Oral Lecture Presentation Information

  • The duration of a contributed presentation slot is 20 minutes. You will have 15 – 17 minutes for the presentation itself and 3 minutes for questions from the audience.
  • Keynote speakers will be allotted 40 minutes for their presentation.
  • An invited speaker will be allotted 30 minutes for their presentation. 
  • A projector & computer will be available in the session room for regular presentations. Please bring your presentation on a USB drive as you may not unplug the presentation laptop to plug in your own.

Preparation of Visuals

  • We recommend bringing a USB drive to upload your presentation to the local PC in your lecture room.
  • Files can be uploaded to the local PCs in the lecture rooms during the coffee breaks or at lunch.
  • To avoid software compatibility problems (MS PowerPoint), speakers are advised to EMBED ALL FONTS in your PowerPoint file AND bring a backup PDF-version of your presentation.
  • Speakers should arrive in their session room 15 minutes BEFORE the start of your session.

General Considerations

  • Limit the number of words per visual to no more than 20.
  • Leave space, at least the height of a capital letter, between lines of text.
  • All fonts, including that on graphs, should be 18 point or larger.
  • Graphs and charts should have bold lines and symbols that contrast sharply with the background.

Poster Presentation Information

We recommend printing the poster in the following format:

  • Portrait format
  • 36" x 48", with a maximum size of 48" x 48"

Pins will be available in the poster area to put the posters on the panels.

There is one poster session that all authors must be present at:

  • Monday, June 22, 6:00 PM - Michigan League Ballroom

Authors are required to print their own poster and are responsible for hanging up their poster on Monday morning. ALL posters should be hung up by lunchtime on Monday. This allows people to take a look at your poster in advance. Posters must be removed Monday evening after your presentation. All posters that are left behind will be throw away at the end of the day.

Each poster board onsite will be marked with a number that directly correlates with each poster in the PDF program. Please place your poster on the assigned board. Do not hang your poster just on any board. You can find this information printed on a poster board at the conference. 

You are welcome to use your own poster template.