Abstract Guidelines
Guidelines for Oral Communications
Oral communications are strictly limited to 10 minutes duration (and five for discussion). This will be enforced by session chairs and the use of traffic lights. Please ensure that your oral communication begins with an introduction that enables your audience to appreciate its context and the rationale for the study and ends with a form of conclusion / summary that emphasise the key points. Remain focussed upon the experimental procedures and data and avoid over speculation. Clarity in your presentation, both audio and visual, will ensure the audience is sufficiently informed to be able to appreciate your work and also to be in a position to ask pertinent questions.
In addition please note the following rules pertaining to oral
communications:
(a) no Oral Communications shall be read (Domestic Rule DRA9) either from written script, slides or PowerPoint transmissions;
(b) an Oral Communication shall not occupy more than 10 minutes (Domestic Rule DRA10).
To comply with these rules, and to ensure that papers are presented in a concise and comprehensible manner, The Society advises that:
i. not more than six slides or PowerPoint transmissions should normally be shown; ii. any PowerPoint animations should be ‘basic’; iii. graphs should not normally contain more than three curves; iv. tables should not normally contain more than 30 values; v. all Oral Communications should be rehearsed for time, sense and audibility.
Guidelines for Poster Communications
Poster dimensions for this meeting are as follows:
- Standard A0 (841mm x 1189 mm)
- Portrait
The main trade exhibition and all Poster sessions will take place in the Small and Large Examination Halls. Poster presenters are asked to note the day of their presentation and ensure posters are affixed by 1400 on that day. Posters should be affixed using Velcro, which will be provided.
Presenters must attend their poster from 1600 to 1800 hrs on the day they are scheduled to present. Unattended or missing posters will not form part of the final online published proceedings.
Posters should be removed by 1800 on the day of presentation. Any posters that remain on the boards after this time will be destroyed.