1. Your 60-minute session will have 2 speakers. Each speaker will have 25 mins with 10 minutes for discussion.
2. Please ensure that you include a disclosure slide, using the template provided, at the beginning of your presentation, stating any potential conflicts of interest pertaining to the presentation you will give.
3. Please use the official template for presentation, which you can download from your personal area on the Congress website. The PPT slides format should be 16:9 (NOT 4:3).
4. Please check in at the Speaker’s Room to upload your presentation, which will be “pushed” through the network into the room where your session will take place.
5. It is important that you upload your presentation either the evening before your session or first thing in the morning to ensure your presentation is ready.
6. It is essential that you arrive on time.  Please be in the room 5 minutes before your session begins. Please also identify and introduce yourself to the session Chair.
7. Please sit at the front of the room.
8. The Chair has been asked to keep you strictly to time and will remind you when are near to the end of your allocated time. The Chair has been asked not to provide a long introduction to your talk to ensure that you have the allotted time to speak.
9. If a speaker doesn’t show up for the session, the extra time can be filled with with questions and answers.
10. Please finish on time. We have provided chairs with strict guidelines on time limits to give all speakers equitable time to present and to answer questions.

1. Your 90-minute session will have 3 speakers. Each speaker will have 25 mins with 15 minutes for discussion.
2. Please ensure that you include a disclosure slide, using the template provided, at the beginning of your presentation, stating any potential conflicts of interest pertaining to the presentation you will give.
3. Please use the official template for presentation, which you can download from your personal area on the Congress website. The PPT slides format should be 16:9 (NOT 4:3).
4. Please check in at the Speaker’s Room to upload your presentation, which will be “pushed” through the network into the room where your session will take place.
5. It is important that you upload your presentation either the evening before your session or first thing in the morning to ensure your presentation is ready.
6. It is essential that you arrive on time. Please be in the room 5 minutes before your session begins. Please also identify and introduce yourself to the session Chair.
7. Please sit at the front of the room.
8. The Chair has been asked to keep you strictly to time and will remind you when are near to the end of your allocated time. The Chair has been asked not to provide a long introduction to your talk to ensure that you have the allotted time to speak.
9. If a speaker doesn’t show up for the session, the extra time can be filled with questions and answers.
10. Please finish on time. We have provided chairs with strict guidelines on time limits to give all speakers equitable time to present and to answer questions.

The following guidelines have been established to ensure that the session runs smoothly and on time. Please ensure that you read them carefully and follow them precisely. Keeping to time is important as congress attendees may want to attend talks in different sessions scheduled for the same time slot. Your main responsibilities are to: 1) keep the session on time; 2) consult the conference website for the background information (name, professional title, and presentation title) on the speakers; and 3) manage the Q&A session and prepare questions during the presentation.

1. It is essential that you arrive on time. Please be in the room at least 5 minutes before your session begins.
2. Please identify and introduce yourself to each of the presenters; the number of presenters will vary depending on the session. You may wish to verify their titles at this time.
3. If the speaker comes in late, indicate that the presentation must be reduced to fit in the remaining time. If the speaker fully misses the allotted time, they will not be allowed to speak later in the session.
4. Remind each speaker that you will be keeping them strictly on time and that you will stop them if they exceed their allocated time.
5. Speakers have been asked to sit at the front of the room and to introduce themselves.
6. Please keep the speaker introductions brief, citing only their name, their professional title, and the presentation title.
7. Questions from the floor: ask the attendees to identify themselves and make their question clear and no longer than one minute. As language may be a challenge, please make sure the presenter understands the question asked.
8. Prepare one or two questions during the presentation in case there are no questions from the floor.
9. Please finish on time. We have provided speakers with strict guidelines on time limits to ensure all speakers equitable time to present and to answer questions.

The following guidelines have been established to ensure that the Oral Communication session runs smoothly and on time. Please ensure that you read these guidelines carefully. Keeping to your 8-minute presentation time (plus 2 additional minutes for Q&A) is essential as Congress attendees often want to attend talks in different sessions scheduled for the same time slot.

1. In your personal area of the website please upload your biography which will be helpful for the chairs to moderate the session.
2. The Oral Communications session will start with a presentation by an Expert Commentator, who will be Chairing the session and providing a 10-minute expert overview of the session topic. There will also be a Co-chair for the session, who is a recipient of the IMS Young Scholars Bursary.
3. The number of speakers in each Oral Communication session will vary. Each speaker will have eight minutes for their presentation followed by two minutes for questions.
4. Please ensure that you include a disclosure slide, using the template provided, at the beginning of your presentation, stating any potential conflicts of interest pertaining to your presentation.
5. Please use the official template for presentation, which you can download from your personal area on the Congress website. The PPT slides format should be 16:9 (NOT 4:3).
6. Please check in at the Speaker’s Room to upload your presentation, which will be “pushed” through the network into the room where your session will take place.
7. It is important that you upload your presentation either the evening before your session or first thing in the morning to ensure your presentation is ready.
8. It is essential that you arrive on time. Please be in the room 5 minutes before your session begins, sit at the front of the room, and introduce yourself to the session Chair.
9. Please finish on time. The Chair has been asked to keep you strictly to time and will remind you when are near to the end of your allocated time. We have provided chairs with strict guidelines on time limits to give all speakers equitable time to present and to answer questions. If you run over, the chair will inform you that your time has run out and you will need to leave the stage before you are finished.

The following guidelines have been established to ensure that the session runs smoothly and on time. Please ensure that you read them carefully and follow them precisely.

1. Your plenary session will last for 30- Your talk should last for 25 minutes with 5 minutes for introduction.
2. Please ensure that you include a disclosure slide, using the template provided, at the beginning of your presentation, stating any potential conflicts of interest pertaining to the presentation you will give.
3. Please use the official template for presentation, which you can download from your personal area on the Congress website. The PPT slides format should be 16:9 (NOT 4:3).
4. Please check in at the Speaker’s Room to upload your presentation, which will be “pushed” through the network into the room where your session will take place.
5. It is important that you upload your presentation either the evening before your session or first thing in the morning to ensure your presentation is ready.
6. It is essential that you arrive on time. Please be in the room 5 minutes before your session begins. Please also identify and introduce yourself to the session Chair.
7. Please sit at the front of the room.
8. The Chair has been asked to keep you strictly to time and will remind you when are near to the end of your allocated time. The Chair has been asked not to provide a long introduction to your talk to ensure that you have the allotted time to speak.
9. Please finish on time. We have provided chairs with strict guidelines on time limits to give all speakers equitable time to present and to answer questions.

The following guidelines have been established to ensure that the session runs smoothly and on time. Please ensure that you read them carefully and follow them precisely. Keeping to time is important as congress attendees may want to attend talks in different sessions scheduled for the same time slot.

Meet the Expert (MtE) sessions are important as they give attendees a unique opportunity to share their experiences and knowledge and for you to answer their clinical questions. These sessions have the potential to be Congress highlights.

These sessions are not intended to be a lecture but an opportunity for the attendees to engage in a discussion with you, the expert. These are classroom-like sessions, so should be kept informal and conversational and involve a high level of audience participation. Please keep the session interactive, refrain from presenting a lecture to the participants, and do not try to cover everything.

• The session lasts 60 minutes comprised of 15 minutes for your presentation plus 45 minutes for discussion. There will be a chairperson to assist you with timekeeping and Q&A.
• The structure of the session is a brief opening followed by case studies to stimulate discussion.
• Your opening slides should include your presentation title, your name, credentials, affiliation and disclosures, using the template provided. The remaining slides for your 15 minutes should be brief and illustrate your key points – remember an entire PowerPoint presentation is not what is wanted for these sessions.
• Please have 4 or 5 case studies prepared to discuss. Please invite the audience to provide comment on and stimulate discussion about investigation/diagnosis/ management, etc. If you finish the session having not progressed past the first case study because of a high level of interaction, then you have probably done a great job.
• Case histories should highlight controversial issues and then you should guide the attendees through options of investigation/ management etc. Best practice and areas of uncertainty and good/ bad practice should be identified.
• Do not let one person dominate the session as this can be off-putting for the rest of the audience. If an audience member is dominating the session, successful strategies include inviting them to chat with you after the session or indicating that you will need to move on in order to cover all of the material and answer everyone’s questions.
• Repeat the attendees’ questions before you answer them so that all participants can hear them.
• MTE speakers will need to check in at the Speaker’s Room to upload their presentation, which will be “pushed” through the network into the room where your session will take place.
• Please use the official template for presentation, which you can download from your personal area on the Congress website. The PPT slides format should be 16:9 (NOT 4:3).
• It is important that you upload your presentation either the evening before your talk or first thing in the morning to ensure your presentation is ready.

The following guidelines have been established to ensure that the session runs smoothly and on time. Please ensure that you read them carefully and follow them precisely. Keeping to time is important as congress attendees may want to attend talks in different sessions scheduled for the same time slot.

1. The session lasts 60 minutes and is comprised of: 5 minutes introduction,  15 minutes speaking time for each debater, 3 minutes for each debater to respond, 10 minutes for Q&A, 2 minutes for voting and 5 minutes for final conclusions.
2. Please ensure that you include a disclosure slide, using the template provided, at the beginning of your presentation, stating any potential conflicts of interest pertaining to the presentation you will give.
3. Please use the official template for presentation, which you can download from your personal area on the Congress website. The PPT slides format should be 16:9 (NOT 4:3).
4. Please check in at the Speaker’s Room to upload your presentation, which will be “pushed” through the network into the room where your session will take place.
5. It is important that you upload your presentation either the evening before your session or first thing in the morning to ensure your presentation is ready.
6. It is essential that you arrive on time. Please be in the room 5 minutes before your session begins. Please also identify and introduce yourself to the session Chair.
7. The Chair has been asked to keep you strictly to time and will remind you when are near to the end of your allocated time. The Chair has been asked not to provide a long introduction to ensure that you have the allotted time to speak.
8. Please ensure to end your session on time.