The information below is intended to serve as a reminder to the more experienced presenter and to assist those less experienced with suggestions on how to make your visual presentation more effective for the audience.  

Your presentation is an opportunity for you to interact with your audience on your chosen topic, so we ask that you speak about your paper, rather than read it which will create greater engagement. 

• If your presentation contains any images, movie files or sound, please ensure that you embed these files into your presentation.
• When you are using computer projection, it is important that your slides are easy to read. Avoid too much text on each slide, colours which are difficult to read (red and green) and complex tables and graphs. Transitions between images should be smooth and timely. Avoid using too many different types of transition. (A transition which moves from left to right is recommended).
• Keep the text size large - imagine you are the person in the back row.
• Images should `fill the screen'.
• Approximately one slide per minute of your talk is usually appropriate.
• Pace your presentation and speak to your visuals - don’t read them.

**Please note that if you have any conflicts of interest, you are required to include a slide in your presentation which details these conflicts of interest.

Oral presenter briefing notes:

Your visual presentation  |  Arrival at the Congress  |  Speaker preparation room  |  Session format  |  Audio visual equipment