Guidelines

For Oral Presenters

Accepted abstracts scheduled for lecture session presentations will be grouped bytopics. You will be notified your session and time via e-mail. Also check the meeting program onsite.

Authors of the accepted oral presentations are requested to submit a CD of their PDF of the power point presentation by 31st of December 2016.

For Poster Presenters

Poster sessions will be held between 9 am - 5 pm. Author(s) should be available during breaks and lunch time to answer questions, expand on the material and take part in discussions. The following guidelines will be adopted.

1. Accepted abstracts scheduled for poster session presentation will be grouped by topic. You will be notified of your session and time via email. Also check the meeting program onsite.

2. Posters should be mounted on assigned boards. Locate your poster number in the meeting program. Your poster number will be posted on your board prior to setup.

3. The Poster Session is located in the conference dedicated area.

4. The Organizing Committee will not be responsible for posters that are not removed by the end of each session.

Poster Layout

1. The size of the poster should not exceed 1.5 meter high – 0.85 meter wide. All posters must be in “portrait” format.

2. Use a clear typeface and, if possible, a laser printer.

3. Posters should be readable from a distance of 1-2 meters. Therefore, your text must be not less than 16 points to enable easy reading.

4. It is of high interest to have a large lettering for the poster's title, author and affliation; the font size of the title should be not less than 48 points.

5. Graphs and figures should be readable from a distance of 1-2 meters.