Presenter Guidelines

Arriving at the ICC

On arrival, please make your way to the registration desk where our staff will direct  you to the Speaker Preview room.

Please check in your presentation at least  four hours before you are due to present. It will not be possible to check in presentations in the main lecture hall or breakout rooms. Technical staff will be on-hand to assist you. You do not need to bring a laptop as presentations will be loaded onto a main computer. It is recommended that you bring your presentation on USB memory stick.

For information on Audio Visual recommendations please click here

Opening Times

Friday 21st  Oct       - 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 22nd Oct    - 07:30 -18.00
Sunday 23rd Oct      - 07:30 - 18.00
Monday 24th Oct     - 08:00 - 11.30

IMPORTANT If there are movie clips included in your presentation you must bring the original movie files as well as the PowerPoint file, otherwise your movie clips may not run. 

Presentation Timing

Please make your way to the room in which you are presenting at least ten minutes prior to the start of the session. This will allow you to meet with the Chair of your session.

Keeping to Time

The programme is very tight and it is imperative that the session runs on time.   The Chairpersons have been instructed to ask presenters to stop if they run over their allocated time.  

Questions and Answers

There will be assistants in all the meeting rooms with roving microphones during the Q&A sessions. 

Audio Visual Support during Presentations 

There will be technicians in the room should any problems occur with the audio visual equipment.

Poster Presentation Guidelines

Poster boards are 1m wide (across) and 2m high. It is recommended that displays do not exceed 1.5 m in length (portrait style)  . 

There will be two designated poster viewing sessions at the conference:

Saturday 22nd Oct      13.45-15.00
Sunday 23rd Oct         13.00-14.15

Authors will be advised in advance when their poster should be displayed.