The presenter should not read the slides; instead, the slides should be used for talking points. If possible, the presenter should encourage interaction or question and answer sessions.

1. Font size is critical. Use nothing smaller than 18 point, the larger the better; text and visuals can use 18 to 24 point, and titles should be 32 point. Font style also matters: Tahoma is usually the best on a PC and Arial better on a Mac. Sans serif styles are better than serif (the simpler it is, the easier it is to read). Remember that ALL CAPITAL LETTERS is hard to read!
2. Use bullet points, keyword outlines and phrases rather than full sentences or paragraphs. The general rule is that there should be no more than five bullet points per slide and no more than 17 words per bullet point.
3. Templates and backgrounds should never compete with the text. Dark backgrounds and light text work well.
4. Colour, sound and action can be interesting, but in general, there shouldn't be more than three colours used, and action or sound should never interfere with or overshadow content.
5. Be sure you are consistent with each slide regarding font size and style, capitalisation, headings, bullet points, etc.
6. The general rule is to have no more than 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation (not including the title slide and outline).
7. Make sure you have no spelling or grammar mistakes!
8. Maintain eye contact with the audience while presenting slides.
9. Use transitions between slides

• With a 17-inch screen, stand about 2 metres away. If you can see your presentation clearly at 100%, then there shouldn't be a problem in seeing this presentation in a lecture room.

Enlarge for better legibility:

• If you use a font size of 24 point, your text should be readable from the back of the room.
• Rather than using bold to make text clearer, increase the size of your text from 24 to 28 point.

Use of the right colour:

Current projectors use very strong lighting, so it is no longer necessary to use only dark backgrounds with a yellow font. You should be aware, however, that a contrast between the colour of the letter and the background is strongly advisable. If necessary it is possible to make use of a shadow letter, to increase legibility. In this case, you should use shadow that contrasts with the colour of the background.