An e-mail notification was sent to all  submitting authors of abstracts accepted for oral presentation on March 2, 2010. Please note that this email included your “Final Abstract ID Number” which is to be used for your presentation as well as for any further correspondence.

You are requested to hand-in your presentation at the Speaker Preview Room located on the Ground Floor, near the Internet Corner and across the Poster Area:

• the day before your presentation if you are scheduled to present before 12:00 or

• on the morning of your day of presentation if you are scheduled to present after 12:00

• in any case at least 120 minutes prior to the session

Speakers Preview Room Opening hours
Wednesday 5 May          12:30 – 19:30
Thursday 6 May              07:30 – 18:45
Friday 7 May                   07:30 – 18:45
Saturday 8                     07:30 – 15:00

The facilities in the Speakers Preview Room will provide the possibility for:

• Reviewing your PowerPoint presentation
• Last minute alterations of your PowerPoint presentation
• Expert advice by the technical IT staff

Technical Guidelines
To enable the staff to handle the technical aspects in an adequate way, the presentations should be prepared according to the following guidelines: 

All presentations will be presented at a resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels on a PC with Windows XP and PowerPoint 2007.

• Downloaded on the central server from your USB key or CD-Rom
• Your presentation should be PC formatted, not Mac formatted
• Your presentation should be prepared in PowerPoint 2003 or higher
• Preferred page set-up landscape orientation (portrait orientation – such as handout and A4 will not be displayed properly due to ratio 4:3)
• Use high-contrast lettering and readable fonts (minimum font size 24)
• Use high-contrast colours: Light text on dark background or vice versa
• Use of standard fonts
• A maximum of seven (7) lines per slide and five (5) words per line will improve the communication value of your slide

Room setup, equipment and material
Oral presentations will take place in the main plenary of the IOF WCO-ECCEO Congress. It is equipped with the right amount of projectors, screens and microphones.  The standard setup will consist of theater-style seating with a head table for the chairs and a speaker’s lectern on the raised podium.

NOTE: The organizers cannot guarantee projection of presentations handed in later than 120 minutes prior to the sessions.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Fina Liu (fliu@iofbonehealth.org).

E-mail notification was sent to the submitting author of all abstracts accepted for poster presentation on March 2, 2010. Please note that this e-mail included your “Final Abstract Number”. This number is to be used for your presentation as well as for any further correspondence. Each poster was assigned a session title, date and time at which to the presenting author should be present.

Poster Size

• Portrait style
• Minimum Height 120 cm - Maximum Height 130 cm
• Minimum Width 80 cm - Maximum Width 95 cm

Poster Display

Posters should be displayed according to your assigned poster number from 08:30–18:30:

Poster Number   Poster Display Date

P100-P500          Thursday, May 6
P501-P902          Friday, May 7

Poster Presentation Schedule

08:00–08:30    Poster Mounting (mounting material will be  available at the Poster Help Desk and on the poster board)

13:45–14:05    Authors present for EVEN numbered posters

14:10–14:30    Authors present for ODD numbered posters

18:30–19:30    Poster Dismantling

The Congress Organizers take no responsibility for posters which are not dismantled on time.Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Fina Liu (fliu@iofbonehealth.org).

POSTER PRINTING SERVICE
A new on-line service for creating and printing your poster at a nominal cost will be offered through Call4Posters®, which has significant experience in providing this service exclusively for congresses, including picking your poster up directly in Florence at the Poster Help Desk. The service is not mandatory and independent of the Congress organizers, who do not generate financial profit from this service. However, if you are looking for an easy, convenient and economic way to produce your poster, please look out for the Call4Posters® e-mail invitation. www.call4posters.com/iof

Presenting authors of accepted abstracts are required to be registered delegates and be responsible for all expenses incurred in the production of their presentations, travel and accommodation during the Congress.

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