Presenter's Guide

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Each oral presentation paper is allocated 20-25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions/discussion. When presenting your slides you may find the following guidelines useful:

  • Organize your slides around the points you intend to make, using no more than one slide per minute. A reasonable strategy is to allocate about 2 minutes per slide when there are equations or important key points to make, and one minute per slide when the content is less complex;
  • Slides attract and hold attention, and reinforce what you say, provided you keep them simple and easy to read. Plan on covering at most 6 points per slide, covered by 6 to 12 spoken sentences and no more than about two spoken minutes. Make sure each of your key points is easy to explain with aid of the material on your slides;
  • Do not read directly from the slide during your presentation. You shouldn't need to prepare a written speech, although it is often a good idea to prepare the opening and closing sentences in advance.

If possible, rehearse your presentation in front of an audience before you give your presentation.

All presentation rooms will be equipped with a PC/laptop and data projector.

Only PowerPoint and PDF slides will be accepted. Each presenter must approach the Session Chair well in advance of the start of the session to load his/her presentation on the PC/laptop.

To ensure that the entire audience will be able to see your presentation, we recommend that you prepare your slides according to the following guidelines:

  • Use a reasonable font size, at least of 18-20 points should be used;
  • A minimum of 5mm of blank space should be left between lines; more is preferable. Leave as much "white space" as possible to make your slides easily readable.

Following these guidelines, you will easily be able to put as much information on the slide as your audience can absorb in one minute. Remember, slides need not to have very detailed information; you ought to be able to expand upon some points.

Your Session Chair might contact you in advance of the conference to request copies of your slides.