Talks - Guidelines and Information

Session structure:

• Please be present at least 20 minutes prior to your session!
• Opening of the session by chair and introduction of the jurors
• 8 Presentations of each  8 minutes lengths and 2 minutes discussion
• Closing remarks by chair

Time:

A Session includes 8 people and lasts max. 90 minutes, with a strict time limit of 8 minutes per presentation. You will be asked to stop when your time is up. Please do

not exceed the time limit, since it will be listed by the chair in your score form.

Equipment:

Each session room will be equipped with:

• laser pointer
• 1 PowerPoint LCD projector (1024 x 768 pixels resolution)
• 1 Windows PC

Presentation structure

The following structure is suggested for your presentation:

• Background/purpose
• Methods
• Results
• Summary/conclusion
• Questions & answers

No single structure will fit all presentations. The best resource you have on how to present your work will probably be your research advisor. Please keep in mind that more than one power point per minute of your presentation time normally exceeds the presentation time. Therefore we recommend a maximum of 8±2 slides per talk.

Some general advice:

·         Please try to focus on the main aspects of your research work and illustrate these clearly.

·         Please do not exceed the maximum period of time for your presentation

·         Please do not try to deliver more information by speaking faster

·         Please do not overfill your slides as it may reduce the distinctness of your presentation

·         Please only include information/tables on your slides that are important and will be illustrated during your presentation

Scores:

Sessions will be chaired by two jurors and a student juror. Your presentation will be scored according to the following criteria:

• Formal criteria and time limit (see above)
• Fluency and intelligibility of the presentation: arrangement of slides, structure
• Response to questions in discussion
• Innovative value
• Methods

The session winners of each session will be announced at 6pm of each conference day so they can prepare to give their presentation in the winner sessions.