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Instructions for Oral Presentations

Please stay updated via the online programme to see when your presentation is scheduled.
Click here to be directed to the online programme

The total duration of your presentation should be 15 minutes including questions. This means your presentation should be about 12 minutes, leaving 3 minutes for questions. It is very important to keep the time.

General Speaker Guidelines
  • Format: PPT or PPTX
  • Slide size: 16:9 (widescreen)
  • If you are using videos, animations, or special fonts, please make sure these are embedded in your presentation.
  • If you design your Powerpoint presentation on a Mac, please be attentive to avoid the issue of low-resolution graphics when presented from a PC. The most straight forward workaround is not to import images or graphics from PDF files. Instead import directly from image files.
  • Personal laptops cannot be used for presentations.
  • After the congress, all presentations will be deleted to ensure that no copyright issues will arise.
  • Please upload your presentation before arriving at the congress. Send your presentation to psj@cap-partner.eu no later than Thursday 5 November.
    • Please name your presentation as the following: time of presentation, date of presentation, name of presenter
  • If you have not uploaded your presentation beforehand, please bring your presentation on a USB flash drive. Personal laptops are not allowed for presentations.
  • Upload your presentation directly in the session room using a USB flash drive at least 2 hours before your session starts. Presenters scheduled for morning sessions will be required to upload their presentation beforehand.
  • An assistant will help you upload your file to the congress computer.
  • Please arrive in your session room 10–15 minutes before the session begins and get familiar with the chair of the session.

Instructions for Poster Presentations

Poster Schedule, Set-up and Removal

There are scheduled two poster sessions:
Poster Session 1 at 12:05-13:30 for odd numbered posters.
Poster Session 2 at 15:25-16:30 for even numbered posters.

Please be present at your poster during your allocated session.
Check your poster number in the online programme. 

Posters should be set up on 9 November between 09:00 and 10:00.
All posters should be taken down after the plenary session at 17:15-18:00.
If you have not removed it by then, the DMS secretariat will remove it with no responsibility for damage to the poster.

  • Posters must be displayed in portrait orientation.
  • The maximum size is standard A0:
    • Centimetres: Maximum 84.1 cm (width) x 118.9 cm (height)
    • Inches: Maximum 33.1 in (width) x 46.8 in (height)

You are responsible for bringing and mounting your poster yourself.

  • Posters must include the title, names of authors, institution, city, and country.
  • A poster combines a visual display of key research highlights with the opportunity for questions and discussion.
  • The title lettering should be at least 25 mm high.
  • The main text should be at least 10 mm high.
  • Posters should be easily readable from a distance of 2 metres.
  • The language of the poster must be English.
  • The congress secretariat will provide the necessary equipment to mount your poster on the display boards.
  • The congress secretariat is not responsible for any posters that are left behind or damaged.
  • Posters not removed by 17:30 will be discarded.